Steve Crawshaw 🧡
@stevecrawshaw
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“Prosecuting the Powerful” (2025). ex @independent @hrw @amnesty @freefromtorture. Other books: Russia, Germany, creative protest. Now mostly at other place
London
Joined February 2011
Putting a country's leader on trial once seemed unimaginable, but as @stevecrawshaw describes the possibilities of justice have been transformed . . . ‖ #ProsecutingThePowerful is out today! Congratulations Steve. Buy your copy here: https://t.co/Ppr9FQ1zQ3
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I'm looking forward to reading this v timely book by @stevecrawshaw who gave an inspiring speech last night about the moral courage it takes to bring war crimes perpetrators to justice. I woke up to media hesitating to call Trump's plan for #Gaza what it is - a war crime.
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I am mostly now at the Other Place. But/and: many thanks @KenRoth !, and back at you: I look forward very much to reading yours on partly intersecting themes in difficult times
In his new book, "Prosecuting the Powerful," @SteveCrawshaw traces the history of international justice and shows why, despite inevitable transgressions, the possibility of bringing perpetrators to justice is growing.
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Thank you to so many people who helped make this book what it is. Out 6 February — more about this in weeks and months to come, in the other place.
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Moving memories of the brilliant & generous Paul Lowe, photographer for the ages. RIP
Paul Lowe will, naturally, be remembered for his work and the quality and significance of it. His outstanding contribution, as an award-winning photojournalist and as an academic, has, after all, left a significant legacy. Read more:
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This one was tough to write. I’ve edited Kim for more than a decade, with him covering all corners of the world. His job was never to make mine easy - he was always the first to head to a frontline. But he did so with humour and his reporting was superb. https://t.co/PbpInm3CRP
independent.co.uk
In a career spanning more than four decades, it was at The Independent that Kim would define his legacy as one of Britain’s best on-the-ground correspondents, writes international editor Chris...
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This is such horribly shocking news. generous fearless brilliant, will be so much missed
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Madness left behind, finally. Amazing that any British government could ever have thought blocking justice was a good idea.
theguardian.com
Labour government announces its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East
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This is SUCH an important call by @YasmineAhmed001 @hrw — extraordinary that current govt is still lost in Sunak morasse of challenging (British) chief prosecutor who seeks Gaza indictments & justice at ICC
theguardian.com
Yasmine Ahmed of Human Rights Watch says the UK should not challenge the international criminal court’s right to seek justice for alleged war crimes
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A brilliant book, a brilliant colleague — please come join us for @PearsonElaine wisdom, experience and hope. Looking forward to this! , so much to talk about for sure
I'll be speaking about all things Asia, human rights, @hrw and writing books in London this Wednesday July 24th, 6pm at the Conduit - in conversation with the wonderful @stevecrawshaw. Do come along if you're in London. Register here: https://t.co/8I9I4zaF0C
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Western liberal politicians and media like to blame Netanyahu for everything that's wrong in Israel. That is a false and dangerous notion. All Zionist "opposition" parties (Gantz, Lapid) and President Herzog condemning Khan just shows Israelis either deny or justify war crimes
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Huge congratulations to @Trial and all those they have worked with to get this result — important not just for itself but what it can herald for future
🚨BREAKING: Ousman Sonko, former #Gambian Interior Minister under Yahya Jammeh, has been sentenced by the #Swiss Federal Criminal Court to 20 years in prison for #crimesagainsthumanity.
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Read and share this thread… brilliant opportunity for talented young journalist, in memory of generous-spirited genius Rupert Cornwell @Independent. not-to-be-missed…
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Powerful must-read thread by Ukrainian Nobel laureate — too much of this is too often ignored
I would recommend Western politicians to watch Putin's address to the Federal Assembly. It becomes clear who Russia is fighting against and what the next steps will be. 1/12
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This essay by @TobiasBuckFT is one of the most brilliant essays on Germany, memory, & identity that you can or will read. Just extraordinary
ft.com
Taking responsibility for the Holocaust is at the core of national identity. But this collective commitment faces challenges from both left and right
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Love this so much!, from my brilliant former colleagues at @FreefromTorture, pure madness brilliantly distilled (and stoppable, obviously)
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My colleague, the head of the human rights center "Memorial," 70-year-old Oleg Orlov, has just been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in a Russian prison for his human rights activities. 1/4
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