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Any newsletter readers/podcast listeners will know how happy I am to see this one! Challenge to the pause on settlement decisions
June 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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More coverage of the new Lawyers’ Letter on Gaza
More than 800 lawyers, judges call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Israel’s breaches of international law in Gaza risk setting ‘anarchy’ loose upon the world, a signatory says.
www.aljazeera.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The No Walls Podcast is back!

Was a real pleasure to speak to
the Karen Tumlin, Founder and Director of the Justice
Action Centre, and a brilliant attorney in the US focusing on immigrants’ rights.

Also - Sophie Lucas joins the NWP team as a new host!!

open.spotify.com/episode/0GBq...
33. Trump's Second Term So Far
The No Walls Podcast · Episode
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May 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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📣 WATCH LIVE - CRANSTON INQUIRY📣

Our Joint Head of Chambers, Sonali Naik KC, provides opening statements on behalf of bereaved families and one of the two survivors, instructed by Maria Thomas of Duncan Lewis (@dlpubliclaw.bsky.social).

Livestream below 🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzn...
March 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Big thanks to @toufiquehossain.bsky.social and team at @dlpubliclaw.bsky.social for launching legal challenge against the government's incredibly cruel plan to prevent those with refugee status becoming British citizens if they came here on a 'dangerous journey'.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Planned change in British citizenship rules faces first legal challenge
Young Afghan refugee brings case after move to prevent those who arrived on ‘dangerous journey’ from citizenship
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Unfortunately this isn't a one-off

More and more people, including kids, are dying while trying to cross into the EU via land. Calls for help to emergency services are being ignored

This is where Europe's growing anti-refugee/migrant sentiment has got us www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The No Walls Podcast is back!

We cover the ICC arrest warrants in relation to Palestine & the recent developments in Syria.

We speak to two brilliant guests: Yasmin Ahmed, the UK Director of @hrw.org & Isabella Kirwan, barrister at Guernica 37.

open.spotify.com/episode/369t...
S03E09 - ICC Arrest Warrants and Syria
Podcast Episode · The No Walls Podcast · 23/12/2024 · 1h 23m
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December 23, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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60 asylum seekers, including children, were detained illegally bu the UK in Diego Garcia for years, finds court: www.matrixlaw.co.uk/wp-content/u...
December 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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NEWS: The government has now announced "historic increase in legal aid to support most vulnerable".

See letter sent to us about it. More to follow!
November 29, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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Our Lewis Kett features in the latest report on Manston.

"An independent inquiry will need the powers and resources to properly understand how this happened to learn lessons and prevent an incident like this occurring again."

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre
Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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🚨 Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: uncovering the brutal conditions at Manston.

Many people seeking safety in the UK were sent to Manston processing centre, where they were referred to by a number instead of by their name.

1/🧵

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre
Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:54 AM