Toby Cadman
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Barrister | International Law | Co-Founder The Guernica 37 Group | Joint Head of G37 Chambers | ShaolinKungFu | @Guernica37Group | https://t.co/Ywl2YNfxzh
London, Madrid, San Francisco,
Joined February 2010
@DillyHussain88 @metpoliceuk He calls them antisemitic and refers to them as "dirty ****ing Muslims". He needs to be identified and charged.
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It looks like years of inaction by the #InternationalCommunity in #Bangladesh has created an overwhelming sense of impunity although it seems finally that the #HasinaRegime has overestimated its position. There are always red lines. This, finally, is one. It is a useful reminder.
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So nothing changes. An autocratic regime continues and blames the political opposition labelling them anti-democratic and anti-liberation. Bangladesh desperately needs new political leadership that is divorced from poisonous politics of the past.
I'm at a loss for words to describe this. Not once did Hasina mention the students who lost their lives during the recent protests during her latest presser with business leaders. The police killed at least 170 students (the actual number is likely higher), but she didn't express
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The level of arrogance is simply astounding.
Former #Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son @sajeebwazed to an Indian tv channel " We are tired of saving Bangladesh. Bangladesh is not our problem anymore and the people of Bangladesh are very very ungrateful. its their problem. not mine anymore"
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The past month in Bangladesh can only be described as a pivotal moment. It is a moment to side with law and justice or to side with the autocratic demolition of fundamental rights and freedoms. With peaceful anti-governments descending into violence once again, with mass.
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It’s worth remembering that this is from 12 sitting members of the #USSenate and is a direct threat to the #ICCProsecutor and his family. This is an attempt to obstruct an independent investigation and steps must be taken to address this. This is the #UnitedStates. This is not a.
Read the letter from 12 Republican senators threatening ICC chief prosecutor @KarimKhanQC with "severe" consequences for him, his family & staff if he goes ahead with an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. "You have been warned.". Oh and subscribe to Zeteo too:.
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I have received numerous messages recently asking for an update on #DuaDalal. I can confirm they are safe and well and have just been accepted to study at university - something they have always dreamed about! Thank you for the support
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UN condemns Saudi attack on detention facility in which 70 people killed @Guernica37Group
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For those of us that have followed #Bangladesh and the #BrutalRegime of #SheikhHasina and #AwamiLeague the last few days is truly tragic but entirely predictable. The #InternationalCommunity has allowed this to happen. Who will now answer for it and where? It is now time.
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I am delighted and deeply honoured to announce that I have been appointed as a Special Prosecutor Advisor to the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh @ChiefAdviserGoB @G37Chambers.
Co-Head of Chambers, @tobycadman has been appointed Special Prosecutorial Advisor to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. 1/3
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Did he seriously say “a role model for the whole world”? Is he completely delusional?.
The General Secretary of the UK Awami, League, Syed Farouq, who organised the rally (see below) was kind enough to agree to be interviewed. He blamed all the violence on the opposition parties, and when I tried to ask him about the killings by Bangladesh law enforcement
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The fact that I support #Justice4Syria does not change my view of #Justice4Palestine and the fact that I support #Justice4Ukraine does not change my desire to see #Justice4Yemen @Guernica37Group #justicematters
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This shows the first casualty of democracy - the judiciary - judges terming themselves as political activists that decide cases on matters other than the evidence .
#Bangladesh judges, who're supposed to give verdicts based on evidence impartially, have declared their allegiance to @albd1971 & #SheikhHasina, & claimed judges needed to consider history of liberation war before giving verdicts. One judge told he wants to punish a party & it's
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It is no coincidence that the #BangladeshGovt met today with @KarimKhanQC at the @IntlCrimCourt amidst the govt’s deadly targeting of civilians protesting.
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The apologists are out in full force trying to frame this as improper, unlawful, disgraceful, even anti-Semitic. These accusations are misguided and themselves disgraceful. The suggestion that sovereignty, self-defence and historical victim status provides blanket immunity.
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This shows the depths to which the current regime has descended. There is little or no respect for the rule of law and can no longer call itself a democracy.
In Bangladesh, several leaders of the Hasina regime have been threatening to kill the US ambassador, Peter Haas. Biden looks helpless to do anything about it.
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During the days of the #HasinaRegime the Bangladesh delegation was consistently one of the largest delegations to the #UNGA in New York. The days of nepotism and graft are over. Quite properly @ChiefAdviserGoB limits the delegation to only those that are necessary to foreign.
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Guernica 37 Launches Pro Bono Initiative to Collect and Present Evidence to the ICC Prosecutor in The Hague @Guernica37Group
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@Joanna__Hardy @Dominic2306 A badge of honour @Joanna__Hardy to be lectured on moral certainty by someone as morally bankrupt as him.
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Two incredible and intense days with the amazingly brave @DuaDalal Proud to be their lawyer @GuernicaLaw37 @Refugees
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@TomHayesBmouth @TulipSiddiq @margarethodge @taxinparliament @TransparencyUK Is this meant to be irony?.
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I have long said Bangladesh Democracy is in free fall. I have been involved, in one way or another, in Bangladesh (judicial) politics for over a decade. The currently ruling regime, and I use that term intentionally as it is not a democratic government, it is equatable to a.
I have long said Sheikh Hasina is nothing but South Asian Putin without nuclear weapons. Now even Indian analysts are recognising this. “[Bangladesh’s] political system now closely resembles Russia. ”.
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Proud to say my MP!.
Some years after 1st writing on Bangladesh me @EveningStandard made tv there!.We have cautious grounds for optimism with new government but retribution is wrong.A future needs building where democracy matters not just stability.More
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“As the 2024 elections approach, the third coordinated by the Awami League since its rise to power in 2009, its decade of political repression rolls on, and its attempt to choke any and all political opposition continues.”
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@Heidi__Matthews Completely agree with the position you have taken, as should anyone with a modicum of knowledge of #IHL, the way in which you have been subjected to such treatment is utterly appalling and must be called out.
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This is the most heartening news I have read. Having represented his father in a sham trial and having felt helpless to do anything meaningful to ensure his release, today’s news is truly heartening. The work done by many has kept him alive. However, amongst the feeling of.
Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem Arman is finally home free. He was left by DGFI at Ibn Sina hospital premises in Dhaka today morning. We demand the release of all other political prisoners and victims of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh! @hrw @MichaelPolakLaw @tobycadman
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8 years ago today the incredibly courageous journalist Marie Colvin was killed by the #SyrianRegime under bombardment in #Homs. The wheels of Justice move slowly but they will see their day and it will come soon @reflextv @waadalkateab @GuernicaLaw37 .
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Truly a moment in time. #Bangladesh can emerge from this as a #democracy. Free and fair elections. The #RuleOfLaw. Holding the perpetrators accountable. Time to free the #disappeared time to release #MirAhmadBinQuasem and #AbdullahilAmaanAzmi and all those held by the.
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@mehdirhasan I really do admire you @mehdirhasan for maintaining a dialogue with @piersmorgan when it is quite clear that he struggles to have a truly impartial discussion on these issues.
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The Bangladesh Government should be reminded that ratifying a treaty requires something more than a signature. It should start to respect the international obligations it has signed up to and establish functional, independent institutions to apply them. There are obligations.
Bangladesh: Law Minister tells the UPR Working Group that Bangladesh has ratified all core UN human rights treaties except for Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED). #Stillnoanswers #BangladeshUPR.
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International legal team including lawyers from @GuernicaLaw37 for @olabini have filed an #UrgentCommunication with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which investigates arbitrary arrests and detention around the world.
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And don’t forget what he told us both after the programme. A wholly dishonest individual.
In 2019, I asked a question about Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem's abduction and secret detention by Bangladesh state agents to Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the PM of Bangladesh on @mehdirhasan @AJEnglish . His answer is even more ridiculous following the release of Arman
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BREAKING NEWS: @CIJ_ICJ confirms joint complaint filed by the #Netherlands and #Canada to hold the #AssadRegime accountable for breaches of the UN Convention against Torture before the International Court of Justice. Deeply honoured to have been part of the @Guernica37Group.
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@OwenJones84 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if this was happening anywhere else, literally anywhere else in the world, we would not even be having this discussion. It’s desperately sad that you need to continuously point this out.
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Utterly deplorable attacks on @ghadaoueiss by #Saudi and #UAE trolls that must be condemned by all #Journalismnotacrime @GuernicaLaw37 @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37
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@NadineDorries @BBC I watched it last night. It's an abomination. It's like watching a team playing behind doors as a result of a ban! I confirm that #IStandWithGaryLineker and all those who support him but watching #MOTD last night was miserable.
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Very proud to see @IbrahimOlabi speaking in the #UNSC on #truth #justice and #accountability for all #Syrians representing @Guernica37Group @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37 @waadalkateab @ActionForSama
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A hugely welcome decision. The previous regime denied the existence of any persons forcibly disappeared, the new interim government recognises the need to address this phenomenon.
This is a very welcome decision by #Bangladesh's new interim government. It is important to recongise the great work of Bangladesh's organisation of disappeared famillies, Mayer Dak (Mother's Call) - and in particular Sanjida Islam - in ensuing that this issue was at the top of
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Update: #duadalal as recently noted the girls are safe & well & have been offered places at university. This comes at a cost. We are grateful for those that have assisted but must ask those that are willing to assist the girls financially to email clerks@guernica37.com
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Utterly shameful decision.
🚨 Mass murderer Hamid Noury receives a hero's welcome by the regime in Iran. Sweden's shameful decision to free a convicted perpetrator of the #1988Massacre as part of a deal with Iran undermines the rule of law. It will encourage more impunity & blackmail by Iran. CC @SwedishPM
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Hugely proud moment moving to Temple for me and everyone at @Guernica37Group @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37
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@sarahkendzior I can't believe I'm actually reading this. Do people honestly think that there is just one court in The Hague. Not only did Milosevic die before the end of his trial, Jack Smith was never at the ICTY, the court that actually prosecuted Milosevic!.
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.@Guernica37Group filed today a detailed submission at @IntlCrimCourt regarding the Situation in Yemen. This is the first in a series of filings that will be made seeking to break new ground and bring an end to a catastrophic and devastating conflict @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37.
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@RichardGowan1 India and UAE those two bastions of human rights and democracy - no surprise.
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Please sign the petition and help @DuaDalal have what we all take for granted #Freedom @GuernicaLaw37
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The Times piece "Dubai paid for Robinson to visit ‘runaway princess’" in which I request that an expert delegation composed of independent medical and legal professionals conduct an assessment
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The US has lost the moral high ground to criticise other States for failing to support resolutions in other war zones by standing alone in failing to support a much needed humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The US stands alone. The reform of the UNSC and the veto of the P5 is.
This is truly depraved.
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Shocked and appalled by the execution of my client #MotiurRahmanNizami. Process was condemned by international experts. Political show trial.
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@Kjell_Anderson I would love to say I’m amazed but sadly I am not. It is in keeping with her blinkered and very dangerous view on Palestine and Palestinians. Shameful that she still sits as ambassador when clearly her views are not conducive to public good. She should have been sent packing long.
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Hugely important step as we approach the tenth anniversary of the #SyriaConflict @GuernicaLaw37 #JusticeMatters
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Proof that people do care about others. Sitting on the underground listening to two young men discussing the case of @DuaDalal with such disbelief that such a system is allowed to prevail. I asked how they heard about the case. They saw @Channel4News @lindseyhilsum proud moment.
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Following the US position on sanctioning those who attempt to interfere with the independent electoral process, #AwamiLeague supporters, aided by #DhakaPolice, reported to have stuffed ballot boxes at Gulshan Model School and College in Dhaka yesterday
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The chilling remark “you have been warned” is straight out of a Martin Scorsese screenplay. It’s fair to say that obstruction charges have been brought for lesser conduct in the past. Beyond the pale is an understatement.
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Wonderful news to hear French national #ChristianElombo is to be released after the #UAE withdraw an extradition request that was widely considered to a flagrant abuse of the #Interpol process @haighdavid @RadhaStirling @detainedindubai @GuernicaLaw37.
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She didn’t just sign it she wrote “finish them”. That is a green light to atrocities. When senior US officials (even past ones) make such statements of endorsement and meets with those persons under investigation what message does that send - one of entrenched impunity.
What a moron ….
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@MAarafat71 Clearly supporting an independent, international, investigation I assume, recognising that the government cannot be independent or impartial.
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Front page of the @globeandmail great piece by @markmackinnon on the incredible @DuaDalal @GuernicaLaw37.
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Leaving Dhaka with a heavy heart. Visiting after an #AwamiLeague imposed exile of 13 years was truly extraordinary. The student-led #MonsoonRevolution is truly inspiring and starting to see the beginnings of real and sustainable change is quite incredible. It will be a long.
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@Lookinupatstars Very difficult discussion to have. I left school with terrible grades but at that time had no idea what I wanted to do. Years later I decided and worked hard to get where I am now. She’ll be sad, disappointed, devastated. It will not define her and she’ll achieve what she wants.
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On the eve of the ICJ a sudden departure of the previous rhetoric. This means they are taking very seriously what tomorrow will bring.
"I want to make a few points absolutely clear:.Israel has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza or displacing its civilian population. Israel is fighting Hamas terrorists, not the Palestinian population, and we are doing so in full compliance with international law.
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Important to remember this!.
While the world was celebrating New Year’s Day, Russia and the Syrian regime attacked #Idlib countryside, killing and injuring civilians most of whom were children. #WhiteHelmets #NewYear2022
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Bangladesh Government arbitrarily and unlawfully executes #MirQuasemAli following a trial that has been termed a flagrant denial of justice.
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Important debate in the #UNSC on the Situation in #Syria with a powerful presentation by the amazing @waadalkateab and a statement to be given by @IbrahimOlabi from @Guernica37Group calling for greater engagement and to ensure that no victim is left behind #accountabilitymatters
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Tomorrow a court in Germany will deliver a verdict in what is a critically significant step in delivering justice to Syrian victims. After all the efforts by victims and legal groups around Europe, this must be viewed as the first step in holding such persons accountable.
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As a lawyer (and a human being) there are good days and there are bad days. Today was a good day #Justice4Syria #AccountabilityMatters. Proud to be standing on the right side of history @Guernica37Group @almubernabeu @IbrahimOlabi @DutchMFA @CanadaFP
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Is this how the Israeli State intends to report to the @CIJ_ICJ within 30 days on the measures taken to comply with the Order.
Now in Jerusalem: hundreds of right wing settlers take part in a conference to plan the return to the Gaza Strip
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This clearly demonstrates the international community's quite understandable concern as to the political environment. One can clearly see another farcical (one-sided) election on the horizon!.
How much will the EU's decision not to send a monitoring team to Bangladesh impact the govt.'s 'commitment' to hold a free and fair #election, and how will it contribute to the people's ongoing struggle to #RestoreDemocracyInBanglades? 🗳️🇧🇩 Any thought, good people?
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Absolutely thrilled to have been recognised in @ChambersGuides for #InternationalCrime for the sixth year as someone who has “an innovative practice style and crops up in cases all around the world”. Could only achieve this by having the best team in the world @Guernica37Group
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Was curious to see what @tulipsiddiq had to say about the #BangladeshElection18 and allegations of widespread corruption by her aunt’s party. Unfortunately I’m blocked. Transparency runs in the family I guess
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Joint Statement on Anniversary of Enforced Disappearance of #MirAhmad @MichaelPolakLaw @GuernicaLaw37
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Truly the future of #Justice and #Accountability is at stake. This is a pivotal moment. A moment that will determine all of our futures and commitment to the #RuleOfLaw. If we do nothing now to stop a genocide unfolding and if you can't stop for a moment to feel for a moment the.
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@JonFDanilowicz @TulipSiddiq She will continue to say nothing and will continue to block those that criticise her family.
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Great piece by @martinchulov on the recent rapprochement by Arab Leaders to establish diplomatic ties with the brutal #AssadRegime @Guernica37Group @IbrahimOlabi @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37 @EmmaMesurier.
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Incredible revelations in the #SheikhaLatifa case. Urgent communication filed by @GuernicaLaw37 and @detainedindubai with the #UNWGEID @haighdavid @RadhaStirling
Narendra Modi ‘ordered capture’ of fleeing Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa
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@ProfDBernstein One might also reasonably ask why do they have hostile foreign policy towards Israel. Could it be the latter’s total disregard for international law. The latter’s total disdain for Palestinians. Or the latter’s seeming impunity for an unlawful occupation, system of apartheid and.
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An excellent assessment of #TheNetherlands initiative to hold #Syria accountable for breaches of #CAT @DutchMFA @GuernicaLaw37 @GuernicaCentre @opiniojuris #yasminenahlawi #sanasekkarie
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To all those who made the process at the #KoblenzTrial possible @mazenadarwish3 @anwaralbounni @ECCHRBerlin @CIJAinfo the victims, #Caesar and the German Prosecutors this is your moment. Let’s see other countries start to do their part now. @Guernica37Group.
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Breaking and somewhat significant news! Arrest warrants issued
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This says it all:. “Bangladesh has been in turmoil for some time. A rigged election in January confirmed the country had descended into thuggish one-party rule. In July mass student protests erupted against the reimposition of reservations of 30% of government jobs for.
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Arriving in #TheHague this evening in advance of the hearing on #provisionalmeasures at the @CIJ_ICJ in the case brought by the @NLNetherlands @DutchMFA and @Canada @CanadaFP against #Syria for breaches of the #ConventionAgainstTorture one is reminded of the bravery and.
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The election in #Bangladesh is every bit the farce it was expected to be. Stuffed voting boxes, pressuring voters, preventing opposition candidates and now voting centres closing for lunch!!!! @KenRoth @amnesty @RupaHuq @MarkFieldUK @StateDept @NpwjPress @GuernicaLaw37.
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The Situation in the OPT is within the jurisdiction of the @IntlCrimCourt and it will need to look closely at the situation on the ground independently, impartially and from all sides as the rest of the world looks on in utter shock and disbelief.
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Speaking tonight on @AJArabic about the importance of @DutchMFA @ministerBlok initiative to hold #Syria accountable for breaches of #TortureConvention #JusticeMatters @GuernicaLaw37 @GuernicaCentre @almubernabeu @carlbuckley37 @IbrahimOlabi
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Proud to announce launch of the #guernicaaccountabilitypodcast First episode features the #GuernicaTeam talking about what it means to them. Second episode to feature #NaomiRohtArriaza #sihubogenocidio #accountabilitymatters @GuernicaLaw37
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Press Statement: International Legal Team for Ola Bini Files Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures @GuernicaGroup @GuernicaLaw37 @GuernicaCentre @g37abogados @almubernabeu @prisonlawyer66 @damianloreti @freeolabini.
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Guernica 37 Press Statement on the Disappearance of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohamed al Maktoum and the statement from the Court of the Ruler of Dubai @GuernicaLaw37 @detainedindubai @TiinaJauhiainen @haighdavid @RadhaStirling @GuernicaGroup @g37abogados.
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