Jennifer Blair
@SqueakinglyJen
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Feminist lawyer, classicist, King Arthur fan. Barrister @No5Chambers. Tweets hopefully my own. She/her or they/them pronouns.
London
Joined August 2010
I'm being sued for £8m, in what I believe is one of the largest English libel claims ever made. In the interests of transparency, I'm publishing all the documents here:
taxpolicy.org.uk
Barrister Setu Kamal is suing me for £8 million over our Arka Wealth investigation. We’re applying to strike it out as a SLAPP and will not remove the article.
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Given Skye has a small population it’s so great to have so many people here for the protest #Gaza
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Very powerful Gaza protest underway on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. ‘Land is in your bones. It is memory. The bones of your ancestors. Skye is built of sea and sand and resistance. We walk because we know what it means to have your land stolen’. Bagpipers and this excellent dog.
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The Government of Israel has continued to make claims against UNRWA's neutrality, putting our staff at risk and harming the Agency’s reputation. “Last month, I wrote to the Foreign Minister of Israel, requesting once again information and evidence to substantiate these
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I don't know of this is true, but it would be delightful for her to have to proscribe herself as a terrorist organisation
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"Death to the IDF" received more coverage than this ever did in the media.
Remember in early July, Israeli soldiers entered a house in Gaza, and let their dog maul an autistic Palestinian with down syndrome in front of his family. His name was Muhammad Bhar. Then they separated him, and left him to bleed out.. He died alone. The IDF had forced his
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It seems so absolutely pointless to label Palestine Action terrorist. Firstly because people targeting arms dealers' property are clearly not terrorists. But secondly because surely people will just campaign under a different name.
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The UK government is seeking to proscribe the pro-Palestinian direct action group under anti-terrorism laws.
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Nb I generally oppose citizenship deprivation as itself being a form of human rights abuse, but committing genocide for a foreign army should surely at the very least be criminalised...
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Will the UK government be seeking to strip Brits of their British citizenship if they commit genocide fighting abroad for the IDF the same way as they did with Shamima Begum for joining ISIS?
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UK and international lawyers have filed a war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who fought with Israel's army in Gaza.
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Why do this?
🚨BREAKING: The Israeli army published a video showing its forces blowing up a school in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, in a display of pride. This act comes amid a systematic campaign targeting the education sector in Gaza, which has been ongoing for nearly two years. Schools and
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A spate of arrests today - under the statue of Gandhi - of people holding up placards. A priest in her 80s, academics, medical professionals… Hard to believe the UK Government is led by a man who once worked as a human rights barrister. #Palestine
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I’ve never seen a more British arrest video in my life, such sarcastic stoicism in the face of it all. Surreal. The man being arrested is Tim Crosland, a former government lawyer. https://t.co/3rDhxCT3UR
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I am fostering a semi-feral teenage cat who is due to have kittens in a couple of weeks and I am obsessed with this kitty cam!
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The British Red Cross welcomes the opening of the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme today https://t.co/pt4C8Qn6Mb🧵⬇️
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Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
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