1/ 10👇🏽This ‘hysterical’ letter by HQ of President Czech Republic, claims Kudela’s UEFA’s tokenistic 10-game ban by @UEFA for racism against @GlenKamara4 was “just to fulfill the perverted expectations of a small group of activists.” Translation👇🏽hrad.cz/cs/pro-media/t…
2/10 The statement is deeply offensive, smacks of racism, perpetuates untruths & looks more like a diatribe by the far-right, it is also insulting & demeaning to the office of the President & the Czech people that this has been put out publicly-
3/10 This letter at times borders on insanity, I’d strongly urge the President to disassociate himself from this ‘rabid’ statement that contradicts & conflicts with the apology issued by Slavia Prague, it will only succeed in inciting more racists to come out of their sewers
4/10 The President’s official appears to have lost his grip on reality here👇🏽
5/10 The idea that the @UEFA sanctions over racism against Kudela are the result of a ‘perverted group of activists’ is incredibly dangerous & looks more like far-right propaganda
6/10 The racism was investigated & proven, for Czech Republic to maintain the denial perpetuates lies, but more worryingly it creates a climate of fear within their own country, meaning people of colour and the Roma community will know the consequence of daring to call out racism
7/10 When we want to kick racism out of football, it is not empty phrases but reflects the violence & hatred that people of colour face, even whilst playing the beautiful game of football - shame on you & on your denial of the need to kick racism out of football
8/10 This is a type of dog-whistle racism blames the victim rather than the perpetrator, if this is your attitude I fear for the well-being and safety of black players in the Czech Republic who might ever want to call out racism, never mind in the wider community
9/10 The Czech President should issue an immediate apology & dismiss both this official & withdraw this abhorrent diatribe issued in his name and that of the Czech people
10/10 This statement is beneath contempt & at a time we are appealing to Slavia Prague to publicly call out the racism of their fans to @GlenKamara4 this shameful letter can only incite further hate #ShowRacismTheRedCard
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Dear @HumzaYousaf we have been pushed further & further towards the point at which legal assistance for the poor & marginalised will simply just disappear. The title Justice Minister is not just about prosecution but also defence- we need you to break your silence on #SLAB 1/12
You offered a £9M resilience fund, yet the vast majority of firms who suffered up to 50% cuts in income are told by SLAB they estimate their income will have gone up & refused any help, they could have looked at what was paid out instead of estimates plucked out of the sky🙈2/12
The biggest victims of failing legal aid will be the poor, children,homeless,addicts, care leavers, victims of sexual abuse –LA provides an indispensable foundation of support for society’s most vulnerable people,without which many will be placed at future risk of harm.3/12
5 1/2 years ago #ShekuBayoh died in police custody after being restrained by multiple officers, batoned,sprayed&cuffed, in his death he was stereotyped & criminalised,but his family fought back for him,2moro the Public Inquiry formally begins & then adjourns 4several months 1/7
To allow preparation,that the Public Inquiry came about at all is the direct result of the tenacious determination & campaigning of Sheku’s partner Collette & his family.They suffered considerable anguish,anger&frustration about the lack of accountability after Sheku’s death.2/7
In the UK there has never been a successful manslaughter prosecution of any officer either at an individual or senior management level for police-related deaths, despite evidence of unlawful or excessive use of force or gross neglect.3/7
Edinburgh Criminal lawyers will withdraw their Labour on St.Andrew’s day 30th November due to the abject failure of @scotgov to deal with the decimation of #LegalAid & impact of #Covid19- Its time the rest of 🏴criminal bar united & did the same as edinbarassoc.com 1/9👇🏽
Despite the 3% increase in fees across the board announced in November 2018, previous cuts mean the fixed fee for a summary trial is lower than it was in 1999. It is 21 years since that rate was fixed. 2/9
The problems faced by the profession have been growing for decades and have been exacerbated by the Covid 19 pandemic. When lockdown was this year, most of the business in the Sheriff Courts ground to a halt. Legal aid practitioners were required to cover urgent business 3/9
As former Rector @UofGlasgow a thread on Universities shambles👇🏽 far too desperate for income from ‘cash cow’ students, exploitative rents, international fees, fill the halls but what were the contingency plans to keep them safe until it was too late? universities-scotland.ac.uk/preventing-spr…
Throughout universities- building occupancy & congestion levels are monitored & one way systems but what is happening in halls (often private) where several hundred students are housed- what about their health & well being? Where is 24/7 infection control as you pack them?
With nearly all classes online, forcing students to matriculate it smacks of treating them as “cashcows’, it is perverse to sign them up to Halls where up to 12 students can share block, telling them to study remotely, not go home whilst mixing in a giant Petri dish 4 #COVID19
This article is sheer fantasy- once again anonymous ‘sources’ speculating on a Public Inquiry that the family have fought 5 years for into the death in police custody of #ShekuBayoh but the usual suspects are frightened of ‘race’ being investigated
Had they bothered to print the full response from the Scottish Government they would have known the story was ‘garbage’, but don’t let that stand in the way of a sensational fantasy- as for race👇🏽 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
FACT #BlackLivesMatter don’t have a key role as advisers to Lord Bracadale but Bayoh family aware that usual suspects have fought for ‘race’ not to be investigated as they believe there is no such thing as institutional racism in Scotland, meanwhile 👇🏽bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
If @scotgov@HumzaYousaf support #ActivistLawyers then @scotgov needs to help fund trainee places in defence, if it is not to become extinct- the profession is not asking for much, 1st yr trainee 19.5k salary- around £10/hr for a 40 hr week - a thread on justice in 🏴 1/24👇🏽
At the the last recruitment round at the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service saw 16 trainees taken on. They receive a salary of £19,295 for their first year of training and £22,500 for their 2nd year.
Access 2justice is a fundamental pillar of our society yet #COVID19 has dealt a blow 2an already failing legal system, pushing some solicitors’ firms to the brink of financial ruin. It is unacceptable that law centres are each yr left fighting for crumbs glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18688242.…