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19 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
It's another embarrassing part of the British legal system. Rich people can buy their way out of harm to their reputation and press scrutiny. Can't believe it still happens. opendemocracy.net/en/odr/the-uks…
" In the wake of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the #Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, a Guardian investigation found that “British firms [were] earning millions of pounds from efforts to improve the image of the kingdom...."
"Thus, lawyers can easily threaten legal action on behalf of super-wealthy clients. But journalists, especially freelancers or small media outlets, find it difficult to mount the financial resources and legal expertise to respond."
Yikes... #freedomofthepress

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9 Jul
[Thread] 1/ For #brismes2021 I did a survey of knowledge production on the Gulf, I analysed the top ranked 7000 google scholar hits to see what academic areas predominated. The below graph shows proportion of studies across Humanities, Natural science or Social Sciences
2/ Arts & Humanities is generally less common (perhaps in line with general fact these subjects tend to get cited less). Interesting to note that in Oman and Kuwait studies in the Natural Sciences & Medicine are ranked higher by Google Scholar. Below is a breakdown by discipline
3/ Health, Politics/Political Science, Energy & Environment, Accounting Business and Finance and Education are the top five disciplines (broadly speaking). As a side note, almost half the studies of Iraq related to the war. Even medical studies tended to focus on topics like PTSD
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6 Jul
[Thread] - 1/ Yesterday, and in the days leading up to it, there was a strange series of identical tweets supporting the continued wearing of masks and social distancing measures. Here are a sample below: #influenceops
2/ Below is a network graph showing the accounts in action. There was probably around 100 unique accounts repeating identical messages, most of them replying to the @politicsforali account. Many of the accounts were 'football fans'.
3/ Many of the accounts sent the same tweet multiple times, to the same account. Not clear whether it's 1) something sinister trying to stir the pot, 2) someone trying to generate artificial engagement or 3) people having a 'laugh'.
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29 Jun
[Thread] 1/ Here are some reflections on legal repression as applicable to how Israel uses it against Palestinians to facilitate ethnic cleansing #SaveSilwan #PalestinianLivesMatter
2/ 'Law is used as an instrument to extend control over society, subjecting persons to rules laid down through particular institutions. The establishment of specific laws and the use of legal repression can result in ‘rule by law’ instead of ‘rule of law’' #SaveSilwan
3/ 'In ‘rule by law’, or repressive law, ‘there is little or no separation between law and politics, and the dictates and policies of the rulers trump laws’....repressive law are those laws and systems in which law is designed to uphold the social order [The Occupation)''
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27 Jun
[Thread 1/4] Strange true story. When I was 21 I worked in #Sudan as an English teacher. Immediately prior to my arrival in Jan 2007, our small 'British English' school had taught the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, the Minister of State for whom was Ahmed Haroun. In April
2/4 that year the ICC issued a warrant for the arrest of Ahmed Haroun for war crimes and crimes against humanity. That month, our small school had published new promotional pamphlets advertising the school. Right on the front page, was a small feature congratulating those
3/4 students from the humanitarian ministry who passed their English exams. Right next to it, in full colour, was the below picture of our English director, beaming and handing Ahmed Haroun a giant trophy! Needles to say, myself and some of the teachers expressed our concern
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27 Jun
My latest for @dohanews. "Alaa Al-Siddiq: The smearing of an Emirati hero" dohanews.co/alaa-al-siddiq… #disinformation cc. @alaa_q
"Although it appears that Al-Siddiq was killed in a tragic road accident in Oxfordshire, England, it has not stopped partisan commentators in the region from exploiting the tragedy as a tool of disinformation to smear her, her family and the political enemies of the UAE."
"Numerous commentators, many linked to the United Arab Emirates, have sought to sew conspiracies that she was assassinated, either by Qatar or by the Muslim Brotherhood"
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26 Jun
[Data Thread] I haven't done a British politics thread in a while, but was curious about public anger towards @MattHancock ! What follows is a thread analyzing those who've tweeted at Hancock since beginning of June. #sackmatt #thematterisnotclosed
2) First, I scraped around 23,361 tweets. As you can see, there is a big spike in tweets to @matthancock on 25th June, when news of his kiss properly broke. (nb: The scraping method doesn't include all tweets, and tends to favour more recent tweets from what I can tell)
3) Since the same people probably tweet at @matthancock a lot, I removed duplicate tweeters using an algorithm. This resulted in around 15,175 unique users tweeting at Hancock. As you can see, the pattern of tweets is roughly the same #sackmatt
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