Sam McIntosh
@sammac1.bsky.social
Professor of Law, UK Politics and Economy at GBZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Any expertise really limited to first of those things. Interests are #HumanRights, #Inquests, #Coroners' Courts, Deaths at the Hands of the State & #TransitionalJustice
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Damming indictment of Scottish prison system. Systemic failure and neglect resulted in deaths of Katie(21) and William(16). Need to stop imprisoning young people & invest in communities. And overhaul investigation & FAI system so grieving families are not forced to fight for the truth for years.
January 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Damming indictment of Scottish prison system. Systemic failure and neglect resulted in deaths of Katie(21) and William(16). Need to stop imprisoning young people & invest in communities. And overhaul investigation & FAI system so grieving families are not forced to fight for the truth for years.
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Grim reality of life inside Manchester prison. Death, self harm and dehumanising regimes.
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social latest inspection of HMP Manchester reveals the grim reality for the people inside:
- little time out of cells
- rat infestations
- one of the highest rates of self-harm in men's prisons
- 7 self-inflicted deaths since 2021
- little time out of cells
- rat infestations
- one of the highest rates of self-harm in men's prisons
- 7 self-inflicted deaths since 2021
HMP Manchester – HM Inspectorate of Prisons
hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk
January 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Grim reality of life inside Manchester prison. Death, self harm and dehumanising regimes.
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
After a tribunal ruled that two investigative journalists, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, were unlawfully spied upon in order to find out their sources, the pair were at pains to stress that they consider what was uncovered to be just the tip of the iceberg www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
PSNI and Met police’s unlawful spying on journalists may be tip of the iceberg
Two investigative reporters put under surveillance say public inquiry is needed to uncover scale of operations
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM
After a tribunal ruled that two investigative journalists, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, were unlawfully spied upon in order to find out their sources, the pair were at pains to stress that they consider what was uncovered to be just the tip of the iceberg www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Prison population in England and Wales set to exceed 100,000 by 2029
Prison population in England and Wales set to exceed 100,000 by 2029
Rising prosecutions, higher maximum sentences and soaring number of people on remand driving growth from 86,000 today
The prison population could top 100,000 within five years in England and Wales, official estimates show.
The justice department…
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Prison population in England and Wales set to exceed 100,000 by 2029
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
EU courts, border controls
New case: latest attempt to challenge Frontex, the EU border agency - this time for supplying information to Libyan authorities, allegedly in breach of human rights eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
New case: latest attempt to challenge Frontex, the EU border agency - this time for supplying information to Libyan authorities, allegedly in breach of human rights eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
November 25, 2024 at 6:42 AM
EU courts, border controls
New case: latest attempt to challenge Frontex, the EU border agency - this time for supplying information to Libyan authorities, allegedly in breach of human rights eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
New case: latest attempt to challenge Frontex, the EU border agency - this time for supplying information to Libyan authorities, allegedly in breach of human rights eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
November 23, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
The daughter of Kay Melhuish, a vulnerable woman who took her own life in prison after being left without clean underwear for 10 days and denied phone calls with loved ones, has called for urgent reform of England’s justice system
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
‘Mum was ill, not bad’: family call for reform of England’s justice system after prison suicide
Exclusive: family say case of Kay Melhuish is stark reminder of the dangers of criminalising vulnerable women
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM
The daughter of Kay Melhuish, a vulnerable woman who took her own life in prison after being left without clean underwear for 10 days and denied phone calls with loved ones, has called for urgent reform of England’s justice system
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
📣 Public event
I am delighted to invite you to our next Monday Lecture on "The EU's response to Brexit" by Prof Brigid Laffan and Dr Stefan Telle (Berlin and online, Monday 21 October, 17:00 CET)
Participation both in person and via Zoom, registration required (events.gbz@hu-berlin.de).
I am delighted to invite you to our next Monday Lecture on "The EU's response to Brexit" by Prof Brigid Laffan and Dr Stefan Telle (Berlin and online, Monday 21 October, 17:00 CET)
Participation both in person and via Zoom, registration required (events.gbz@hu-berlin.de).
October 16, 2024 at 8:47 AM
📣 Public event
I am delighted to invite you to our next Monday Lecture on "The EU's response to Brexit" by Prof Brigid Laffan and Dr Stefan Telle (Berlin and online, Monday 21 October, 17:00 CET)
Participation both in person and via Zoom, registration required (events.gbz@hu-berlin.de).
I am delighted to invite you to our next Monday Lecture on "The EU's response to Brexit" by Prof Brigid Laffan and Dr Stefan Telle (Berlin and online, Monday 21 October, 17:00 CET)
Participation both in person and via Zoom, registration required (events.gbz@hu-berlin.de).
The Guardian view on the coroner’s role: if deaths can be prevented, they should be | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 11, 2024 at 8:56 PM
The Guardian view on the coroner’s role: if deaths can be prevented, they should be | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre known as the Family PDA, which should be closed down, the independent monitoring board has found
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Children being traumatised at Gatwick deportation centre, finds watchdog
Assessment finds detention unit is subjecting families to ‘unnecessary suffering’ amid lengthy Home Office delays
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre known as the Family PDA, which should be closed down, the independent monitoring board has found
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Flat-rate train ticket reduced Germany’s transport emissions by 5% in first year – analysis
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/flat-ra...
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/flat-ra...
October 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Flat-rate train ticket reduced Germany’s transport emissions by 5% in first year – analysis
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/flat-ra...
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/flat-ra...
#ECJ rules gender and nationality enough to grant Afghan women #asylum .
#Afghanistan #Refugees #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct...
#Afghanistan #Refugees #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct...
EU court rules gender and nationality enough to grant Afghan women asylum
ECJ ruling follows Afghan women’s challenge to Austrian court refusal to give them refugee status
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2024 at 3:34 PM
#ECJ rules gender and nationality enough to grant Afghan women #asylum .
#Afghanistan #Refugees #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct...
#Afghanistan #Refugees #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct...
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
Morgen zeigen wir in Berlin als deutsche Erstaufführung diesen Film zum britischen #Spycops-Skandal, der durch die Enttarnung von #MarkKennedy ins Rollen kam:
www.cilip.de/2024/08/26/t...
Anschließend Details zu seinem hiesigen Einsatz und der EU-weiten Kooperation von Polizeispitzeln.
www.cilip.de/2024/08/26/t...
Anschließend Details zu seinem hiesigen Einsatz und der EU-weiten Kooperation von Polizeispitzeln.
The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives/ Die Spitzel, die unser Leben ruinierten | Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP
Germany premiere of the film about a secret British unit of undercover political spies For over 40 years, British undercover agents spied on people in the UK and many other countries. The police unit ...
www.cilip.de
September 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Morgen zeigen wir in Berlin als deutsche Erstaufführung diesen Film zum britischen #Spycops-Skandal, der durch die Enttarnung von #MarkKennedy ins Rollen kam:
www.cilip.de/2024/08/26/t...
Anschließend Details zu seinem hiesigen Einsatz und der EU-weiten Kooperation von Polizeispitzeln.
www.cilip.de/2024/08/26/t...
Anschließend Details zu seinem hiesigen Einsatz und der EU-weiten Kooperation von Polizeispitzeln.
Reposted by Sam McIntosh
If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.
September 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #7.091.955!
September 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #7.091.955!