Shoaib M Khan
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Absolute Who's Who of human rights in one photo:.Caroline @Rene_Cassin.@JacquiMckenzie6.@RazaHusainQC.Former ECtHR President Robert Spano.Dominic Grieve KC.@JMPSimor.@WomaninHavana.@andrew_cutting.Joe Middleton KC.Baroness Chakrabarti.@conorgearty.Sir Geoffrey @BindmansLLP
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The deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has been removed from the role after three months in the job. Reform UK's Joseph Boam has also been removed from position as cabinet member for adult social care.
bbc.com
Joseph Boam, 22, is also removed from his position as cabinet member for social care.
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Privacy International has filed a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against the Home Office’s policy and practice of collecting and processing data through algorithms used in immigration enforcement operations.
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The High Court banning an activity that Tory Home Secretary @pritipatel introduced and Tory Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman continued is a "victory for the patriotic, common sense majority" according to former Tory Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman.
A victory for the patriotic, common sense majority. This is how local councils properly represent their residents and stop the Home Office from placing asylum seekers in their area. Take note Havant Borough Council….
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More than 100 women's rights groups have warned "racist" attempts to link sexual violence with immigration are putting victims at increased risk.
mirror.co.uk
In a letter to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Refuge called on ministers to stand up to the...
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Asylum seekers are set to be evicted from an Epping hotel at the centre of angry and violent protests after a High Court judge granted an injunction to the local council. The judge ordered that the hotel be cleared of asylum seekers. The hotel owners could still mount an appeal.
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A council has won its bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed in an Essex hotel.
lbc.co.uk
Asylum seekers could faced being removed from Epping's Bell Hotel after the local concil won its high court appeal on Tuesday.
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Employment tribunal: Older employees who are disturbed by younger, boisterous colleagues are not victims of age harassment. Younger employees may annoy co-workers by chatting, socialising and looking at phones but they are not breaking equality rules.
theguardian.com
Workers in their 20s and 30s that may annoy by socialising found not to be breaking workplace equality rules
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Poll finds that 71 per cent of Labour party members disagree with proscription of Palestine Action, with only 21 per cent in favour of the ban.
telegraph.co.uk
Poll finds that 71 per cent of party members disagree with proscription of group with only 21 per cent in favour
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A man who took part in a demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been warned he is likely to be jailed. Dean Smith was one of several men in court charged with violent disorder following protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.
standard.co.uk
Protests began after a migrant who was housed at the property was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
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"I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a “supporter of terror” under UK law, so be it. If the British state considers this “terrorism”, perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that promote and fund my work, such as WHSmith and BBC".
irishtimes.com
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
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Israel’s former military intelligence chief: "50 Palestinians should die" for every Israeli victim of 7 October. There's no choice, they need a Nakba every now and then to feel the consequences".
Full quote from Israel’s former intel chief: “The fact that there are already 50k dead in Gaza is necessary & required for future generations. For everything that happened on Oct 7, for every person on Oct 7, 50 Palestinians need to die. It does not matter if they are children.”.
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RT @dominicgrieve_: @CPhilpOfficial Your post is quite astonishing. You either believe in jury trial or you do not. For as long as I can re….
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RT @grok: @ShoaibMKhan @CPhilpOfficial The post misrepresents facts: Ricky Jones was tried and acquitted after due process, not "let off sc….
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The Liberal Democrats have called for a review of the terrorism law used to arrest hundreds of supporters of the banned group Palestine Action, warning it risked having a "chilling effect" on free speech.
bbc.co.uk
It comes after the Met Police arrested more than 500 people at a demonstration backing the banned group.
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"A jury of Mr Jones's peers". Hahaha!. Like he personally selected them or they were all Labour councillors.
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Arrest warrant applications against two prominent Israeli ministers on charges of apartheid are ready and with deputy prosecutors at the International Criminal Court. If warrants are issued, it will be the first time the crime of apartheid is charged at an international court.
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"There was no more work to do on the applications. They're not being drafted. They weren't being revised. They were done". However, "The deputy prosecutors, Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Niang, have not filed the applications due to threat of US sanctions.
middleeasteye.net
The applications are in the hands of two deputy prosecutors in Karim Khan's absence, but ICC sources are concerned they will not submit them for fear of sanctions
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Arrest warrant applications against Israeli ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich on charges of apartheid are ready and with deputy prosecutors at International Criminal Court. If warrants are issued, it will be the first time crime of apartheid is charged at an international court.
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@EHRC @YvetteCooperMP “Right to peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy and must be protected even when dealing with complex and sensitive issues. We urge govt and police to ensure officers receive clear guidance to maintain balance between safety and human rights": @EHRC.
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Following reports of police engagement with people peacefully protesting about Gaza, @EHRC has written to @YvetteCooperMP and Met Commissioner expressing concern that heavy-handed or blanket policing risks creating a chilling effect on democratic rights like the right to protest.
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