Civil liberties solicitor. Heads the Bristol Actions Against the Police team at @dpg_law. Views my own.
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Gus Silverman retweeted
About 1,500 people people are in Old Market in #Bristol - who have gathered to oppose rumoured anti-immigration protests.
It comes as police have been given enhanced powers ahead of any demonstrations ➡️ bbc.in/4fymROd
Gus Silverman retweeted
Huge numbers in West Street, Bristol. The street is full of people as far as the eye can see
Updates here:
bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Gus Silverman retweeted
If you read one opinion piece today, I wholeheartedly recommend this one by Bristol24/7 reporter Karen Johnson (@karenswaron), who no longer feels safe in her adopted city bristol247.com/opinion/your-…
Gus Silverman retweeted
From the slave trade, work discrimination, to policing, to poverty levels... while Bristol has a histoiry of anti-racism, lets not pretend it doesn't have one of racism as well.
Gus Silverman retweeted
For all those asking, in Bristol, there’s a brilliant charity called @AidBoxCommunity who help people recently arrived in the city.
Find out more about them here, & do RT
aidboxcommunity.co.uk/
Really strange that there weren't sufficient officers outside of the hotel to begin with, given the far-right organisers made very clear that was their target
A human shield heroically held back anti-immigration protesters last night at a hotel housing asylum seekers. A major question from yesterday is why it took police so long to arrive at the Mercure when protesters had earlier said that was their destination bristol247.com/news-and-feat…
Gus Silverman retweeted
A fundraiser has been set up to buy toys and sweets for children living at a hotel for asylum seekers that was attacked yesterday by a far-right mob bristol247.com/news-and-feat…
Gus Silverman retweeted
It was not the police who initially protected the people inside the hotel from the violent mob, it was a group of Bristol people, who lined up to face them down. The police arrived later
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Gus Silverman retweeted
Outside a hotel in Redcliffe, Bristol - the hotel is being protected by hundreds of Bristolians shouting ‘We are many, you are few. We are Bristol, who are you?’ to a group of around 100 protesters who had marched on the hotel
Gus Silverman retweeted
Courts urge restraint in judicial review of prosecutorial decisions
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High Court have overturned on appeal a decision striking out a claim against Sussex Police and Crown Prosecution Service on grounds of witness and advocate immunity.
The claim involved unauthorised disclosures of the confidential addresses of a domestic abuse survivor to her violent ex-partner by the police and CPS, forcing her to seek refuge on two occasions.
Fiona Murphy KC and Frederick Powell represented the Appellant in this successful appeal against a strike-out and summary judgment decision, setting an important precedent for victims in this developing area of law.
Our experts are supporting a domestic abuse survivor who is now calling for police and prosecutors to ensure the safety of survivors. The #HighCourt have granted the case can proceed, after her new address was shared with her violent ex-partner: bit.ly/4fiRO93
ALT The image features a dark pink background with a quote in white text. The quote states: "She believes, and the High Court judge agreed, that there was no public interest in disclosing her new address in court. In fact, the public interest was in protecting her as a victim of crime." It is attributed to Juliet Spender, who is described as a specialist human rights lawyer.
Gus Silverman retweeted
Significant four-day trial to begin in High Court challenging the use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation dpglaw.co.uk/significant-fou…
Gus Silverman retweeted
Rents in Bristol are rising faster than anywhere else in this country. The result families & workers living in vans & caravans. My Observer report from the UK's vehicle dwelling capital👇
theguardian.com/society/arti…
Gus Silverman retweeted
University of Bristol rejects calls for a 'meaningful' apology for discrimination linked to the death of Natasha Abrahart and @EHRC publishes an “Advice note for the higher education sector from the legal case of University of Bristol vs Abrahart” tinyurl.com/3vjpd74s
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This is a fascinating Dr Hannah Fry clip on how austerity came about by an error in a spreadsheet.. #bbcqt
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Today on Wonkhe: EHRC sharpens its stance on sector failings over disabled access wonkhe.com/blogs/ehrc-sharpe…
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The big student protest camp at Bristol University can stay - at least for now - after a judge denied a uni request for an immediate possession order & adjourned the case instead.
Full story here:
bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
Court refuses University of Bristol’s application for an immediate Order against Palestine protest encampment dpglaw.co.uk/court-refuses-u…
Gus Silverman retweeted
BREAKING: The final YouGov MRP seat-by-seat prediction has Dan Norris (Lab) beating Jacob Rees Mogg (Con) in NE Som & Hanham.
It's close tho, they have it as a 'Lean Labour' result: Lab 40.2% to 32.9%
(margin for error (the lines below overlap) therefore includes a poss Con win)
