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27 Jan is #HolocaustMemorialDay and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In this special @BHumanPodcast I discuss with @philippesands how the human rights system was set up to prevent another Holocaust - and why we are at risk of forgetting patreon.com/posts/new-epis…
@BHumanPodcast @philippesands The episode is entitled ‘dying of the light’ as I think that we are at a critical and dangerous stage - where living memory of the Holocaust has almost disappeared and many of the dynamics which led to it are reappearing patreon.com/posts/new-epis…
Thank you to the brilliant Tzedek for hosting the event
How to listen: 
ApplePodcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/better-human-podcast/id1481010283
Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3hPIzQDgr7PU8N686mrUEP
PodBean podbean.com/podcast-detail…
Stitcher stitcher.com/podcast/better… 
Overcast overcast.fm/itunes14810102…
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Important new judgment about the human right to protest in context of civil injunctions against anti-fracking activists. I acted in the case led by @Kirsty_Brimelow QC with Richard Brigden of @gcnchambers instructed by Nicola Hall of @RobertLizarLaw bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…
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This appointment beggars belief on a few different levels.
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