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Professor of Intersectional Justice @ucl.ac.uk #violence #entrapment #immobility #humanrights #law #migration #climatechange #trafficking #children #women UCL profile: profiles.ucl.ac.uk/87069-sonja-ayeb…

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Cult Podcasts @cultpodcasts.com · 17/07/2026
"How Family Courts Can Become a System of #CoerciveControl with Prof. Sonja Karlss…" Perfect Prey: A Coercive Control Podcast @drcocchiola.bsky.social @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social 17 Jul 2026 [0:50:05] #HumanTrafficking #Cult s.cultpodcasts.com/JtDHhUKNG0SZ8jwJ…
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How Family Courts Can Become a System of Coercive Control with Prof. Sonja Karlsson
In this episode of Perfect Prey, I’m joined by Professor Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Professor of Intersectional Justice at University College London (UCL), whose research examines coercive control, legal entrapment, institutional abuse, migration, and human rights. Together, we explore how coercive control extends beyond intimate relationships and into family court systems, why protective mothers and children often experience institutional betrayal, and how legal systems can unintentionally reinforce abuse rather than prevent it. We also discuss the Hague Convention, children's voices in family court, and why meaningful reform must begin by listening to survivors. What we cover •Coercive control beyond intimate relationships •Family court as a form of institutional abuse •The Hague Convention and international custody cases •Legal entrapment and human rights •Why children's voices are often misunderstood •Joan Meier's research on child abuse allegations •The misuse of parental alienation allegations •Why systemic reform is urgently needed Why listen If you're a survivor, protective parent, clinician, attorney, researcher, or advocate, this episode offers a powerful human rights perspective on coercive control and family court abuse. Professor Ayeb-Karlsson shares how research can help expose institutional failures and create meaningful change for women and children. Guest bio Professor Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson is Professor of Intersectional Justice at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on legal entrapment, intersectionality, coercive control, migration, human trafficking, exploitation, and mental wellbeing. She has published more than 100 academic works, including over 50 peer-reviewed articles, with more than 17,000 citations. Professor Ayeb-Karlsson leads the Everyday Disasters and Violences Research Group at UCL and previously served as a Senior Researcher with the United Nations University's Migration Section. She also leads the mental health and intersectionality work for the Lancet Countdown, is a core member of Hague Mothers and the Council of Europe's Network of Specialised Lawyers and NGOs Assisting Women Victims of Violence, and serves on several international editorial boards. Connect with Professor Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson UCL Profile https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/87069-sonja-ayebkarlsson Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kM8LTfkAAAAJ&hl=en Instagram https://www.instagram.com/profayebkarlsson LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-sonja-ayeb-karlsson-67692676/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profayebkarlsson/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@profayebkarlsson Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/profayebkarlsson.bsky.social Most of Professor Sonja's research articles are available free of charge. She regularly shares free article downloads on her Instagram, including papers that cannot otherwise be made open access due to journal restrictions. Connect with Dr. Christine 🩵 Protective Parenting Program: https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com/services/for-parents/ Official Website: https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrCocchiola-coercivecontrol/videos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.c_coercivecontrol Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.cocchiola_coercivecontrol/ TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp2qByKOue4&t=24s Books: Framed https://url-shortener.me/c/FramedBook Every Moment of Every Day https://url-shortener.me/c/EveryMomentOfEveryDay If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, share it with someone who may benefit, and leave a review. Your support helps more survivors, professionals, and protective parents find these conversations. — Dr. Christine Cocchiola & Professor Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson 🔸Follow Dr. Christine on IG: www.instagram.com/dr.cocchiola_coercivecontrol 🔸Visit her website: https://coercivecontrolconsulting.com 🔸Become a Certified Trauma-Informed Protective Parent in this intensive educational program with an option for LIVE coaching/support to guide protective parents as they navigate the stormy seas of parenting a child who has been coercively controlled. 🔸Sign up here: https://go.drcocchiola.com/accelerated2-selfstudy
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We cannot pretend that she was not driven to end her life. Our thoughts are with the family she left behind and especially with her three children who forever lost an opportunity to build memories and a loving relationship with their mum. #childremovalistorture #accountability #childlossgrief
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We wake up to the news that we have just lost yet another young mother to the family court system. She saw her two children removed and then fought desperately to maintain the care of her newborn who finally was removed too.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Violence keeps our minds frozen - entrapped in a state we desperately want but cannot escape!” @profayebkarlsson #metoofamilycourt #coercivecontrol #traumaresponse #entrapment #silencingwomen
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Whenever in doubt, remember you are not alone. Whenever you feel depleted, remember we are half of the global population. Whenever silenced, remember they cannot silence us all! #sisterhood Repost @womenscircleonline #resistthepatriarchy #resisters #speakupforthevoiceless #motherearth🌍
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@profayebkarlsson, Word of The Day: FEMICIDE [noun] The killing of a woman because she is a woman. #familycourtdictionary #genderedviolence #femicide #knowledgeispower #metoofamilycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Mother Earth Knows The Depth of Child Loss - Child Removal Is Torture 💔 Repost @livingearthtv This is one of the longest documented mourning behaviors ever observed in wild whales. #Orca #motherhood #childremoval #enlessgrief #childloss
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Silence is the perpetrator’s greatest weapon!” @profayebkarlsson #metoofamilycourt #coercivecontrol #legalentrapment #lawfare #silencingwomen
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Gå gärna in och läs och ta del av hennes forskning via vår hemsida. Ni hittar det under fliken: Forskare samt Kunskapsbank: l1nq.com/ztfx5ir Följ @profayebkarlsson och stå bakom oss i kampen för barnen. #barnensmetoo #forskning #professor #barn #sverige
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Repost @visomkamparforvarabarn Professor Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson är en av de absolut främsta forskarna i världen på intersektionell rättvisa. Hennes forskning visar tydligt på de brister som finns inom familjerättssystemet och det går helt i linje med vad vi som organisation ser.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
”If your voice held no power they wouldn’t try to silence you.” Keep Speaking! 💜 Repost Danielle @womenscircleonline #resistance #womeninspiringwomen #femaledivine #powerinwomen #speakforthevoiceless
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@profayebkarlsson, Word of The Day: FEMINISM [noun] The simple belief that women should be afforded the same rights, opportunities and treatment as men. #familycourtdictionary #lawfare #legalentrapment #knowledgeispower #metoofamilycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“To grieve the loss of a child who is still alive!” @profayebkarlsson #metoofamilycourt #childremoval #legalentrapment #endlessgrief #custodyloss
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Time to sound the alarm Swedish media, what are you waiting for? #metoofamilycourtsweden #inthebestinterestofthechild #parentalalienationindustry #thechildrenarecoming #barneniskaraborg
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The police continues until the boy vomits. The police do not interrupt but go ahead with the removal. In the best interest of the child Sweden? The police is meant to arrest criminals, not children. @profayebkarlsson
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🚨BREAKING TODAY: Two Swedish boys, 10 and 11, removed by the State funded police. Dressed in civilian clothes but armed with guns. removing children by force as ordered by the family court. A boy screaming in distress for two hours that his father beats him.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A family court ruled by fear and sycophancy where a parent raising safety concerns for a child may be punished through their removal. Access and read Ayeb-Karlsson (2024): doi.org/10.1080/0964... #metoofamilycourt #parentalalienationispseudoscience #lawfare #gardnerorwellian #familycourtdictionary
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‘We have lost our humanity’: Incomplete citizens, dangerous experts, and ‘(residential) reunification interventions’ that entrap, punish and harm the so-called ‘alienated’ child within England and Wales family court system
The ‘good’ post-separation child is an ‘incomplete citizen’ targeted by family court associated interventions to guide their decisions. This article revisits this hypothesis through a High Court ca...
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Gardnerorwellian [adj.] First coined by Ayeb-Karlsson (2024) to describe a totalitarian and dystopian legal system controlled by the ‘parental alienation’ industry (blending “Gardner” and “Orwellian”).
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Law Becomes A Weapon of War! @profayebkarlsson #lawfare #metoofamilycourt #legalentrapment #coercivecontrol #familycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
…to download, open access and widely available to the public. #knowledgeispower📚 #womeninresearch #domesticabuseawareness #metoofamilycourt #empowerthrougheducation
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
2.7 Million: We are reaching a wider audience. Knowledge Is Power. Keep raising awareness and ensure that all in dire need of research can has access. Follow. Share. Respost. @profayebkarlsson I aim to ensure that my research publications and resources are free…
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“She risks becoming a ‘Hague Mother’. She risks losing custody and contact with her child, potentially forever.” Friday 13.02.2026, Opening Keynote, Family Court Crisis Event in the UK by @fcmommabear #UnbreakableSoul #MeTooFamilyCourt #changefamilycourt #legalentrapment
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Note of The Day: #changefamilycourt @profayebkarlsson #metoofamilycourtsweden #legalentrapment #metoofamilycourt #lawfare
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
”We must not accept that our courts are being used as powerful tools of lawfare against women and children fleeing violence and abuse.” - Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) #metoofamilycourtsweden #metoofamilycourt #lawfare #legalentrapment #changefamilycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
@profayebkarlsson, Word of The Day: LAWFARE [noun] The strategic use of legal systems, institutions, or proceedings to intimidate, hinder, or cause problems for an opponent, effectively using law as a weapon of war (blending “law” and “warfare”). #familycourtdictionary #lawfare
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
CHANGE FAMILY COURT -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) #metoofamilycourt #changefamilycourt #motherserased #legalentrapment #metoofamilycourtsweden
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“In the USA, human trafficking is recognized as a public health crisis, with more than 218 000 victims identified since 2007.” -Ayeb-Karlsson and Valiquette 2026 doi.org/10.1016/S0140-… #HumanTraffickingandExploitation #TheTrumpDoctrine #aworldfreeofexploitation #modernslavery
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
”Women and children are dying in the context of family court - reform cannot wait.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) #metoofamilycourt #changefamilycourt #motherserased #homicide #suicide
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“We Must Not Fear Calling Out What Is Unjust, Also When It Will Not Help Us Personally, Or Else How Can We Expect Others To Stand Up For Our Rights When The Tables Turn.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) #standupspeakup #sisterhood #fightthegoodfight #womensrights
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Russell Brand: Children Cannot Consent.” - @profayebkarlsson I have no interest in whether the legal age of consent was met with a day, hour or minute. I am concerned by anyone raising that argument.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Ayeb-Karlsson, S. et al. (2024). psykologtidningen.se/2024/07/16/1... Almqvist, K. Axberg, U., Ayeb-Karlsson, S. et al. (2024). psykologtidningen.se/2024/06/04/f... #metoofamilycourtsweden #legalentrapment #parentalalienationispseudoscience #metoofamilycourt #legalabuse
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105 experter: Därför fördömer vi användandet av så kallad föräldraalienation
SLUTREPLIK. "Vi bör fördöma användandet föräldraalienation på grund av dess misogyna ursprung", skriver debattörerna.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Some recommended reading of my research and work in Swedish and English. In English: Ayeb-Karlsson, S. et al. (2024). www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... Ayeb-Karlsson, S. (2024). ‘ doi.org/10.1080/0964... På Svenska: Ayeb-Karlsson, S. et al. (2025). www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/ny3...
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Throwback to the @rokssverige conference on the legal weaponisation of Parental Alienation and other pseudoscientific labels in family court. Stay tuned, video recording of the presentations coming soon. Some recommended reading of my research and work in Swedish and English.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“If she asks for protective measures, if she asks for a confidential address, if she tells the school about the violence the children have experienced, she becomes an ‘alienator’.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson)
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The research in this area remains very scarce while urgently needed. Articles stemming from this effort will be published very soon. Please help share this post to relevant stakeholders and on relevant channels. #metoofamilycourt #suicide #filicide #parentalalienation
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The call is for cases on global level so can have occurred anywhere in the world but must be in relation to family court proceedings and ‘parental alienation’ allegations. Please direct any information that you may be aware of including public records to me over email.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I am also continuing to seek filicides (and other homicides) that have happened in the contexts of ‘parental alienation’ allegations in family court. This can be filicides, femicides but also other associated homicides and familicides.
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
🚨ATTENTION - RESEARCH SUPPORT 🚨 Last year, l put out a call for any public records related to family court associated filicides that have occurred in the context of ‘parental alienation’ allegations. I am extending that call to suicides (children, mothers, fathers).
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Russell Brand: Exploitative Sex IS Sexual Violence.” - @profayebkarlsson #metoomovement #childsexualexploitation #russellbrand #speakupspeakout #accountability
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Did you think the company of dogs is just pleasant as they are cute? Guess again. Research shows that the company of dogs, stroking, cuddling, breathing with them, help our nervous system settle. #petsarefamily #healingjourney #domesticviolenceawareness #empathyandkindness
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“I have tons of women who contact me who say: ‘I could not really put my finger on what if was or if it was wrong’.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Learn more: doi.org/10.1007/s108... #legalentrapment #reproductivecoercionandabuse
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“I have tons of women who contact me and who say: ‘This happened to me but I never spoke about it because I was too ashamed’.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) Read The Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #legalentrapment #reproductivecoercionandabuse
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Read The Guardian article by Legal Affairs Correspondent Haroon Siddique: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Learn more: doi.org/10.1007/s108... #legalentrapment #reproductivecoercionandabuse #deadlyviolence #coercivecontrol #familycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“In 2024, 11 999 cases involving 21 865 victims were identified, of which 6646 (55%) involved sexual exploitation and 2220 (19%) involved labour exploitation. These included 2666 children and 149 individuals identifying as gender minorities.” -Ayeb-Karlsson & Valiquette 2026
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Lack of access to abortion is associated with fatal violence for pregnant and post-partum women.” -Spearman et al. 2025 Learn more about reproductive coercion: doi.org/10.1007/s10896… #legalentrapment #reproductivecoercionandabuse #deadlyviolence #coercivecontrol #familycourt
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“There is no escape from the law, nor from a legal system that he has wrapped around his finger.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) Friday 13.02.2026, Opening Keynote, Family Court Crisis Event in the UK by @fcmommabear #MeTooFamilyCourt #legalentrapment
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“The Family Court provides a legal entrapment from which there is no escape.” -Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson (@profayebkarlsson) Friday 13.02.2026, Opening Keynote, Family Court Crisis Event in the UK by @fcmommabear #UnbreakableSoul #MeTooFamilyCourt #legalentrapment
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Few films cover this difficult topic but this is one of them. Movie: Sound of Freedom (2023) Genre: Crime · Drama · Thriller IMDb Rating: 7.6 Repost @cinecatalogue #humantrafficking #childsexualexploitation #whattowatch #modernslavery #truestory
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Prof Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson @profayebkarlsson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Earlier this year we published an article in which we raised concerns about human trafficking and exploitation in the United States, but also worldwide: Ayeb-Karlsson, S. and Valiquette, T. (2026). The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S014...
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