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Professor of Social Policy | Royal Holloway University of London | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

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@ProfRaviBarn
Ravinder Barn
4 years
Delighted to have contributed to this collection on the theme of Victims' Access to Justice by Cox and Walklate. Thanks to my co-author @vedkumari @Nluo_Official. We sketch historical developments in India over the last 50 years. #Mathura #Nirbhaya #VAW
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@Palestine_in_UK
Palestine in the UK
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The Palestinian Presidency expressed deep regret and astonishment at the decision of the U.S. Department of State not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation scheduled to participate in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meetings in September. The Presidency
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@UNReliefChief
Tom Fletcher
7 months
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. 

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
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@hzomlot
Husam Zomlot
7 months
Saeed Naji Zomlot, the cousin closest to my heart, was killed by Israel. We last spoke four days ago. Saeed told me his children were starving and he had no choice but to go north of #Gaza in search of food. I asked him to be careful. He went—and never came back. Today, the
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@hzomlot
Husam Zomlot
9 months
For us, I told @PiersUncensored, the life of one Palestinian child is worth the world. I appreciate the journey Piers travelled in reaching the truth, and respect his acknowledgement at the end of this interview the many mistakes committed by mainstream media since Oct 2023 and
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@Michael_Spagat
Michael Spagat
10 months
19. At the same time we should recognize that @UKLFI is vector of false information about the Gaza death toll and should not be taken seriously on this subject.
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Ravinder Barn
11 months
Job Opportunity: Senior Lecturer in Law We are seeking to appoint a senior lecturer in law to a teaching and research position. Check out the details here, and please contact me via email, if you wish to discuss the role -
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Full time, PermanentApplications are invited for two positions of Senior Lecturer in Law (Teaching and Research) in the Department of Law and Criminology. The Department of Law and Criminology is...
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@SangitaMyska
Sangita Myska
1 year
I, along with many fellow journalists, signed the letter demanding the Royal Television Society reinstate its Award for Palestinian Journalists. I welcome the ⁦RTS promise to U-turn but there’s still a big question mark over its decision making process
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artistsforpalestine.org.uk
In response to a statement by the Royal Television Society (copied below), UK Screen Industry has said: “We welcome the Royal Television Society’s U-turn in reinstating the Special Award for the co…
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@RoyalHolloway
Royal Holloway
1 year
Growing our partnership with @ShooliniUniv in India 🌳 A visit to a partner university today sparked discussions on collaboration, as well as the inauguration of a Bio Innovation laboratory and planting of a tree. Partnerships in #RH2030s: https://t.co/3BqVMf1vyb @ProfJSanders
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Ravinder Barn
1 year
Our very own ⁦@StevePeers⁩ doing a fantastic job in his highly engaging seminar on ‘Taking Rights Half-Seriously?: The new EU asylum pact’. Thanhs Steve 🙏 ⁦@RHUL_Law⁩ ⁦@RoyalHolloway⁩ ⁦@LawSocRHUL⁩ ⁦@rhulpirp
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@RichardBurgon
Richard Burgon MP
1 year
Over 60 MPs from eight parties have now backed my Parliamentary motion calling for sanctions on Israel. Israel is carrying out war crime after war crime. Our Government must impose widespread sanctions on Israel to force it to stop.
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@SangitaMyska
Sangita Myska
1 year
The row back by some media outlets over their reporting of the events in the immediate aftermath of the Amsterdam riots is quite something. Alas, it’s too late. This will become an example of how, when the basic rules of reporting are ignored, public trust in the media is eroded
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Ravinder Barn
1 year
We are witnessing the final stage of genocide in Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
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theguardian.com
Omer Bartov is an Israeli-American professor of Holocaust and genocide studies. He has issued a grim warning on Gaza
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@m7mdkurd
Mohammed El-Kurd
1 year
the hardest thing I ever had to write, my first nonfiction book, is finally done.
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Sunder Katwala
1 year
RIP Paul Stephenson, who has died aged 87. He organised the successful Bristol bus boycott of 1963, now recognised as an important moment in British social history - by winning the argument against racial discrimination in practice, and then in law too. https://t.co/3vFLNy73xw
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bbc.co.uk
His family issue a statement to say he died on Saturday after a "courageous battle" with Parkinson's disease.
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Ravinder Barn
1 year
“The consequences of inadequate coverage are significant. Every television report, article and radio interview that has failed to robustly challenge Israeli claims has systematically dehumanised Palestinians,” @BBCNews⁩ staff https://t.co/PgG9FYYtRQ
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aljazeera.com
Employees say 'Israel must be held to account for its actions' and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians.
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@SaharMaranlou
Sahar
1 year
Really enjoyed learning about this interesting £1.57m research project "Hair and Care" exploring black children & young people sense of exclusion in education and social care setting. Led by Dr. @RajanRankin and Prof. @ProfRaviBarn @RHUL_Law @RoyalHolloway and @UniKent
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@BBCr4today
BBC Radio 4 Today
1 year
After the Israeli parliament voted to effectively ban the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, tells #R4Today 'the only way forward is for the UN General Assembly to unseat Israel'.
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@UNLazzarini
Philippe Lazzarini
1 year
Just completed a study with Cambridge University + @UNRWA: 🧷 The ongoing war in #Gaza will set children & young people’s #education back by up to five years. 🧷 It risks creating a lost generation of traumatized Palestinian children and youth. 🧷 Continuous shock & suffering
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@RoyalHolloway
Royal Holloway
1 year
Here's five Welcome discoveries. #Welcome is here and it's fantastic to see many students exploring their new home. Here are a just a handful of the many places they might come across this week... @RHCampusLife / @RHULSPORT / @SURHUL
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@AJENews
Al Jazeera Breaking News
1 year
Al Jazeera denounces Israeli armed raid on Ramallah office and vows to continue coverage of Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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