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Sophie Earnshaw

@sophieearnshaw.bsky.social
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Human rights lawyer. Strategic litigation, housing, public law, refugee & migrant rights. My posts, my opinions.

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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...
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Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right
Masked far right gangs have mobilised in Dover and Portsmouth to physically blockade refugees from entering the country. This is a significant, organised and well-funded escalation. We need to get org...
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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“When I came here, I was all alone, with no one, just my baby. And everything has come back to me,” said IRT. “I have so many nightmares, so many days I don’t eat. Now I need to start from zero again.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘I was crying and shaking’: vulnerable people face ‘inhumane’ ultimatums from London councils
Charities say people are being forced to choose between streets and accommodation hundreds of miles from support networks
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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My brave clients, both survivors of sex trafficking and refugees, shared their stories for this important piece. Both made offers in Durham via Reloc8 UK. MKM won a judicial review in the High Court last year yet we are still fighting @ealingcouncil.bsky.social as they say the property was suitable
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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🔷Abigail Hamer - Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) 🔷Rebecca Hilsenrath KC (Hon) - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (@phsombudsman.bsky.social) 🔷Sophie Earnshaw (@sophieearnshaw.bsky.social) - @sheltercharity.bsky.social Book now⬇️ hi.switchy.io/to6H
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Getting it right first time: Making lawful decisions - Public Law Project
Four webinars on 4, 6, 11, 13 November, guiding decision makers on acting within the law. Presented with LAG and 39 Essex Chambers.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Eid Mubarak to all. End the Wars Free Palestine.
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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Eid Mubarak 🌙
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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
‘If these things have become normal to you, you have lost something very important. You need to be continuously outraged’ Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Families are given just one week to decide whether to leave the UK ‘voluntarily’ or not. Imagine just 7 days to make a life-changing decision. To uproot your children from school. To leave your home. To say goodbye to your friends and neighbours. Heartless. 💔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Families given a week to decide whether to leave UK voluntarily plead for more time
Home Office targets 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and offers them up to £40,000 to leave or face forcible removal
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Ending the two-child benefit cap is long overdue. It was a cruel policy that deliberately pushed children into poverty. But at least 150,000 children in larger families will still see no benefit because of the household benefit cap. The government must go further. #EndChildPoverty #SocialJustice
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We welcome the court’s finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was UNLAWFUL. This case has exposed a deeper problem where the line between direct action and terrorism has become dangerously blurred. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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Liberty responds to court's finding proscription of Palestine Action unlawful - Liberty
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/02/2026
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
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UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. The proscription of Palestine Action, which categorised it alongside the likes of Islamic State, was the first of a direct action protest group and attracted widespread condemnation as well as a civil disobedience campaign defying the ban, during which more than 2,000 people have been arrested. Continue reading...
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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 11/02/2026
300,000 children already welcomed to UK face living in limbo for a decade under Home Office immigration plan @ippr.org www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69908
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Shelter @sheltercharity.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Our @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social has been granted permission to intervene in a case that will be heard at the Supreme Court. This case concerns homeless applicants and the circumstances in which a local authority's duty to accommodate ends #housinglaw @landmarkch.bsky.social shltr.org.uk/JfQ6y
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The Supreme Court grants Shelter permission to… - Landmark Chambers
Explore 'The Supreme Court grants Shelter permission to intervene in case concerning the end of the main housing duty' at Landmark Chambers for in-depth…
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Garden Court North Chambers @gcnchambers.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
In a judicial review claim brought against Three Rivers District Council by two of its residents, the High Court on Monday declared that the local authority’s scheme for calculating low income residents’ council tax liability unlawfully discriminated against them. gcnchambers.co.uk/three-rivers...
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Council tax reduction scheme unlawfully discriminated against Universal Credit claimants - Garden Court North Chambers
Garden Court North's Tom Royston represented the two Three Rivers residents in their claim against the local authority.
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Matrix Law @matrixlaw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Cranston Report has concluded that the deaths of those who drowned while attempting to cross the English Channel in November 2021 were avoidable. Phillippa Kaufmann KC, @jimrobottom.bsky.social, Zoe McCallum & Rosalind Comyn were involved in the inquiry. More: ow.ly/Ftt250Ya7Hu
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Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Finally moved over to @bsky.app Enjoyed the quiet since my last 'tweet' in November 2024, but looking forward to connecting, listening, learning, and sharing here #humanrights #law #socialjustice
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