Jessica Ní Mhainín
@jessicanimhainin.bsky.social
Head of Policy & Campaigns @indexoncensorship.org.
Co-chair @ http://antislapp.uk.
#freedomofexpression #democracy & #humanrights.
#FreeAndrei #Freethemall
Co-chair @ http://antislapp.uk.
#freedomofexpression #democracy & #humanrights.
#FreeAndrei #Freethemall
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Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the UK and Ireland are being silenced through abusive lawsuits known as SLAPPS, says a new report from @indexoncensorship.org👇
🔗 www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... via @independent.ie
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
🔗 www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... via @independent.ie
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
Legal system ‘weaponised’ against survivors of sexual violence, report finds
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland and the UK are being silenced through abusive legal actions known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), a new report cla...
www.independent.ie
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the UK and Ireland are being silenced through abusive lawsuits known as SLAPPS, says a new report from @indexoncensorship.org👇
🔗 www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... via @independent.ie
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
🔗 www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... via @independent.ie
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #EndVAW
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Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. 📣Read our new report revealing how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
October 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. 📣Read our new report revealing how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
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The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
"There are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously."
The Facial-Recognition Sham
Surveillance won’t make the internet safer.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
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Banned Books Week UK returns 5–11 Oct 2025! Join us in celebrating the freedom to read. Whether you’re a bookshop, library, publisher, author or reader - we want you involved. Join the movement: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw... @hayfestival.bsky.social #BannedBooksWeekUK
August 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Banned Books Week UK returns 5–11 Oct 2025! Join us in celebrating the freedom to read. Whether you’re a bookshop, library, publisher, author or reader - we want you involved. Join the movement: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw... @hayfestival.bsky.social #BannedBooksWeekUK
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A prominent journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike while inside a tent for journalists.
Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including three camera operators.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including three camera operators.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A prominent journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike while inside a tent for journalists.
Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including three camera operators.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including three camera operators.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority announced that a partner at Carter-Ruck will face prosecution for allegedly issuing an 'improper threat of litigation'. We've long called for regulators to #StopSLAPPs & welcome SRA taking steps to hold libel firms accountable:
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/carter-...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/carter-...
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Solicitors Regulation Authority announced that a partner at Carter-Ruck will face prosecution for allegedly issuing an 'improper threat of litigation'. We've long called for regulators to #StopSLAPPs & welcome SRA taking steps to hold libel firms accountable:
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/carter-...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/carter-...
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We condemn the sentencing of #Georgia journalist #MziaAmaghlobeli to 2 years in prison following an unfair trial. We call for her immediate release:
civil.ge/archives/695...
civil.ge/archives/695...
Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli Sentenced to Two Years in Jail as Court Reclassifies Charges – Civil Georgia
civil.ge
August 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We condemn the sentencing of #Georgia journalist #MziaAmaghlobeli to 2 years in prison following an unfair trial. We call for her immediate release:
civil.ge/archives/695...
civil.ge/archives/695...
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Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.
Yvette Cooper is asked about her decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation and she claims she received detailed security assessments & advice & is in receipt of disturbing information that the rest of us don't know about
August 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.
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In previous cases like this one, going back over two decades to the PKK case, the courts have punted these questions to POAC. It's a measure of how different Palestine Action is that they have not followed this route and have granted leave for JR:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action co-founder wins permission to challenge ban
Huda Ammori argued that home secretary’s decision to proscribe group under terrorism laws was ‘abuse of power’
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In previous cases like this one, going back over two decades to the PKK case, the courts have punted these questions to POAC. It's a measure of how different Palestine Action is that they have not followed this route and have granted leave for JR:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
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Proud to have signed onto this letter calling for meaningful #Anti-SLAPP measures to be introduced through Ireland’s Defamation Amendment Bill. @indexoncensorship.org @fpcthinktank.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social
We are disappointed that #Ireland's Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech. As the Bill goes to the Seanad today, Index and others call on senators to make the necessary amendments to ensure the protection of free expression: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/irel...
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Proud to have signed onto this letter calling for meaningful #Anti-SLAPP measures to be introduced through Ireland’s Defamation Amendment Bill. @indexoncensorship.org @fpcthinktank.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social
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📚 What’s one book that changed how you see the world? #BannedBooksWeekUK is back! Join us from 5–11 October to celebrate books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and share them. Get involved!
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/bann...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/bann...
Banned Books Week UK 2025 - Index on Censorship
Join us in celebrating the right to read freely
www.indexoncensorship.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📚 What’s one book that changed how you see the world? #BannedBooksWeekUK is back! Join us from 5–11 October to celebrate books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and share them. Get involved!
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/bann...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/bann...
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The Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech by providing inadequate protections against SLAPPs www.cearta.ie/2025/07/defa... My new blogpost
www.cearta.ie
July 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech by providing inadequate protections against SLAPPs www.cearta.ie/2025/07/defa... My new blogpost
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#Ireland: As the Defamation (Amendment) Bill goes to the Seanad today, we join @indexoncensorship.org and partners in calling on senators to make the necessary amendments to protect freedom of expression.
Read our joint statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/ireland...
Read our joint statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/ireland...
Ireland: Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
9 July 2025 – PEN International joins partners in calling on the Seanad to take action over anti-SLAPP measures, calling it a missed opportunity to protect freedom of expression.
www.pen-international.org
July 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
#Ireland: As the Defamation (Amendment) Bill goes to the Seanad today, we join @indexoncensorship.org and partners in calling on senators to make the necessary amendments to protect freedom of expression.
Read our joint statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/ireland...
Read our joint statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/ireland...
Disappointing & baffling to hear Minister Jim O'Callaghan telling the Seanad now that he hasn't heard of *any* #SLAPP cases in Ireland.
His department is aware of specific cases. Cases have been flagged in the media, on the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social & by @casecoalition.bsky.social.
His department is aware of specific cases. Cases have been flagged in the media, on the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social & by @casecoalition.bsky.social.
We are disappointed that #Ireland's Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech. As the Bill goes to the Seanad today, Index and others call on senators to make the necessary amendments to ensure the protection of free expression: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/irel...
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Disappointing & baffling to hear Minister Jim O'Callaghan telling the Seanad now that he hasn't heard of *any* #SLAPP cases in Ireland.
His department is aware of specific cases. Cases have been flagged in the media, on the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social & by @casecoalition.bsky.social.
His department is aware of specific cases. Cases have been flagged in the media, on the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social & by @casecoalition.bsky.social.
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We are disappointed that #Ireland's Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech. As the Bill goes to the Seanad today, Index and others call on senators to make the necessary amendments to ensure the protection of free expression: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/irel...
July 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We are disappointed that #Ireland's Defamation (Amendment) Bill fails to protect public interest speech. As the Bill goes to the Seanad today, Index and others call on senators to make the necessary amendments to ensure the protection of free expression: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/irel...
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Today we are at the Royal Courts of Justice to observe the appeal in the last active SLAPP action brought by the cosmetic surgery firm Signature Clinic. Learn more here ➡️ antislapp.uk/project/cosm... #StopSLAPPs
July 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today we are at the Royal Courts of Justice to observe the appeal in the last active SLAPP action brought by the cosmetic surgery firm Signature Clinic. Learn more here ➡️ antislapp.uk/project/cosm... #StopSLAPPs
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Today marks 5 years since #HongKong imposed the National Security Law. As a result, thousands have been arrested, newspapers shuttered, pro-democracy groups disbanded and many forced into exile. We reflect on the deterioration of free expression since then: indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/deat...
June 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Today marks 5 years since #HongKong imposed the National Security Law. As a result, thousands have been arrested, newspapers shuttered, pro-democracy groups disbanded and many forced into exile. We reflect on the deterioration of free expression since then: indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/deat...
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We celebrate the release of Siarhei Tsikhanouskaya, #Belarus opposition leader who was imprisoned in 2020. He should never have been behind bars. Now, we call for all those who remain unjustly imprisoned to be released: news.sky.com/story/belaru...
Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed from jail after rare visit by top US envoy
Mr Tsikhanouski was arrested after he announced he would run for the presidency against Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 election. As he was detained and subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison, ...
news.sky.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We celebrate the release of Siarhei Tsikhanouskaya, #Belarus opposition leader who was imprisoned in 2020. He should never have been behind bars. Now, we call for all those who remain unjustly imprisoned to be released: news.sky.com/story/belaru...
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TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month @grahamtfn.bsky.social looks at #SLAPPs – legal instruments devised to silence campaigners, with expert input from:
@donstaniford.bsky.social
@indexoncensorship.org
@rogmull.bsky.social
and more
Read the mag here: buff.ly/yE0a8JQ
This month @grahamtfn.bsky.social looks at #SLAPPs – legal instruments devised to silence campaigners, with expert input from:
@donstaniford.bsky.social
@indexoncensorship.org
@rogmull.bsky.social
and more
Read the mag here: buff.ly/yE0a8JQ
June 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month @grahamtfn.bsky.social looks at #SLAPPs – legal instruments devised to silence campaigners, with expert input from:
@donstaniford.bsky.social
@indexoncensorship.org
@rogmull.bsky.social
and more
Read the mag here: buff.ly/yE0a8JQ
This month @grahamtfn.bsky.social looks at #SLAPPs – legal instruments devised to silence campaigners, with expert input from:
@donstaniford.bsky.social
@indexoncensorship.org
@rogmull.bsky.social
and more
Read the mag here: buff.ly/yE0a8JQ
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"Mikalai Dziadok was not broken, but he was really broken, beaten. There was no blood flowing from him, but his hands and face bore traces of beatings." Read Natallia Matskevich's interview on the brutal treatment of #MikalaiDziadok, imprisoned in #Belarus:
www.svaboda.org/a/33433792.h...
www.svaboda.org/a/33433792.h...
June 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Mikalai Dziadok was not broken, but he was really broken, beaten. There was no blood flowing from him, but his hands and face bore traces of beatings." Read Natallia Matskevich's interview on the brutal treatment of #MikalaiDziadok, imprisoned in #Belarus:
www.svaboda.org/a/33433792.h...
www.svaboda.org/a/33433792.h...
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The European Convention already does adapt, as its judges apply its protections to new situations to safeguard people’s rights. European leaders need to defend its vital institutions not undermine them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Convention on human rights must adapt, says Council of Europe head
Alain Berset acknowledged growing criticism of the 75-year-old treaty, but said any changes must also respect ‘our core values’
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The European Convention already does adapt, as its judges apply its protections to new situations to safeguard people’s rights. European leaders need to defend its vital institutions not undermine them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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It’s not just that she was shot it’s that she was shot purposely for no legitimate reason at all.
www.irishtimes.com/video/world/...
www.irishtimes.com/video/world/...
Australian TV reporter shot with rubber bullet during LA protests
Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi had just delivered a piece to camera on the LA riots when a police officer shot her with a rubber bullet. Video: Reuters
www.irishtimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It’s not just that she was shot it’s that she was shot purposely for no legitimate reason at all.
www.irishtimes.com/video/world/...
www.irishtimes.com/video/world/...
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“The idea that the police are actively tracking the location of women they believe have had self administered abortions under the guise of ‘safety’ does not make me feel any better about this kind of surveillance,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @404media.co.
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“The idea that the police are actively tracking the location of women they believe have had self administered abortions under the guise of ‘safety’ does not make me feel any better about this kind of surveillance,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @404media.co.
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1 hour to go! Join us online for the launch of our new tool Am I Facing a SLAPP? Starting at 12pm today (BST):
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May 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
1 hour to go! Join us online for the launch of our new tool Am I Facing a SLAPP? Starting at 12pm today (BST):
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...