Sappho Xenakis
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Academic researching international political economies of crime & punishment. Personal account.
London
Joined September 2013
This evening, 6pm - all welcome - join us online!
The first event is tomorrow - it's not too late to join a fascinating online discussion about the criminalisation of environmental and climate change activism around the world! Book here:
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The UN Special Rep for Human Rights Defenders will deliver her report to the General Assembly this Thursday. Join us for @berglund_oscar's incredibly timely talk on the criminalisation of climate & eco activism. The #BBKCrimSeries. Thursday, 6pm, here:
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GEO Group Inc - accused of forcing Colorado detainees to work (for $1 a day) or risk solitary confinement - is seeking to claim derivative sovereign immunity on the grounds that it was under government contract (to ICE).
Geo Group Inc., the private prison operator facing human trafficking allegations from immigrant detainees, on Monday landed US Supreme Court review of a decision blocking it from appealing a rejection of its claim of derivative sovereign immunity.
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All Post Office Horizon victims entitled to free legal advice for first time
bbc.com
Responding to the first stage of the inquiry into the scandal, the government said it had accepted all but one of the recommendations.
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New open access paper on #ecocidelaw from Giovanna Frisso (University of Lincoln). Essential reading for anyone working on #ecocide, environmental justice, or Indigenous rights. Read the full paper for FREE here: https://t.co/MiyFhX4m5f
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Upcoming events for the Birkbeck Criminology Seminar Series 2025/6! Find out more and reserve your space here (free and open to all) via the series webpage: https://t.co/hNS2zwNc9f
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The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever | Television & radio | The Guardian
theguardian.com
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
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Exciting events upcoming for #BBKCrimSeries 25/6! @berglund_oscar on criminalisation of enviro & climate activism (16/10), @DrCarynPeiffer & @Fromagehomme on pitfalls of public messaging on oc & corruption (27/11), +Jules Lobel on prisoners challenging solitary confinement (4/12)
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This evening, don't miss the guest lecture by @chouliaraki_l, 'Wronged! Reversals of victimhood as acts of power', for #BBKCrimSeries @BBKCriminology @SocSciBBK @BirkbeckUoL - all welcome! More info here: https://t.co/Wmc86ALJyG
bbk.ac.uk
Guest lecture by Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE) for Birkbeck's Criminology Seminar Series.
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Tomorrow 6pm! Don't miss Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki's talk 'Wronged! Reversals of Victimhood as Acts of Power', online, for the #BBKCrimSeries @SocSciBBK @BBKCriminology @BirkbeckUoL
bbk.ac.uk
Guest lecture by Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE) for Birkbeck's Criminology Seminar Series.
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Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out | Water industry | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024
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Tomorrow don’t miss Prof. Tanya Wyatt (UNODC) talking for the Birkbeck Criminology seminar series on the international landscape of criminalisation of environmental offences - all welcome!
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Tomorrow don’t miss Prof. Tanya Wyatt (UNODC) talking for the Birkbeck Criminology seminar series on the international landscape of criminalisation of environmental offences - all welcome!
bbk.ac.uk
An online webinar by Professor Tanya Wyatt, FAcSS, Lead Researcher, Research and Trend Analysis Branch, UNODC
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This evening for the Birkbeck criminology seminar series - Prof. Roberta Mazza (University of Bologna) will be giving a talk on the illicit trade in ancient artefacts and the Brothers Poem Papyrus - all welcome! https://t.co/pDRnSn5fA5
@SocSciBBK @BBKCriminology
bbk.ac.uk
Guest talk for the Birkbeck Criminology Seminar Series by Prof. Roberta Mazza (University of Bologna)
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Vietnamese tycoon Truong My Lan loses death row appeal over world's biggest bank fraud
bbc.co.uk
She is now in a race for her life - if she can pay back 75% of what she took, she could be spared.
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I take note of the decision of the @IntlCrimCourt to issue arrest warrants for Israel PM Netanyahu, former Minister Gallant, and Hamas leader Deif. These decisions are binding on all States party to the Rome Statute, which includes all EU Member States.
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I tried to warn Valencia’s government about flooding, but it didn’t listen | Juan Bordera for The Guardian
theguardian.com
The rightwing regional authorities ignored the climate-crisis science and dismissed the weather forecast, says Juan Bordera, a climate journalist and an MP in the Valencian parliament
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UK Government offers undisclosed settlement after being taken to High Court by mother of 9yr old girl from South London whose death was first to have air pollution recorded as its cause
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UK government offers undisclosed sum in compensation to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah for daughter’s untimely death
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