Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 21/03/2026www.thestatesman.com/india/return... Freedom of press?? #Indiathestatesman.comReturn of the Raj: Black Day for Indian press freedom as UNI journos booted out of office - The StatesmanPolice storm UNI office in Delhi, drag journalists out without notice, halt news services, and spark serious press freedom concerns. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comAre gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agencyGender gaps in grant funding are attributable to less favourable assessments of women as principal investigators, not of the quality of their proposed research. We discuss reasons less favourable asse... 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 11/03/2026My heart broke when visa crackdown ended UK dream, says Afghan coder - The Times and The Sunday Times 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 04/03/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Let’s erase the role Britain played in wars in these regions and let’s only do election planning in all of our policy making. #HomeOffice #Mahmoodbbc.co.ukMahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse'The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse. 011
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The last attempt at ‘liberating’ people in Operation Enduring Freedom by the USA did the opposite for most Afghan women. Epic Fury will attempt to try again in Iran. #USAgoestoWar again 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/02/2026WW3 was not on my bingo card for the weekend, and I accept that's my fault. Question now is how does Iran retaliate, because they will, and how quickly this escalates and spreads. Also a reminder, Tehran is densely populated, an attack on it means more civilian deaths. That can't be forgotten. 25216
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 28/02/2026US begins ‘major combat operations’ in Iran, Trump says, after strikes hit Tehran. 2026 - a new war, begins. I would also like a list of wars that have ended in this year or last…. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe thediplomat.com/2026/02/afgh... Repression and terrorism are not parallel outcomes; they are mutually reinforcing.thediplomat.comAfghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less SafeThe world has shifted focus away from Afghanistan, much as it did in the lead-up to September 2001, giving dangerous networks room to rebuild. 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaUK Anti-Corruption Coalition @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org · 10/02/2026🚨 NEW: UK hits new low in corruption perception index. 📉 This is not a blip, but a persistent decline. Without action, it risks becoming a defining feature of our political culture. Let's clean up our politics. Learn more: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...theguardian.comUK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruptionCountries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies 2107
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The return of the loot. It goes home now. All eyes on the British Museum which has around 900 items according to BBC today. #BeninBronzecam.ac.ukCambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and MonumentsThe University of Cambridge today announces it has transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) collections to Nigeria’s National Commission f... 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land" 269162633590
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 01/02/2026www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comAcademic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictionsA group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane... 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026This is the video to share and show anyone who thinks brexit hasn’t been done ‘properly’ yet and going further would be good for this country. Join the @labour4europe.bsky.social and let’s take back control. Click their account to do so. 16218119
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Those lights shining out of #Grenfell each time, as the building gets demolished. Sharp. Almost whiplash like sharp, pain. 032
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Erasure is strategy, parallel lies is validation, the noise is politics. But for those of us who hold multiple versions of the truth, we note the long term damage of words, in English, said about those, who owned the nation, by those who only wish to make a point. bsky.app/profile/mini... 010
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 23/01/2026#basantpanchami #saraswati #saraswatipuja The goddess of learning and knowledge, operational framework of career choice for me. Universe sent the message of the first blooms of the season camellia and daffodils now at the feet of the goddess. We need this wisdom and knowledge more than ever before! 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Democracy wobbles as politics pans out in a presser. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/12/2025thecsrjournal.in/rajasthan-pa... Women & girls cannot carry any mobile devices to weddings, social gatherings, or neighbours’ homes. School girls can use #smartphones at home but must leave them behind when stepping out. #MenControllingWomen #womensRights #DigitalExclusion #IndianWomenandGirlsthecsrjournal.inRajasthan Panchayat Bans Smartphones for Women in 15 Villages - The CSR JournalA caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has stirred a major controversy by banning women from using smartphones in 15 villages. 010
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/12/2025Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.aljazeera.comNew clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talksFighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities. 02618
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Hellholes don’t appear. They are dug with precision, policy and strategy that benefits the digger alone. To call one nation a name distances others from admitting any role they played in its reduction to despair. Some of us note everything that is said about #Afghanistan & remember to question it. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Testimony session today at Portcullis house on #Health challenges faced by Afghan women. Evidence from the field, on critical need for healthcare support for women of #Afghanistan. Thank you to all those who contributed to this session of the APPG Afghan Women and Girls. #StandwithAfghanWomen 010
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout #Afghanistan 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Good morning. A quarter of Reform UK MPs are convicted wife beaters. news.sky.com/story/domest...news.sky.comDomestic abuse campaigners 'appalled' by Tice's defence of Reform MP who kicked girlfriendWomen's Aid accuses the Reform deputy of showing a "complete disregard for the role of justice in dealing with domestic abuse". 06435
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaHuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 26/09/2025The prime ministerhuffingtonpost.co.ukKeir Starmer Faces Furious Backlash Over Plan To Force Every Brit To Have Digital ID CardThe prime minister 152
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain recognise the state of Palestine?" Sarah Champion, "Yes" Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain call this a genocide?" Sarah Champion, "I can't see it as anything other than a genocide" 191100992110
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 15/07/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This feels strange to listen in to. Angry tears have been cried. To be gaslit and validated in one swift debate. We failed and forgot the #Afghansbbc.co.ukSecret Afghan relocation scheme set up after major data breachThe existence of the scheme could not be reported until now because of a court injunction. 042
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 11/07/2025x.com/whitehouse/s... Wow it’s come to this!x.comThe White House on X: "THE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq" / XTHE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq 010
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 05/07/2025'Do they have gold in them?': The Indian artisans up in arms over Prada's sandals - BBC News Social media does have its benefits - silent misappropriation in the good old colonial footprint. Called out. But the economy still works the same way - money will be made #Kolahpur #prada 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/06/2025A quick term summary of US/Iran. ‘You’re it. I quit’ Bomb and invite to talks. #politicsofconflict 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Dr Janroj Keles gives his research lecture on return mobilities. His work is very relevant and fascinating. #migration #Return #Transnational #Gender @ukri.org funded as part of the Gender, Justice and Security hub. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 03/06/2025@hetanshah.bsky.social writes a much needed, welcome argument The role & strength of UK SHAPE subjects can be underestimated. 2013-22, UK is second globally to the USA for - greatest volume of SHAPE business co-authored publications - for total patent citation size of its SHAPE after the US.cityam.comDon't forget the arts when it comes to R&D spendingThe UK's creative economy is worth more than our life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined 056
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 03/06/2025www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers... And we wait.timeshighereducation.comUniversities face ‘tough’ spending review after brutal few monthsPotential reprioritisation of parts of research budget could heap pressure on institutions already counting cost of immigration and tax changes 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukDecriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ... 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw 330154433925
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/05/2025A war with Pakistan, of revenge, over a line drawn by Ratcliffe in 1947, called operation Sindoor. Where do you begin…to figure this out. Speechless at the pointlessness of this. #IndiaPakistan 011
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The removal of the State/370 was under the promise of security. Such failures should lead to questions of the government? Two nations have a long well documented past of war. We don’t want it to come to that. #Kashmirtheconversation.comKashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountabilityThe Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict. 000
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaAPPG Afghan Women and Girls @appgafghanwomen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025CALL FOR INPUT Access to justice and protection for women and girls. www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...ohchr.orgOHCHR | Call for input: Access to justice and protection for women and girlsBackgroundAt its 57th session in 2024, the UN Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan to prepare a report on access to justice and protect... 012
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/04/2025When Kashmir burns everyone has a political opinion and the ability to be upset about innocent people being killed. No innocent people deserve violence. Check in your privilege to be able to make those choices of silence. #Kashmir 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/04/2025www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...ohchr.orgOHCHR | Call for input: Access to justice and protection for women and girlsBackgroundAt its 57th session in 2024, the UN Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan to prepare a report on access to justice and protect... 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 22/04/2025www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c... Thank you for this, and it is noted, watched and will be remembered. #academia #Universitiesaacu.orgA Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&UA Call for Constructive Engagement 010
Reposted by Dr Neelam RainaPolitics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Award-winning filmmaker and Columbia professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner shows how film can produce knowledge and act in struggles for justice where traditional inquiry fails. politicsrights.com/cinema-as-in... #CinemaAsInquiry #ArtAndJustice #DecolonialKnowledge #PoliticsAndRightsReviewpoliticsrights.comCinema as Inquiry: On Art, Knowledge, and JusticeFor many viewers, cinema is a form of paid entertainment to relax or escape. In academic circles, cinema is defined as a means of communication. 022
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...nytimes.comUncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From PakistanMonday marks the deadline for Afghans sheltering in Pakistan to leave the country, with the prospect of a dangerous future in Taliban-led Afghanistan ahead. 012
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Absolutely wrong, an explanation of why this was done should be sought. #Israel 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is tragic - diseases our grandparents generation died of appear again. #Measles 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The sheer delight and pleasure of these freshly arrived #Mangoes as the season begins. A host of memories come rushing back each year with each orange fruit consumed and savoured. 010
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum. Doublespeak becomes trendy again. #women #afghanwomen #homeoffice 001
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The world faces escalated threats from climate and conflict with instability fuelled. Cutting aid is short sighted. Cross party meeting on #UNSDG in parliament that is discussing #UKAidcuts today in parliament. 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Happy Nawroz Nawroz Pîroz Be نەورۆز پیرۆز بێ ❤️ 000
Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 20/03/2025An interesting understanding of heat waves that are coming at us in the next few months and coming years.thewire.inNine Cities Most at Risk of Heat Waves Are Not Prepared for Them Over the Long TermA report found that while these cities do focus on immediate responses to heat waves, long-term strategies are rare and poorly targeted. 000