“Development may contribute to reductions in drowning— improvements of road infrastructure, access to electricity and smartphones, and greater interest in education mean children are spending less time around water,” said Dr Rebecca Sindall (@BexSindall), Researcher @RNLI

It is essential that all defendants receive a fair trial. When a judge starts threatening juries and denying key elements of the legal system trust in the court system can be diminished or broken. This is a Crisis of Conscience. Help protect jury trials: https://t.co/50CzCQ47Gt

Judge Silas Reid threatened jurors with criminal charges were they to use the centuries-old legal principle of jury equity. He has since been proven to have been wrong as a result of the Trudi Warner case in the High Court - but it appears he has not chosen to amend his error.

Activists will not be intimidated by improper rulings from judges who do not respect the right to a fair jury trial. Judge Silas Reid has today imprisoned a woman for acting on conscience, having wrongfully prevented jurors from using theirs. This is a crisis of conscience. 1/3

The World Health Assembly #WHA77 is starting today, Here is: 👉What you need to know about this top level meeting, 👉What we expected on the #ClimateAndHealth front, 📻Stay tuned for updates from our team on the ground.

"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains." - Karl Marx #WorkersDay

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During lockdown, I wrote 30k words about VAR and measurement theory. No-one wanted to publish it - they all said it was mad. But offsides like this Coventry one mean I can't stop thinking about it. 3 major issues.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Trudi Warner exits the Royal Court of Justice with her head held high - she is innocent of any wrongdoing. “Her placard simply summarised the principle of jury equity. Her conduct was consistent with information sharing.“ - Mr Justice Saini

#DefendOurJuries logo appears on a second UK beach, this time in Scarborough! We’ve had an incredible week of action, with over 80 locations visited to remind the public of their rights in law, every crown court in England & Wales, and had numerous important messages of support.

International women’s day ! روز بین المللی زنان Wishing better days to women all over the world, specially to women of my country, who are fighting for their basic rights. I wish the world doesn’t forget about women who are struggling to live in peace and freedom !

"King Charles shouldn't be blamed for things his ancestors did." The Irish response when the King visited Ireland in 1911.

I told her "I can't comprehend how we ended up here, we deserved better", and she quickly corrected me "we deserve better, still". Indeed, we deserve better . We keep showing unequivocal resilience and determination to build a better Sudan. We deserve better. #KeepEyesOnSudan

I'm going through reports about the early days of the 2018 revolution in Sudan for a piece I'm writing (don't try this at home, bad idea). The more I read, the more I go back to a chat I had with @KholoodKhair a couple of weeks ago, as were reminiscing about all the hopes we had.

The NHS is by no means perfect, but no one in the UK has ever been declared bankrupt because of medical bills. Yet. We must never take our NHS for granted.

*JURY RIGGED* @PrivateEyeNews on the Attorney General's cynical attempt to stop juries reaching not guilty verdicts in trials of those exposing government lies. What is it about juries you don't trust @VictoriaPrentis?

Recently, I decided I wanted to read every page of one of my favorite websites, @OurWorldInData. I’m about halfway now. Here are the 30 most surprising things I’ve learned about the world so far! 🧵