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Jun 14 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Deportation flights to #Rwanda are another example of 'appalling and inhumane" policies the Uk government is implementing.

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Foreign Secretary #LizTruss considers deportations to Rwanda 'completely moral".

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The opposition is fighting the #Rwanda policy.

Labour Mp #YvetteCooper has called it "completely unworkable, deeply unethical, extortionately expensive, profoundly un-British".

"Boris Johnson’s depiction of Rwanda as “one of the safest countries in the world” overlooks the plight of those that get on the wrong side of president Paul Kagame."@csmitchell6 reports

independent.co.uk/author/charlie…
🔴 UK Foreign Secretary LizTruss has been accused by the UN’s refugee chief Filippo Grandi of making “untrue” statements after claiming that critics of the UK government’s Rwandan removals policy have failed to come up with alternative policies.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
Retribution is coming for the archibishops who opposed the #RwandaPlan

What else is this if not a blatant attack on freedom of expression?
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Jun 14
🔴 Yesterday, the Court of Appeal refused to block the Home Office’s deportation of asylum seekers to #Rwanda.

The first flight is scheduled to leave tonight, at 9:30pm, as human rights lawyers battle to stop the removals.
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It was also reported that two last-ditch attempts to halt the flight had been rejected, with the Home Office admitting that there is a risk the flight could be cancelled anyway, after legal challenges meant that fewer than 10 people are expected to board

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Jun 14
🚨Yesterday The High Court handed down judgement in the Banks V Cadwalladr libel case.

Banks’ claim has now been dismissed. A huge victory for Cadwalladr, and for public interest journalism.
.@allthecitizens spoke with @rebecca_vincent, Director of Operations and Campaigns at @RSF_inter, who were present at the proceedings throughout and have supported Carole in her campaign.

“This will prove to be a landmark case for the public interest defence in the UK.’
“it was clear Carole was targeted for her public interest reporting, this was a clear attempt to use the law to silence Carole, to discredit her, to isolate her, and to make a clear example of her, to show others the possible consequences for reporting on certain topics”
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Jun 13
🚨 BREAKING

Carole Cadwalladr wins libel case against Arron Banks

It'a good day for journalism

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judiciary.uk/judgments/bank…
The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, which was criticised as an attack on free speech.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
Cadwalladr said on Monday morning: “I am so profoundly grateful & relieved. Thank you to the judge, my stellar legal team and the 29,000 people who contributed to my legal defence fund. I literally couldn’t have done it without you.”
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Jun 12
🚨BREAKING: High Court of Justice - Arron Banks V Carole Cadwalladr:

‘Matters known to the defendant before giving the Ted Talk and publishing the tweet’ 🧵
In outlining the public interest defence where Carole said “and I'm not even going to go into the lies that Arron Banks has told about his covert relationship with the Russian government”.

Carole’s full closing submission to the court can be read here.
scribd.com/document/57801…
Here’s the summary, 19 key points from her barristers closing statement:
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Jun 12
🚨BREAKING: 'Test for press freedom as verdict due in Arron Banks libel case against Carole Cadwalladr.

Judgment in the action against the Observer and Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr will have huge implications for UK journalists.'
theguardian.com/media/2022/jun…
As the @guardian reports today, the highly anticipated judgement in the libel action taken against @guardian and @allthecitizens' Carole Cadwalladr by multi-millionaire Brexit backer Arron banks is due tomorrow.
The verdict will be made public at Monday 10am, with 'potentially 'huge ramifications for press freedom and investigative reporting'.

Banks is suing Cadwallader for two instances of alleged defamation, in a TedTalk and tweet, claiming he lied about his relationship with Russia.
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Jun 9
🔴 US data analytics group #Palantir is gearing up to become the underlying operating system for the UK’s #NHS, poaching senior NHS officials as part of a bid to win a £360mn contract to manage the data of millions of patients across England.

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The secretive company, co-founded by Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook and prominent supporter of former US president Donald Trump, is now manoeuvring to expand its reach into the #NHS over the next decade. Image
🔴 Last July, with other privacy campaigners including @allthecitizens, tech law firm @Foxglove launched the “No Palantir in Our NHS” campaign.

You can sign our petition here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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