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Maria Munir

@mariamunir.bsky.social
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they/them views own, RTs/likes not endorsements | interests: criminal law, public law, immigration and asylum, data, human rights, international law | prev experience: lgbtq+ rights, HRDs

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Refugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This is a scary announcement by Reform, 1 step away from so-called remigration. The government must call this out for what it is: racism. Anything less, such as talking about how it won't work in practical terms, is a moral failure & effectively validates these views. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants
The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
All of this
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Separate post just to say, yes, I’m much less chronically online than I was on the other place and I think it’s because of a seismic internal shift over whether I want that. Still, just wanted to express that it makes a difference when I read even small nods from colleagues that they’ve got us.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Nine years to the day, I challenged President Obama face to face in London, streaming across the world, to stop ignoring anti-trans bathroom bills in places like North Carolina, and do something. He praised then-PM David Cameron and the UK gov’t for same-sex marriage (cough). We scrap for scraps.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
How do I even articulate how this feels? 85 graves, mainly children and babies. 😔 www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2508852...
watfordobserver.co.uk
85 Muslim graves damaged in ‘abhorrent’ cemetery vandalism
Eighty-five Muslim grave plaques have been vandalised in an “abhorrent” attack at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Just got back from a brilliant training on Advocacy for Children in Conflict with the Law, run by the Inns of Court College of Advocacy and kindly hosted by Lincoln House Chambers, Manchester. We got the opportunity to put ZA [2023] EWCA Crim 596 in practice, with a sentencing note and plea-in-mit.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Trump’s Gaza remarks are no surprise: ethnically cleansing was always the plan | Arwa Mahdawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump’s Gaza remarks are no surprise: ethnically cleansing was always the plan | Arwa Mahdawi
If Trump executes his plans, it’s because the media helped pave the way. It’s beyond time for more of my colleagues to speak up
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
BREAKING On the day the UK government announces a permanent puberty blocker ban I learn: ALICE’S DATA WAS NOT INCLUDED in data sent to Appleby to assess for his rushed DHSC report, that dismissed whistleblower claims of increased suicides in trans youth since Bell. The report is a proven sham.
Copy of Caroline’s email sent to the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, asking if Alice Litman‘s data was sent to the DHSC for Prof Appleby to review.Reply from head of data at the Tavistock Portman NHS foundation trust, saying Alice‘s data was not included in the audit.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Half of all TV coverage of Muslims in the UK was broadcast by the far right channel GB News, new research shows. And it was all negative. “The findings demonstrate an “excessive” focus on Muslims bordering on an “obsession”, according to a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring.”
theguardian.com
GB News broadcasts half of all UK stories about Muslims, analysis shows
Exclusive: CfMM report over two-year period says channel’s ‘negative’ focus on Islam borders on an ‘obsession’
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Even more of a reason for our government to not make snap decisions!
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Every day, another moment to reflect on (in)humanity. The last thing Syrians need now is surely more instability as the future of their country hangs in precarious balance, with ongoing air strikes.
theguardian.com
UK and other European states suspend Syrians’ asylum applications
Austria prepares ‘repatriation and deportation’ programme to country where president has just been deposed
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Migration and Technology Monitor @migrationtechmonitor.com · 12/11/2024
🚨 Our THIRD Fellowship is OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Are you a person-on-the-move or currently living under occupation and interested in #bordertech? Learn more here and join our community! We look forward to hearing from you! Due by Dec 31st 2024 www.migrationtechmonitor.com/aboutmtmfell...
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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Yes to resisting borders tech, but also bordering. Tech "safeguards" will always be lacking, as the crimmigration border system makes some people illegal and relies on racism to ameliorate liberalism's economic contradictions. Harsha Walia Border and Rule + Undoing Border Imperialism 📚
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Open Justice Court of Protection Project @openjusticecop.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hello to everyone on Bluesky - we've just joined. We're promoting #OpenJustice in the English Court of Protection by supporting members of the public to observe and blog about court hearings in the #NotSecretCourt Check out our website openjusticecourtofprotection.org
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
Post by @OpenJusticeCoP.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
After my grandma, sister and parents’ outpouring of joy, it was my three-year-old cousin’s surprising reaction that brought it home: “When I’m bigger, I’m going to shake that hand and I’m going to wear those clothes. I like them a lot.” Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn on 21.11.24 ✅
Lord Justice Coulson (left) shakes Maria’s hand (right) as they are Called to the Bar in Gray’s Inn Hall, as the audience applauds.Maria wears their barrister gown, white wig and smiles whilst holding a bunch of red flowers outside Gray’s Inn Hall.
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Begum: “Or when we go on protest marches, along with many other people, we are described as hate marchers and Islamist extremists. And when we use our vote to express our political preferences, we’re described as sectarian and divisive.”
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This was a fantastic conference! I loved meeting so many like-minded professionals from both CoP and immigration, united by our belief that things can be fundamentally better for disabled migrants. Special thanks to @migrantsorganise.bsky.social for co-hosting. It’s clear they are superstars. 💫
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DSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
📢 Just 4 Tickets Left! 📢 We're down to the last few spots for the Migrants and Mental Health Disability Conference! All proceeds for this conference will be donated to Migrants Organise. For tickets and the event programme, click here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/event/migran...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Haymarket has TEN ebooks on the work of liberation that are free for download for the next week. Ten. They include LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU, HOPE IN THE DARK, HOW WE GET FREE on the work and lessons of the Combahee River Collective, and more:
haymarketbooks.org
Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Really important that we all fill this in and are as honest. We all know the NHS needs significant investment and reform to get patients the best care. And we need to stay committed to care that is free for everyone at the point of use.
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
When people receive their refugee status, they have just 28 days to: 🏠 Secure housing 🧭 Navigate the rental market, and 💼 Apply for work, or financial support This puts people at risk of homelessness, destitution and poverty. bylinetimes.com/2024/11/06/the… 1/🧵
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Maria Munir @mariamunir.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I refuse to lose hope. It’s what protects me against becoming jaded. My hope is angry, determined and defiant. The state of the world is not just about which demagogue sits atop which artificial throne. It’s the systems designed to fatigue us into compliance. New day, different faces, same problems.
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