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#AJCONF standing in support of @StevenBButler @pressfreedom on decision to deport him at Lahore airport. He says expulsion will not stop him from reporting on Pakistan & he has felt in a tiny way the hidden hand of a powerful force that doesn’t reveal itself in Pakistan.
#AJCONF on press freedom. @christinalamb reflecting on a conversation with Beatrice Mtetwa, Zimbabwean human rights lawyer who is in some ways Zimbabwe’s Asma Jahangir. “If people like you stop reporting what people like us do, then what’s the point?” @BarHumanRights
Very powerful and defiant contributions from @HamidMirPAK and Shahidul Alam on #pressfreedom across South Asia in an age of increasing restrictions and fake news. #AJCONF
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Three critical concerns on the integrity of our election.

1. A file of criminal evidence against Johnson/Cummings' Vote Leave campaign has been passed to the CPS.

2.Intelligence & Security Cttee report on Russian actions against UK, now sitting in @10DowningStreet, unpublished.
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“#DíadeMuertos asks us to consider that we exist in conversation with the people who came before us & the people who will come after us. It says the border between life and death, & every border we encounter in between, is porous. It asserts the joyful fluidity of being alive.”
Enjoyed this by @jpbrammer on #DiaDeMuertos.

On a dark Friday afternoon in November, how wonderful to think about the “joyful fluidity of being alive”.

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I reckon we could all use a bit of that!

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We at @BarHumanRights were glad to put together this powerful panel on #Kashmir yesterday. My closing remarks - the international community must demand an end to the cycle of impunity. Let @UNHumanRights and investigating teams in to document violations to pursue accountability.
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A classic case of how influence operatives such as Mohsin Dawar are allowed to gain a voice in #Pakistan.

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