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Dr Neelam Raina

@neelamraina.bsky.social
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Feminist. Academic. Activist. Post Conflict Reconstruction/APPG Afghan Women & Girls Secretariat. Interested in culture/knowledge/Grand challenges (ex UKRI-GCRF) Director of Research @MiddlesexUni thegenderhub.com/stories/culture-an…

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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.thestatesman.com/india/return... Freedom of press?? #India
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Return of the Raj: Black Day for Indian press freedom as UNI journos booted out of office - The Statesman
Police storm UNI office in Delhi, drag journalists out without notice, halt news services, and spark serious press freedom concerns.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Are 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...
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Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency
Gender 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...
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
My heart broke when visa crackdown ended UK dream, says Afghan coder - The Times and The Sunday Times
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
www.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 #Mahmood
bbc.co.uk
Mahmood 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.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The 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
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
WW3 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.
Trump confirms US has launched 'major combat' operations in Iran, as explosions reported in Tehran

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US President Donald Trump confirms US has launched "major combat operations" in Iran

It comes after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says his country has launched a "pre-emptive" attack on Iran

The BBC has received images of smoke rising in Tehran, as Iranian state media report further explosions in the east and north of the country's capital city

Katz has also announced a state of emergency in Israel in anticipation of retaliatory strikes
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
US 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….
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Afghanistan 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.com
Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe
The world has shifted focus away from Afghanistan, much as it did in the lead-up to September 2001, giving dangerous networks room to rebuild.
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UK 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.com
UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption
Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The return of the loot. It goes home now. All eyes on the British Museum which has around 900 items according to BBC today. #BeninBronze
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Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments
The 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...
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
A 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...
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This 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.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Those lights shining out of #Grenfell each time, as the building gets demolished. Sharp. Almost whiplash like sharp, pain.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Erasure 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...
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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!
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Democracy wobbles as politics pans out in a presser.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
thecsrjournal.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 #IndianWomenandGirls
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Rajasthan Panchayat Bans Smartphones for Women in 15 Villages - The CSR Journal
A caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has stirred a major controversy by banning women from using smartphones in 15 villages.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/12/2025
Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.
aljazeera.com
New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks
Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Hellholes 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.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Testimony 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
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout #Afghanistan
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Good morning. A quarter of Reform UK MPs are convicted wife beaters. news.sky.com/story/domest...
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Domestic abuse campaigners 'appalled' by Tice's defence of Reform MP who kicked girlfriend
Women's Aid accuses the Reform deputy of showing a "complete disregard for the role of justice in dealing with domestic abuse".
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 26/09/2025
The prime minister
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Keir Starmer Faces Furious Backlash Over Plan To Force Every Brit To Have Digital ID Card
The prime minister
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Krishnan 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"
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
www.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 #Afghans
bbc.co.uk
Secret Afghan relocation scheme set up after major data breach
The existence of the scheme could not be reported until now because of a court injunction.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
x.com/whitehouse/s... Wow it’s come to this!
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The White House on X: "THE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq" / X
THE SYMBOL OF HOPE. TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY. SUPERMAN TRUMP. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/fwFWeYonAq
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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
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Love it! #NATObingo
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A quick term summary of US/Iran. ‘You’re it. I quit’ Bomb and invite to talks. #politicsofconflict
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Dr 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.
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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.com
Don't forget the arts when it comes to R&D spending
The UK's creative economy is worth more than our life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers... And we wait.
timeshighereducation.com
Universities face ‘tough’ spending review after brutal few months
Potential reprioritisation of parts of research budget could heap pressure on institutions already counting cost of immigration and tax changes
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Nigel 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...
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Decriminalise 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 ...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025
Today 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
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A 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
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The 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. #Kashmir
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Kashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountability
The Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict.
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APPG Afghan Women and Girls @appgafghanwomen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
CALL FOR INPUT Access to justice and protection for women and girls. www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
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OHCHR | Call for input: Access to justice and protection for women and girls
BackgroundAt 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...
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
When 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
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
ohchr.org
OHCHR | Call for input: Access to justice and protection for women and girls
BackgroundAt 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...
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c... Thank you for this, and it is noted, watched and will be remembered. #academia #Universities
aacu.org
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Award-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 #PoliticsAndRightsReview
politicsrights.com
Cinema as Inquiry: On Art, Knowledge, and Justice
For many viewers, cinema is a form of paid entertainment to relax or escape. In academic circles, cinema is defined as a means of communication.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
nytimes.com
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan
Monday marks the deadline for Afghans sheltering in Pakistan to leave the country, with the prospect of a dangerous future in Taliban-led Afghanistan ahead.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Absolutely wrong, an explanation of why this was done should be sought. #Israel
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is tragic - diseases our grandparents generation died of appear again. #Measles
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The 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.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum. Doublespeak becomes trendy again. #women #afghanwomen #homeoffice
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The 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.
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Happy Nawroz Nawroz Pîroz Be نەورۆز پیرۆز بێ ❤️
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Dr Neelam Raina @neelamraina.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
An interesting understanding of heat waves that are coming at us in the next few months and coming years.
thewire.in
Nine Cities Most at Risk of Heat Waves Are Not Prepared for Them Over the Long Term
A report found that while these cities do focus on immediate responses to heat waves, long-term strategies are rare and poorly targeted.
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