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Legal academic Welsh cake at the University of Liverpool. Researching devolution, prisoner rights and judicial antics. Dysgwr.

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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rob Jones and I have an article forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Society: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We ask whether it’s possible to speak meaningfully of a ‘right’ to use the Welsh language in prison. Our answer: not really.
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Is there a ‘right’ to use Welsh in prison?
The use of the Welsh language is generally understood as a ‘right’ in contemporary Wales. While this right is often lauded as one of Welsh devolution's defining achievements, the efficacy of current ....
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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Andy Burnham has argued for public control of water and energy, but what kind of public ownership can meet the challenges of environment and climate breakdown? In a blog for the @ukcla.bsky.social, I explore a case study of Labour's post-war nationalisation of electricity. [1/3]
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/06/2026
‘The judge declared himself “bound by the legislation” to sentence the Filton Four to “special custodial sentences” as terrorists. He didn’t mention that it was his choice to approve the application fifteen months ago.’ @nicholasrl.bsky.social on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
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Nicholas Reed Langen | Legislative Sleight of Hand
Every white Serco prison van that drove into Woolwich Crown Court on Friday morning was met with a cacophony of cheers,...
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Centre on Constitutional Change @ccc-research.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Senedd Election 2026: Rupture and Radicalism in Welsh Politics Read our latest blog from @nyedavies.bsky.social Read more: edin.ac/3RvxJES
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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’ve written a short post for Undod about the Welsh Labour government’s entanglement with the defence industry, and why today’s elections are an important opportunity to change course. undod.cymru/en/2026/05/0...
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Confronting the Defence Industry in Wales - undod
As we await the election results Greg Davies considers the genuine change possible in one area of economic activity that has got its claws into Cymru even deeper during devolution. … Continue reading ...
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Daniella Lock @daniellalock.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I've written a post setting out why I think the Divisional Court reached the right conclusions in its recent Palestine Action ruling.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 16/02/2026
👉NEW -- UK awarded contract to firm overseen by sanctioned Israeli minister by John McEvoy Exclusive: £10 million deal signed with company linked to Bezalel Smotrich who is sanctioned by Britain www.declassifieduk.org/uk-awarded-c...
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UK awarded contract to firm overseen by sanctioned Israeli minister
Exclusive: £10 million deal signed with company linked to Bezalel Smotrich who is sanctioned by Britain
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Adam Tucker @adam.publiclaw.space · 13/02/2026
Some quick thoughts on Ammori (apologies if I miss stuff, or misstate things) The court finds the proscription unlawful at 3 junctures here 1. The failure to apply the policy (common law) 2. The "legal basis" and 3. The "fair balance" stages of the proportionality test for human rights (HRA)
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Daniella Lock @daniellalock.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
On access by Palantir (and other companies) to the UK's national security infrastructure, this recent paper sets out developments in contracting out UK national security protection and raises questions about what this means for the UK's operational independence: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Public power and private hands: outsourcing in UK national security law
Published in King's Law Journal (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2025)
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 04/02/2026
👉 NEW -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary by Phil Miller Campaigners claim ‘huge blow’ to government after landmark prosecution of direct action group fails. www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary
Campaigners claim ‘huge blow’ to government after landmark prosecution of direct action group fails.
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“There are now more people in Wales who say they feel Welsh rather than British, it’s accelerated madly since Brexit and Covid… In England, Britishness is seen as the more inclusive identity, when Englishness isn’t, necessarily” - @jaclarner.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
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‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
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Aoife Edith Rosa @aoife-er.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My piece, 'Trans Liberation and Law: Structure, Limits and Strategy after FWS', is available now. It considers the legal route of struggle, examining the structural and material conditions that result in limits of such a strategy. @legalform.bsky.social legalform.blog/2026/01/30/t...
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Trans Liberation and Law:  Structure, Limits and Strategy after FWS – Aoife Edith Rosa
Aoife Edith Rosa considers law as strategy and tactic for trans liberation after For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28/01/2026
WRU Chair Richard Collier-Keywood and First Minister Eluned Morgan both insist that the organisations they lead retain the confidence of the Welsh public. The evidence suggests otherwise ✍️Nye Davies wp.me/p8Mk4U-1dI1
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A judicial review of the ban on Palestine Action will be allowed to go ahead, a judge at Scotland's highest civil court has ruled. Former diplomat Craig Murray brought a petition for a review of the decision to the Court of Session earlier this month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Court of Session review into Palestine Action ban will go ahead
Scotland's highest civil court will consider a case over the proscribing of the group as a terrorist organisation.
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I have a new article in the Howard Journal of Crime & Justice: 'The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales'. Thanks to Rob Jones & Greg Davies for inviting me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales
This article presents the 2024 Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, entitled ‘Contemporary Forms of Slavery as Affecting Currently and Formerly Incarcerat...
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Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Quite - and I don’t say this lightly - an extraordinary poll for the Welsh Parliament election in May via @itvcymruwales.bsky.social 👇👇 The Polanski surge is hitting the Greens in Wales and Reform appear to have plateaued. A big Plaid lead and Lab/Cons in 4th/5th. www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 20/12/2025
"I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why," writes Amu Gib www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do' www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
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‘Can you get an ambulance? I’m scared’: How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/12/2025
‘None of the six hunger strikers is charged with terrorism offences: all, however, have been subject to arbitrary and demeaning treatment since the Palestine Action ban.’ E.S. Wight on the largest co-ordinated hunger strike in British prisons since 1981, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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E.S. Wight | On Hunger Strike
Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, T Hoxha and Kamran Ahmed are on hunger strike. All are on remand in...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/12/2025
It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
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It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I recorded a podcast with @daniellalock.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social in which we discuss decision to ban #PalestineAction. There is some really excellent stuff in here-- Daniella and Colin are on top of their briefs. Please do check it out and share widely! youtu.be/tKN4Wk2SEyQ?...
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Banning Palestine Action: Legal Experts Explain the Implications for UK Democracy
YouTube video by Dr Alan Greene
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“The glaring weaknesses of prisoners’ Welsh language rights also demand fresh consideration of the anomalous constitutional arrangements governing prisons in Wales. The only common law country in the world to have its own legislature and executive without its own justice system.” 1/2
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Commissioner to investigate HM Prison and Probation Service
Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner has announced that an investigation will be conducted to consider how HM Prison and Probation Service implements its Welsh language scheme following claim...
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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.” Calla Walsh on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
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“Who blinks first is lost”: on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike
“We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.”
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
NEWYDD - Adroddiad gan @robdjones.bsky.social yn dadansoddi'r data diweddaraf ar garchardai a charchariad yng Nghymru 👇 NEW - Report from Dr Robert Jones analyses the latest data on prisons and imprisonment in Wales 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Women in Wales are being jailed more often
Research has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University
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Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨 NEW in @bjpols.bsky.social : When Partygate hit Westminster, trust in Scottish politicians increased. Our experiments reveal a "contrast effect" - scandals at one level can make the other look better by comparison. Who lost most trust in Westminster? Scottish unionists. Read now #OpenAccess 👇
Boris Johnson toasting one of the gatherings in Downing Street which breached Covid lockdown rules
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Research from @robdjones.bsky.social and @gjdavies.bsky.social has shed light on the attitudes towards the Welsh language inside Wales’s largest prison: Welsh-speaking inmates 'told to speak English' in prison www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HMP Berwyn: Welsh-speaking prisoners 'told to speak English' in prison
Ex-inmates say Welsh speakers were made to use English at Wales' biggest prison.
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Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Hillsborough Law (aka Public Office Accountability Bill) will help hold police & other state actors to account for lying & covering up scandals. Follow @cfpjustice.bsky.social to see how other state cover-ups have affected communities across the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=byJT...
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Hillsborough Law: Justice Not Delivered
YouTube video by Centre for Peoples Justice
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇 Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...
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Spotify – Web Player
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Maayan Niezna @niezna.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
1/ two new posts from my current research project, asking how migrant workers & #modern_slavery survivors understand 'labour exploitation' and, more broadly, agency and meaning at work 1. Some insights from listening to migrant workers about labour exploitation: www.josephcentre.org/post/what-do...
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What does labour exploitation really mean? Listening to migrant workers
Dr Maayan Niezna writes...“The conditions in the hotel where I worked as a cleaner were horrible”, one London cleaner told me. “Normally, we would have to do 18-20 rooms, but in the summer, we might h...
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 09/10/2025
New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.
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The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of
New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.
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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
HMP Berwyn, the UK's largest prison, was once presented as an advance for the Welsh language. @robdjones.bsky.social and I argue that it’s been a categorical failure by that measure, posing troubling questions for Welsh language rights more widely: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison
This article challenges claims of ‘inherent’ bilingualism in Wales’ largest prison, HMP Berwyn. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and extensive documentary research, we find that Welsh-speaking p...
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 08/10/2025
Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.
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Labour wants to restrict repeat protests – but that’s what makes campaigns successful
Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.
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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The UK's three main political parties are just different flavours of authoritarianism at this stage. This country is at a dangerous crossroads and every potential path looks bleak. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but
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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Hora v the United Kingdom: Strasbourg’s New Ruling on UK’s Prisoner Voting Ban ukhumanrightsblog.com/2025/10/01/h...
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Hora v the United Kingdom: Strasbourg’s New Ruling on UK’s Prisoner Voting Ban - UK Human Rights Blog
By Lewis Graham In 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its landmark decision in Hirst v the United Kingdom, finding that the effect of section 3 of the Representa...
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Prisoner Voting is Back! And Strasbourg is still in a right old prickle. The Court doesn't want to back down on Hirst, but also doesn't want a fight with the UK. So it concluded that the particular claimant in Hora v UK could legitimately have the vote removed: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-14...
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🚨 BREAKING | 1,339 people have now been arrested on "terrorism" charges in 2025, with almost all of them busted for holding signs at pro-Palestine protests. This is more than any year on record, by far. (Source: Home Office)
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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Gareth Evans: The Devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/04/g...
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Gareth Evans: The Devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales
On 22 July 2025, the Crown Estate (Wales) Bill passed unopposed through report stage in the House of Lords. The Bill, which seeks to devolve the management of the Crown Estate in Wales, was introdu…
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I think George Osborne openly musing to the air that the security services probably wouldn’t have tolerated Labour winning in 2017, because of our relationship with America, is quite helpful and I’d like to hear more.
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Wherein, @nanoboss.bsky.social, @andywoodhouse.bsky.social and I attempt to chart out the Marxist tradition and its relationship to EU law - both historically and theoretically, as part of our broader symposium in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social Tis a chunky tome. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach - Volume 4 Issue 2
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/08/2025
A cross-party group of Senedd Members have come together to urge the First Minister to take action to ensure Wales is not complicit in Israel’s ongoing military action in Palestinian ✍️Emily Price
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Cross party Senedd letter urges First Minister to push for arms embargo on Israel
Emily Price A cross party group of Senedd Members have come together to urge the First Minister to take action to ensure Wales is not complicit in Israel’s ongoing assault on Palestinian people. In th...
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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This was a grotesque spectacle yesterday. More pensioners being hauled into riot vans for protesting peacefully against Israel’s daily atrocities. Starmer’s Britain in a nutshell! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Four arrested under Terrorism Act during Liverpool pro-Palestine protest
Merseyside police says material in support of Palestine Action was reportedly seen in possession of protesters
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Greg Davies @gjdavies.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@robdjones.bsky.social and I are guest editing a special issue of @howardjournalcj.bsky.social which explores the rights of prisoners in the UK and elsewhere. It follows an @slsauk.bsky.social seminar held in Liverpool in 2023, and features a brilliant set of legal academics and criminologists.
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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social rb.gy/ybcbpf
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Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves. If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.
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Daniella Lock @daniellalock.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Here I argue the Home Secretary's case that Palestine Action is concerned in terrorism is lacking in evidence, and proscribing the group is disproportionate. It will criminalise a significant proportion of civil society and be counterproductive for maintaining safety.
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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Divisional Court in Al-Haq: "The issues raised... are not justiciable. Alternatively, if justiciable at all, the correct approach is to ask whether the view taken by the Secretary of State is tenable as a matter of international law. We conclude that it is." www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 18/06/2025
The Labour government is planning to cut welfare support to disabled people while spending a further £1bn in public money on new military lasers. #DCUKparliament
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Me and @nanoboss.bsky.social for @legalform.bsky.social rm.bsky.social thinking about 'smart sanctions' on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. TLDR: these sanctions are smart insofar as they enable imperialist states to 'act' whilst fundamentaly upholding the status quo.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Starting a war in order to divert political and diplomatic attention away from a genocide. Doesn't get much worse than this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel Aviv
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