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Shoaib M Khan

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10h
As long as they're committed to the principle...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10h
"As former Independent Reviewers of Terrorism Legislation, we have seen at close quarters what is too often absent from today’s debate: ECHR is not merely a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset": Lord Carlile, Lord Anderson and Sir Max Hill. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
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The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations
Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 11h
Justice minister admits that the kitty for increased legal aid spending is now empty. Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Sarah Sackman said she was fully committed to the principle of legal aid but that there is little room for further investment. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/labour-...
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Labour conference: No more money for legal aid, admits minister
Sackman says focus now has to be on making existing funding go further.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14h
UK–France “one in, one out” deal set to expire tomorrow, after talks stalled over French demands for EU-wide scheme. Around 1,400 people have been returned to France under the deal (about £56,000 per return); residual flights may continue for few weeks. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK-France ‘one in one out’ deal to expire on Thursday, say sources
Deal aimed at deterring small boat arrivals set to end as talks stall over French demand for EU-wide scheme
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 19h
The Malaysian government has started repatriating around 5,000 asylum seekers from Myanmar, under a controversial deal agreed with Myanmar's military ruler. Three ships from the Myanmar navy departed from Malaysia carrying the first 1,476 returnees. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The UK should impose fewer short custodial sentences on women and invest more in community-based alternatives, according to a report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/short-j...
lawgazette.co.uk
Short jail sentences for British women 'ineffective', says Council of Europe
Anti-torture committee highlights 'severe staff shortages' in prisons, calling for community-based alternatives.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Other than access to documents, judge must have tools to undertake task properly and professionally, like proper space and ability to make notes without impediment: Court of Appeal rules judge should not have heard case in bed recovering from surgery. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
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Suleman Patel v General Optical Council - Find Case Law - The National Archives
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ECtHR dismisses the case brought by the men sentenced for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The proceedings were not unfair. The appointment of legal aid lawyers had been reasonable in the circumstances. The men's guilty pleas had been entered into voluntarily and not under duress.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two men have had theft convictions quashed at the court of appeal half a century after they were wrongfully arrested because of a corrupt police officer, although one did not live to see his exoneration. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The British Museum has banned visitors from taking photographs of the Bayeux Tapestry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry
Visitors stopping to take pictures of the 68m medieval embroidery were holding up others, prompting the rule change.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Liberal Democrats stayed silent for too long on Europe in the run-up to the Brexit referendum and cannot make the same mistake with the European Convention on Human Rights, the party’s annual conference has heard. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lib-dem...
lawgazette.co.uk
Lib Dem conference: We need to 'win the battle' on ECHR
Shadow attorney general says party cannot stay quiet on defending the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to announce the HRLA Annual Lecture 2026. Sir Tim Eicke KC, former UK Judge at the ECtHR, will deliver this year’s lecture, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Monday 16 November, 6–9pm, at Freshfields hrlalecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk
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HRLA Annual Lecture 2026
Join HRLA for its Annual Lecture 2026, delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nearly one in four respondents to a landmark international survey charting the erosion of the rule of law is from the UK. They cited the 2019 prorogation of parliament, government attacks on immigration lawyers, and tensions about international law and the ECHR. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers...
lawgazette.co.uk
Lawyers lament UK’s ‘backsliding’ on rule of law
A lengthy list of concerns flagged in global bar survey includes government attacks on immigration solicitors.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Twenty women underwent mastectomies unnecessarily while being treated for breast cancer, an NHS trust has said. They were among hundreds of patients who came to harm during treatment at the breast unit of the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily, NHS trust admits
The trust's new chief executive says he apologises unreservedly - "What happened was utterly unacceptable."
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has urged the government to investigate and potentially proscribe the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) under terrorism laws. www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Call for MSF to be banned under terrorism law, but charity says it’s target of “disinformation”
The group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has urged the government to investigate and potentially proscribe the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) under terrorism...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Many Britons feel inequality is worsening and that discrimination has become more common, according to a thinktank study. The report by British Future has found that people across ethnic groups believe racial equality is worsening in Britain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britons of all ethnicities feel racial inequality is worsening, study shows
Nearly half of minority ethnic respondents in a poll say they have faced prejudice over the past year
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For anyone interested, an opportunity to join the Human Rights Lawyers Association Executive Committee as Bursary Officer. A voluntary role supporting the HRLA’s bursary programme and helping widen access to opportunities in human rights law. Details at: hrla.org.uk/join-the-hrl... Please share.
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Join the HRLA Executive Committee as Bursary Officer - Human Rights Lawyers Association
The HRLA is looking for a Bursary Officer to join its Executive Committee and lead the administration and development of the HRLA Bursary Scheme. The Bursary Scheme is one of the HRLA’s most exciting and impactful initiatives. It has been running since 2006 and has supported many aspiring human rights lawyers who would otherwise have ...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Staff falsified records, slept and were on their phones on the night one patient was killed by another on an NHS mental health unit in east London, an inquest has heard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unit
Inquest hears how Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, was able to strangle and kill Hugo Flint-Cahan on a hospital ward in east London.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to announce the HRLA Annual Lecture 2026. Sir Tim Eicke KC, former UK Judge at the ECtHR, will deliver this year’s lecture, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Monday 16 November, 6–9pm, at Freshfields hrlalecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk
hrlalecture2026.eventbrite.co.uk
HRLA Annual Lecture 2026
Join HRLA for its Annual Lecture 2026, delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Existing laws are not enough to protect human rights from AI created threats, peers and MPs warn today. The Joint Committee on Human Rights says that the potential dangers mean the regulation should take a 'precautionary approach'. www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/new-law-...
lawgazette.co.uk
'New law needed' to safeguard human rights from AI
Potential for mass harm means regulation should take 'precautionary approach', says parliamentary committee.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform MSP's hate speech complaint against leading Scots human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has been thrown out by the police. Thomas Kerr claimed the lawyer had broken the law in a speech at a counter-protest to a far-right rally on July 25. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform MSP's hate speech complaint against top Scots lawyer thrown out by cops
Thomas Kerr claimed Aamer Anwar had broken the law in a speech at a counter-protest to a far-right rally on July 25.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Home Secretary tells police chiefs that lessons must be learned from how they handled last weekend's anti-migrant protests - saying she expects officers to use all powers necessary. She asked for reassurance about police plans to deal with far-right groups. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Use all powers necessary on anti-migrant protests, home secretary tells police
Two anti-migrant protests took place in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Webster was a member of the far-right group Patriotic Alternative. He was filmed saying that in his job at HMRC he liked to "deliberately" give non-white people "bad information which sounds interesting, like I'm deliberately trying to sabotage them". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Self-described 'racist monster' Thomas Webster jailed after BBC investigation
A former tax worker is sentenced to two years for inciting hatred online.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A crowd of protesters gathered outside a four-star hotel under the mistaken belief that asylum seekers were being put up there, when in fact the venue was hosting a Pakistani cricket team. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Briggs of Westbourne as the next President of the Supreme Court.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff went on strike over female workers being removed for the visit of a Hindu religious group. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Eiffel Tower shut by staff strike over female workers being moved for religious visit
An investigation will be launched into the incident, which left female employees "humiliated", a union representative says.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering, and his brother Tristan has been indicted for complicity, years after they began investigating them. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/e...
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Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering | CNN
Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for comp...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In a major blow to the case against the man accused of plotting 9/11, a judge has ruled that his confessions to FBI were not voluntary and cannot be used against him. His confessions have always been challenged because the US tortured him in secret CIA prisons. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Controversial British figure and illegal immigrant Milo Yiannopoulos, who gained a reputation as a right-wing provocateur, and is former editor of Breitbart, has been detained by US ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
The British citizen, who lives and works in the US, has supported Trump and ICE agents in the past.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not exactly sure how this can happen, but...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, a first for France’s aviation industry. The ruling recognised that Sophie Lainault had frequently worked at night and been exposed to passive smoking. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules
Sophie Lainault, who worked for Air France, wins legal case linking illness to more than 12,600 hours on flights
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"How could I be anti-Semitic? My family lost members in the Holocaust. I mourn what happened to us, but do I not also mourn Palestinians who’ve died? I don’t choose one lot of humans against another. A dead child is a dead child": Miriam Margolyes. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
telegraph.co.uk
Miriam Margolyes: ‘Everything that makes England valuable is being destroyed’
The actress is known as a potty-mouthed joker, but she’s deadly serious about Farage’s ‘malign influence’ and castigating ‘wicked’ Israel
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A man who made death threats to two mosques has been jailed. Gabriel Levy pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and has been sentenced to 28 months in prison. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for 'terrifying' mosque threats after synagogue attack
Gabriel Levy, 21, from Wakefield made the threats after the Manchester synagogue attack, the CPS say.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Asian and Muslim communities have been told to wash their rice and feet less in a water-saving push. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consum...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The US has sanctioned the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Metropolitan Police inadvertently discloses email addresses of 143 people who have alleged that they were sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. Scotland Yard copied in all victims who signed up to receive a monthly update instead of blind copying them. www.thetimes.com/article/fa1d...
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Met Police mistakenly reveals details of 143 ‘victims’ of Mohamed Al Fayed
The victims were all copied in to an update on the force’s sex abuse investigation, revealing their email addresses to more than 150 people
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage has been re-elected in the Clacton by-election but refused to attend the count, saying the police had warned him of a plot to disrupt the event. "It is understood Essex Police did not advise Mr Farage to stay away". www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A chocolate bar has been made using entirely British ingredients for the first time in nearly a century. It is the first of its kind since 1932, when Rowntree's gifted a six-year-old Princess Elizabeth the only other bar of UK-grown chocolate ever made. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First 100% British chocolate bar since 1932 made in Reading
Master's student Maha Khan created the chocolate bar by harvesting and processing Reading-grown cocoa.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death after convicting him over charges of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity". www.lbc.co.uk/article/bash...
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Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death for war crimes | LBC
A Syrian court sentenced him over "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" during the country's 14-year civil war.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thirty years after the murder of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, the murder trial of the gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting has started. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trial opens for ex-gang leader charged with Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder
Jury selection is due to begin on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-street gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting ​death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Veg...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The revised route came “quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby’s grave”. "Harry Potter fans force a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland to be diverted, as it would disturb the “grave” of Dobby, the elf". www.lbc.co.uk/article/harr...
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Harry Potter and the chamber of Dobby's 'grave': Fans force diversion of £430m cable route to save movie landmark | LBC
The beloved character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Asked about concerns about the jail conditions in El Salvador, Farage said: “We want to make sure that the conditions are sensible, reasonable and appropriate"." For now, prisons in El Salvador are hell on earth. So, how many billions will we pay them to make "sensible and reasonable" prisons?
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Elite universities have accepted more pupils achieving BBB than A*AA to fill gap left by exodus of high-paying overseas students. Universities are accepting lower-achieving British undergraduates after a 10% drop in international students, who pay 7 times as much. www.thetimes.com/article/9ad6...
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Foreign student slump forces A* universities to accept BBB grades
Our analysis reveals just how much higher education has relied on international fees — and what happens when those students stop applying
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Britain can stop small boats crossing the Channel without leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), says the man who slashed Sweden’s migrant wave. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"The Britons who are not British, according to Rupert Lowe". Again, amazing it took the media so long to start thinking about, and saying, such things. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08...
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A black barrister has said a security guard told him he could not park in a court’s car park in London because “it’s not for defendants”. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug...
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Black barrister was told ‘it’s not for defendants’ at London court car park
Stephen Akinsanya says being mistaken for defendant shows lack of progress on racism within legal system
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Anti-migrant protesters were arrested after a mob attacked homes they believed were housing asylum seekers. Police were forced to escort people believed to be migrants from their homes, as rioters smashed windows and forced entry into several properties. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08...
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