Andrew Novak
@indyj02.bsky.social
Instructional Associate Professor of Criminology Law & Society, George Mason University 🐨 clemency/pardons, tribal law, comparative law, punishment, sport history ⚽️🏳️🌈
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Andrew Novak
@indyj02.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Contesting the Royal Prerogative of Mercy: The Queen’s Pardons and the 1968 Constitutional Crisis over the Death Penalty in Rhodesia
In 1968, the Queen attempted to use her royal prerogative of mercy to prevent the executions of three condemned men in Rhodesia who were convicted of political murders. Though she was still the Rho...
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My article about the Queen’s 1968 death penalty commutations in Rhodesia - which were ignored by the Smith regime as it carried out its first post-UDI executions, is now live. 😁 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
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The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
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On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
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UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
www.ochaopt.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
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The African Commission’s Missed Opportunity on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
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The African Commission’s Missed Opportunity on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
[Coline Minguet is an FNRS-funded PhD candidate at UCLouvain researching reparations for victims of sexual violence in armed conflicts under international law, with prior experience as a Brussels-b…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The African Commission’s Missed Opportunity on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
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The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions
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The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions
[Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University] The Trump Administration has sanctioned ICC high officials, UN officials, and human rights groups. There is conce…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions
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Should We Celebrate the UN Convention against Cybercrime? Lessons from the UN Convention against Transnational Crime
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Should We Celebrate the UN Convention against Cybercrime? Lessons from the UN Convention against Transnational Crime
[Dr Marika McAdam is an independent international law and policy advisor who works globally on human rights-based criminal justice responses to organized crime and other issues] As the United Natio…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Should We Celebrate the UN Convention against Cybercrime? Lessons from the UN Convention against Transnational Crime
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Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Building a Global Network to Fight Imprisonment
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
truthout.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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In #Uganda, victims of Joseph Kony's #LRA have welcomed the confirmation of 39 war crimes & crimes against humanity charges.
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Joseph Kony case: Ugandans welcome ICC's war crimes charges against LRA leader
The warlord remains at large but victims hope the ICC charges will renew efforts to capture him.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In #Uganda, victims of Joseph Kony's #LRA have welcomed the confirmation of 39 war crimes & crimes against humanity charges.
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As black lung rates rise among workers — including those in their 30s and 40s — some sick retired coal miners from West Virginia are fighting back.
Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections
Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are wov
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November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As black lung rates rise among workers — including those in their 30s and 40s — some sick retired coal miners from West Virginia are fighting back.
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A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
Attackers target ship off Somalia’s coast amid piracy resurgence
A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
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Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
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The #Niue Government decriminalised consensual same-sex intimacy in May 2024 by removing several provisions on sexual offences. The government has now published the act. Please check out our resources section and download the 2024 act: www.humandignitytrust.org/resources/ni...
Niue (Sexual Offences) Amendment Act 2024 | Human Dignity Trust
We use the law to defend the human rights of LGBT people globally
www.humandignitytrust.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The #Niue Government decriminalised consensual same-sex intimacy in May 2024 by removing several provisions on sexual offences. The government has now published the act. Please check out our resources section and download the 2024 act: www.humandignitytrust.org/resources/ni...
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This is a highly recommended read, especially after all the nonsense about Mamdani's identity. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Zohran Mamdani: Ugandans take pride in New York mayor with roots in their country
A professor describes Mamdani as "one of us" while some young Ugandans take inspiration from the 34-year-old's victory.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is a highly recommended read, especially after all the nonsense about Mamdani's identity. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z
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Israel just arrested the former top lawyer for the IDF for leaking a video of Palestinian prisoners getting viciously sexually abused.
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Israel just arrested the former top lawyer for the IDF for leaking a video of Palestinian prisoners getting viciously sexually abused.
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In Iberia (C-218/24), the CJEU ruled that a companion animal lost during international air travel counts as “baggage” under the Montreal Convention.
MARINE LERCIER criticizes how Iberia turned dogs into luggage:
verfassungsblog.de/sentient-com...
MARINE LERCIER criticizes how Iberia turned dogs into luggage:
verfassungsblog.de/sentient-com...
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In Iberia (C-218/24), the CJEU ruled that a companion animal lost during international air travel counts as “baggage” under the Montreal Convention.
MARINE LERCIER criticizes how Iberia turned dogs into luggage:
verfassungsblog.de/sentient-com...
MARINE LERCIER criticizes how Iberia turned dogs into luggage:
verfassungsblog.de/sentient-com...
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Satoshi Tanaka, who survived the United States’ atomic bombings in Hiroshima, slammed Trump’s call to resume nuclear weapons testing. blockclubchi.co/4qGSpqK
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Satoshi Tanaka, who survived the United States’ atomic bombings in Hiroshima, slammed Trump’s call to resume nuclear weapons testing. blockclubchi.co/4qGSpqK
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Everywhere universities are under assault. Some are shooting themselves. www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Everywhere universities are under assault. Some are shooting themselves. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reinforce, Reform or Rupture? The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights | by Alice Donald and Andrew Forde
Reinforce, Reform or Rupture? The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction If a week is a long time in politics, then two years is an eternity for the Council of Europe. At the Reykjavik summit in May 2023, European leaders across the political spectrum reaffir...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Reinforce, Reform or Rupture? The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights | by Alice Donald and Andrew Forde
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Serbia is ready to supply ammunition to Europe under long-term contracts, with buyers free to send it to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told German publication Cicero. Serbia produces more ammunition than France, Vučić stated.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Serbia is ready to supply ammunition to Europe under long-term contracts, with buyers free to send it to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told German publication Cicero. Serbia produces more ammunition than France, Vučić stated.
cicero.de/aussenpoliti...
cicero.de/aussenpoliti...
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A rather dramatic update: Ynet reports that Israeli police is now searching for former IDF AG, who has been declared missing.
Allow me to summarize:
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)
IDF's legal chief resigns over suspected involvement in Gaza detainee abuse video leak
In a Statement Friday Morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz Cited the 'Severity of the Suspicions' Against Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the Sde Teiman Affair, Saying She Won't Be Reinstated. Sh...
www.haaretz.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A rather dramatic update: Ynet reports that Israeli police is now searching for former IDF AG, who has been declared missing.
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The trial against an Eritrean man known as “Walid”, suspected of being involved in a criminal organization that kidnapped and subjected migrants to violence in detention centers in Bani Walid (Libya) is set to begin tomorrow in the Netherlands indepthnews.net/trial-agains...
Trial against alleged Eritrean trafficker ‘Walid’ will start in The Netherlands on 3 November
Substantive hearings are about to begin in Zwolle, the Netherlands, in the important case against Eritrean national Tewelde Goitom (also known as “Walid” / “Welid”). The hearings are set to run across...
indepthnews.net
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The trial against an Eritrean man known as “Walid”, suspected of being involved in a criminal organization that kidnapped and subjected migrants to violence in detention centers in Bani Walid (Libya) is set to begin tomorrow in the Netherlands indepthnews.net/trial-agains...
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After 4 years calling on #FIFA for the right to play, since fleeing the Taliban takeover in 2021, the Afghan footballers have just competed in their first international tournament. 👏
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
After 4 years calling on #FIFA for the right to play, since fleeing the Taliban takeover in 2021, the Afghan footballers have just competed in their first international tournament. 👏
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited