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ciaradevlin retweeted
📣 @JamesCleverly @michaelgove @ukhomeoffice @luhc 📣 You CANNOT be okay with continued rises in homelessness. Including refugee homelessness as a DIRECT result of HO evictions. People, charities, local authorities, health services are overwhelmed💥 Do something! #EndDestitution
Couldn’t agree more @RoryStewartUK
The former Conservative politician, now a senior adviser for GiveDirectly, says that when it comes to lifting people out of poverty he "cannot see anything which is as powerful as cash." devex.com/news/rory-stewart-…
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👏Excellent new blog post by @DPRUOxford interviewing @peteouko, exploring his 18 years on #deathrow in #Kenya. Pete was wrongly convicted for murder and in 2007, whilst still in prison, founded @CrimeSiPoaKenya. Read more below 👇
The amazing force of nature that is Kenyan former death row prisoner Pete Ouko gave an electrifying talk in Oxford two weeks ago and gave me an interview for the @DPRUOxford blog. Here it is blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/death-pen…
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Execute justice, not people.
Execute justice, not people.
Execute justice, not people.
Execute justice, not people.
Amidst the depressing fact that 2022 recorded the highest number of global executions, hope remains as more countries move towards abolition #executejusticenotpeople
In 2022, we recorded the highest numbers of global executions since 2017. But, as four more countries join the global trend of total abolition of the death penalty, we have never felt more hopeful that it can become a thing of the past.
Our report 👇 amn.st/6014OgCY8
ciaradevlin retweeted
Why Did Executions Go Up In 2022? Key findings from new @amnesty report on global #deathpenalty summarized in under two minutes in this video youtu.be/1GVASKPH36w via @YouTube👇
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Privy Council strengthens citizenship rights for children born in The Bahamas to unmarried parents.
Edward Fitzgerald KC & Daniella Waddoup were instructed by @ParvaisJabbar of @smb_lawchat to act on behalf of the respondents.
Read more: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/pri…
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This morning, we are appearing in the Privy Council to appeal the excessive sentence for manslaughter in case 'Roger Watson v The King', alongside @DoughtyStreet's Paul Taylor KC, Amanda Clift-Matthews and Daniella Waddoup. 🇧🇸
#TheBahamas #Appeal #JCPC
jcpc.uk/cases/jcpc-2020-0090…
ciaradevlin retweeted
*NEW RESEARCH*
Today, during our side event at the @HRInews conference, we shared new research exploring the motivations and pathways of individuals to committing drug related crime in #Indonesia with our partners @LBHMasyarakat.
#DrugcrimePolicySEA
🔗bit.ly/3ocVClX
ciaradevlin retweeted
🚨Important breakthrough - #Malaysia is set to abolish the mandatory #deathpenalty.
Yesterday two bills were unanimously passed in parliament & will now go through their third reading. We welcome this important step forward for Malaysia.
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Constructive and positive discussion this morning on moves towards abolition of the #deathpenalty in #Ghana with Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame and his delegation.
🇬🇭Reasons to believe that Ghana will be the next African country to abolish capital punishment.
ALT Meeting with Ghana's Attorney-General (AG) and his delegation on the move towards abolition of the death penalty in Ghana. Pictured: AG Godfred Yeboah Dame, Deputy AG Mrs. Helen A Ziwu, Director of Public Prosecutions Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, Assistant State Attorney, Andrew Nethercott, Prof Carolyn Hoyle and The Death Penalty Project's Co-Executive Director Saul Lehrfreund.
Wonderful news for International Women’s Day 👏 #LetGirlsPlay #IWD2023
An announcement that will change women's football in England forever, and the start of something truly special. 👏
Take it away, @leahcwilliamson and @lottewubbenmoy...
#LetGirlsPlay | #IWD2023
ciaradevlin retweeted
“If Canadians are afraid to ride public transit because people with mental-health challenges are using the system to stay warm, that tells us how badly we have failed those people, and how urgently we must find them housing and treatment.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.
I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
ciaradevlin retweeted
This is essential reading this week👇🏾it's been informed by interviews with 40 people who have faced homelessness & a survey of 2,000 people on the lowest incomes. The findings are heart breaking💔 & show why Govt needs to pay attention to housing just as much as heating & eating
🔊A new report published today by @crisis_uk reveals the devastating impact of unaffordable housing costs, rising rents and skyrocketing inflation on low-income households and people facing homelessness as the cost of living intensifies.
[A THREAD: 1/7]
ciaradevlin retweeted
I’ve worked with Crisis at Christmas for a number of years now, but this year things feel different and far more urgent. If you can, please support them. #CantBeIgnored
300,000 households could be forced into homelessness next year if nothing changes.
Alex, our life-like, giant sculpture, stands as a rallying cry that we cannot ignore this issue any longer.
Please share if you agree. #CantBeIgnored
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300,000 households could face homelessness next year. This urgent issue #cantbeignored any longer.
So meet Alex. A giant sculpture which stands as testament to the hundreds of thousands living on the streets, sleeping on sofas or stuck in b&bs. We can’t let this continue.
