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I was on an Irish Penal Reform Trust @IPRT webinar last year when they launched their report on Irish prisons. I raised BK + the other 2 men in Limerick women’s prison, the solitary confinement issue, the Mandela Rules. I was told “That’s outside the scope of our report.” #KPSS
Could whoever’s briefing @LeoVaradkar pls point out legal experts have been saying for years the GRA has put the State in an impossible position; not just about prisons, but closed psych wards, hospital wards, schools etc; Irish gov have statutory responsibility for safeguarding.
You can have “gender identity” in law (hiding sex/falsifying records) OR safeguarding, but not both. There’s no “privacy right” to hide sex (+ criminal background; see @NoXYinXXprisons report), only a dangerous privilege. Governments MUST #RepealTheGRA + all sex falsification.
A reminder that for the 'hate crime' of sharing photos sent to us of Women = Adult Human Female protest stickers in Belfast, @SDLPlive Councillor @seamasbelfast defamed us as a hate account. @columeastwood do you think it's hateful to defend sex-based rights & language? #AE22
@SDLPlive @SeamasBelfast @columeastwood UUP's @BeattieDoug thought so too at first, 'til women from the network we belong to (& @DreyfusJames!) told him why #peacefulprotest like stickering is the ONLY way for many women to protest the erosion of our rights, spaces & language, thanks to the #chillingeffect created
Here's Seamas's defamatory tweet, trying to stifle debate on women's rights, calling our followers bots. When they replied #notabot, he blocked them! #seamasblockswomen What will you do about this, @columeastwood? Voters are angry & want to know. #AE22
Good old #StreisandEffect, well done S! NI, this is the cadre of our politicians: Defending #childsafeguarding, women's rights & laws based on sci evidence rather than #newcreationism of gender ideology gets you branded a 'hate group'. #BigSeamasIsWatchingYou #AskHimWhatAWomanIs
PS If you're a man or a man-prioritising woman who feel you need to block our content, please do answer our poll on the definition of women on your way out. Unlike Seamas, we're not scared of your opinions on the matter.
If you're a rational adult, concerned about the medical sterilisation & castration of kids, the anti-science Gender Ideology movement, the #chillingeffect on free speech, the erosion of women's single-sex services & spaces, welcome! We're a networking connecting NI people.
Speaking of #ruleoflaw backsliding, this is yet another groundbreaking and lengthy 253-paras long ((preliminary) ruling from ECJ thanks to brave Romanian judges who were left with no choice because Commission doesn't do its job as Guardian of the Treaties. Some quick takes ⬇️
Context: Romania under previous rule of corrupt autocrat Dragnea faced abrupt backsliding with multiple legislative changes aimed to annihilate judicial independence. Today's ECJ judgment is connected to these legislative changes following 6 PR requests
verfassungsblog.de/how-to-adress-…
verfassungsblog.de/how-to-adress-…
1st key aspect: TBOMK this is 1st ruling clarifying legal effects of CVM mechanism + reports with ECJ confirming EU principle of judicial independence imposes *positive* but also *negative* obligations (refrain from undermining) following Portuguese Judges line of case law
Guidance titled "Recognising and Counteracting Microaggressions Against Trans and/or Non-Binary People" is currently being used in official staff training at the University of Edinburgh.
Let's take a closer look 🧵
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/0…
Let's take a closer look 🧵
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/0…
This document was produced by the same authors as the "What is transphobia?" article, which was later removed from the (EDI) section of the University website, and repeats many of the same arguments and misrepresentations we addressed in our response. xxnetwork.co.uk/2021/01/16/res…
Transphobia is defined as "the hatred, fear, disbelief, or mistrust of trans and gender non-conforming people."
As stated in our original response, “Disbelief” is not evidence of prejudice, it’s evidence of freedom of thought and expression.
As stated in our original response, “Disbelief” is not evidence of prejudice, it’s evidence of freedom of thought and expression.
*sigh*
Opening what I suspect will become a very long [Thread] on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (#PCSCBill) which, having been introduced last Tuesday, gets its #SecondReading *next* Tuesday - #precipitous, to say the least...
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839
Opening what I suspect will become a very long [Thread] on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (#PCSCBill) which, having been introduced last Tuesday, gets its #SecondReading *next* Tuesday - #precipitous, to say the least...
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839
While it is all too often merely lip service, the Ministerial statement of #HumanRights compliance on the cover of this Bill 👇 is particularly #hypocritical, given its actual contents...
Many have been writing about the impact of this proposed legislation on lawful #protest, notably @IanDunt...
politics.co.uk/comment/2021/0…
...who, critically, picks up on the extraordinary #HenryVIII power @pritipatel is trying to grab.
(Let's hope THAT one gets struck quickly!)
politics.co.uk/comment/2021/0…
...who, critically, picks up on the extraordinary #HenryVIII power @pritipatel is trying to grab.
(Let's hope THAT one gets struck quickly!)
WESC - first up Robin Moira White
GRA is outdated - it was mainly about equal marriage.
It confuses sex and gender
GRA is outdated - it was mainly about equal marriage.
It confuses sex and gender
Karon Monaghan - Sex is about biology, gender is the social aspects - it conflates them
KM in relation to the criteria --there is a lack of clarity - "living in the required gender" - very unclear what that means? How to assess that? Danger of falling into gender stereotypes
I kinda think it's hillarious that @_SecondThought was intimidated by @DHSgov and shadowbanned by @YouTube re: criticism of the @CIA.
For all the wrong reasons...
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For all the wrong reasons...
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For once, it's a chilling effect for anyone, espechally de-facto members of the #press [since @_SecondThought does #journalism, be is part of it] to intimidate them by a govt. agency like @DHSgov.
Not to mention that their accusation, "anti-americanism", is not a crime.
Not to mention that their accusation, "anti-americanism", is not a crime.
In any reasonable justice system, #NullaPeneSineLege applies, which means the government cannot do anything about something that isn't explicitly outlawed.
And last time I checked voicing criticism of politicans was not, @DHSgov!
And last time I checked voicing criticism of politicans was not, @DHSgov!
