Harriet Wistrich
@HWistrich
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Lawyer and director of Centre for Women's Justice, founder member Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize group and Justice for Women and author of 'Sister in Law'
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Joined October 2012
Excited to announce that my book Sister is Law will be published in May 2024. I lift the lid on some of the landmark cases I have fought, from Sally Challen to the undercover police scandal, revealing how terrifyingly often the law is not fit for purpose.
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Remember jean Charles de Menezes
Approaching the 20th anniversary of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by the Met police, this article tells the story of the historic family campaign for justice (I describe my own involvement in a chapter of my book, 'Sister in Law'
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Approaching the 20th anniversary of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by the Met police, this article tells the story of the historic family campaign for justice (I describe my own involvement in a chapter of my book, 'Sister in Law'
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Very proud of my colleague Kate Ellis featured in Times Lawyer of the Week for her brilliant work helping to expose MI5's darker secrets and fighting for open justice
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Great to hear the MOJ are interested in working with @centreWJ and @ToniaAntoniazzi to explore effective defences for victims coerced into offending and other measures to address unjust criminalisation.
Over half of women in prison or under probation are victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Today at Justice Questions, I asked what steps are being taken to better protect survivors of domestic abuse who are coerced into offending or use force against their abusers.
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the successful criminal appeal by Emma Humphreys - 17 us old when she killed her violent pimp - 27 when she was released from prison following a precedent setting appeal which recognised the long term impact of domestic abuse @centreWJ.
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‘But in the beginning - and in the end - it is a story about violence against women and girls, about the importance placed on that crucial issue by the state, and about how covering up for abusive misogynists never ends well.’
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Salute your courage @emilyinpublic for your persistence.
I honestly cannot express my appreciation enough for everyone who has supported me along the way. But really, without @centrewj, none of this would have been possible. I owe them more than I can ever repay. It's been quite the journey!.
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RT @BBCMBuchanan: NEW: After an extraordinary ten year campaign by @emilyinpublic her abuser was finally jailed this week. As she says….
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the judges have expressed concerns about the ease with which authorities like MI5 have been able to hide behind a ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ policy and recommended that wherever this policy is relied upon that is properly interrogated by the courts.
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Brilliant reporting from @DdesimoneDaniel who has helped expose the lies told to the court by MI5 in order to protect a violent misogynist informant.
MI5 is in this mess because they covered for a violent misogynist state agent who used his role to coerce and abuse. Abuse must never be excused, nor abusers protected. MI5 underestimated our determination to hold them to account . Now they know.
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RT @BarristerSecret: I’m part-way through The Unthinkable by @David_Challen. A remarkable and powerful story of a family’s fight for just….
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RT @David_Challen: Undercover police groomed women into sexual relationships to infiltrate protest groups. Kate Wilson’s memoir lays bare t….
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RT @KilledWomennw: Aspiring lawyer Zara Aleena was brutally murdered by a known offender while on her way home on 26 June 2022. A protest i….
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RT @out_of_lives: What if it was your sister? Your daughter? Your mother? Or your friend? Don't let this state-sponsored abuse happen again….
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This is brilliant news - the end of a cruel and wholly unnecessary waste of our limited criminal justice system resources to punish women
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This is brilliant news -.No women should be investigated by or criminalised because of the desperate circumstance they may find themselves in which end with a late termination of pregnancy
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She added: “If good people don’t grip difficult issues, in my experience bad people do.”
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