Owen Bowcott @obowco.bsky.social · 18/09/2025www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...theguardian.comConor Gearty obituaryA skilled and persuasive human rights lawyer who fought for civil liberties in the face of over-reaching anti-terror law 010
Owen Bowcott @obowco.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Leonard Leigh obituary A champion of the Criminal Cases Review Commission - when it worked. 000
Owen Bowcott @obowco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Curious about the international controversy over the future of the Chagos Islands, the US military base on Diego Garcia and the forcibly exiled Chagossian people? Chagossians, lawyers, diplomats and academics will discuss online the islands' complex past and politically-sensitive future. 020
Owen Bowcott @obowco.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Essential background on Chagos Islands dispute, exposing a past of slavery, mass expulsions and super-power politics in the Indian Ocean. Contributions from exiled islanders, lawyers, politicians and academics. My chapter on 2022 voyage to the archipelago and flag-raising battle over sovereignty. 020
