🧵1/21 Crushing defeat for @RishiSunak on Suella & Priti’s cruel flagship policy-Supreme Court rules unanimously UK Govt.’s inhumane policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘UNLAWFUL’- not just ECHR but a no. of international treaties apply-a summary👇 🧵2/21 This Government is not above the rule of international law, as the Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the Home Secretary's appeal & upholds the Court of Appeal's conclusion that the Rwanda policy is unlawful. supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-202…

🧵1/8 Canada’s Parliament along with Trudeau & Zelensky gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian because he fought against the Russians in WW2, but he’d served in the Nazi’s Ukrainian 14th Waffen, aka SS Galincha. implicated in the mass murder of Jews & others 🧵2/8 Formed in 1943, SS Galichina was recruited from Galicia region in Ukraine. The unit was armed & trained by the Nazis commanded by German officers. In 1944, the division was visited by SS head Heinrich Himmler, who spoke of the soldiers’ “willingness to slaughter Poles.”

1/14 -🧵🪡 on the outrage over Sean Hogg, 21, who raped girl, 13, in park freed from court after judge considered him too young to be jailed & imposed 270 hours community service- but sentence guidelines for young people don’t stop custodial sentences👇lbc.co.uk/news/man-who-r… 2/14🧵- As @rapecrisisscot said “This is an extremely serious case & we are shocked this perpetrator has not received a custodial sentence." heraldscotland.com/politics/23433…

1/5 🧵Queen not even buried, but Charles appoints disgraced Prince Andrew as Counsellor of State to stand in for him if he’s ill or out of UK- he was friends with rapist sex trafficker Epstein & settled a sexual assault case with £12M of our money -but don’t criticise the 👑? 2/5 Remember in 2021 we were told that Charles opposed Andrew’s return- what happened? I wait to hear what the fervent Royalists have to say about this ‘man’ being a defacto head of state🤴🏻🇬🇧 marieclaire.co.uk/royal-news/pri…

1/13 Put bluntly the most senior Judges in Scotland have delivered @scotgov a devastating indictment on its consultation on Legal Services Regulation Reform- essentially accusing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Govt of interference with the rule of law & an independent judiciary judiciary.scot/home/media-inf… 2/13- “The foundation of our democracy is the rule of law & ..the separation of powers. An independent legal profession & ..judiciary, is central to the operation of the rule of law; the protection of the public from the arbitrary abuse of power by the state depends upon it”

1/14 -a thread - Three years ago today, the body of a 16-year-old child was found hanging in his cell at Polmont, some 72 hours after he arrived there on remand. His name was #WilliamLindsay 💔 2/14- On the 4 Oct 2018 William was sent to prison by our courts because our criminal justice system could not find a children’s secure unit place & the desperate concerns of his social workers went ignored.

Thread 1/8- Insp.Warhurst @PoliceScotland blasted in Employment Tribunal said female firearms officers shld be accompanied on duty by males & shared topless photos on WhatsApp Grp, is now a Scottish Police Federation rep providing help 2female colleagues🙈 bbc.com/news/uk-scotla… 2/8- In his 2018 note, Insp Warhurst, warned against sending 2 women on a callout due to “obvious differences in physical capacity…For operational reasons I don’t want to see 2 female officers deployed together when there are sufficient male staff on duty”

Thread 1/11 Parts of unprecedented sentencing statement by Judge Beckett on @policescotland over M9 deaths of #LamaraBell #JohnYuill makes shocking reading & as the present Chief Constable pled guilty for1st time on behalf of service to corporate criminal liability in Scotland 2/11 “At the High Court in Edinburgh today, Lord Beckett fined the Office of the Chief Constable of @policescotland £100,000 following a guilty plea to a breach of the health and safety at work legislation”

Thread 1/9 Comes as no surprise that leadership of Scottish Police Federation produce research for their own ‘quasi’ magazine to demand GUNS-Thankfully their out of touch leadership, who haven’t been beat cops for years, will never get to make that decision #ShekuBayoh 2/9 -Headline is inaccurate- 40% of police officers were not victims of assault last year- that statistic applies to 40% of 1698 officers their Federation surveyed, not 17,283 officers deployed by @policescotland making it just 3% not 40% of officers

1/17 statement - ‘This morning our legal team appeared at court on @ClaraPonsati’s behalf & it was agreed that she should be discharged as a requested person & these extradition court proceedings are now finally at an end in Scotland’🎗 2/17 On each & every occasion, that @ClaraPonsati & the Catalan exiles have taken on the might of the Spanish state they have won, whilst Spain has failed to crush the spirit of the Catalan People

1/8 thread 👇🏽How convenient- head of Scottish Police Federation on #GeorgeFloyd but next week he’s in court to stop misconduct action after making a joke of #ShekuBayoh death in police custody. SPF are accused by Sheku’s family of smearing a dead man & trying to silence them 2/8 #LineOfDuty? Scottish Police Federation spent thousands defending itself on misconduct allegation over #ShekuBayoh as well as multiple officers in Whatsapp group exposed over alleged racism & anti-semitism google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dail…

#GeorgeFloydVerdict is not the end. No1 should be above the law, yet since 1969 not 1 police officer in the UK has been convicted of killing a person in custody, this verdict should be the beginning -Never forget #ShekuBayoh & so many more💔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸 The UK is not innocent, there have been 1,741 deaths in police custody or otherwise following contact with the police since 1990. No police officer has ever been convicted in connection to those deaths. #GeorgeFloyd

Thread 1/ 5 #LineOfDuty? Scottish Police Federation spent 100s of thousands defending itself from @policescotland on misconduct allegation over #ShekuBayoh as well as multiple officers in Whatsapp group exposed over alleged racism & anti-semitism google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dail… 2/5 Scottish Police Federation spent thousands over nearly 5 years defending 10 police officers from disciplinary action by @policescotland for allegedly sharing racist & antisemitic WhatsApp messages discovered during investigation into sexual misconduct theferret.scot/racist-message…

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-

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

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

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

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?

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…

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👇🏽

https://twitter.com/HumzaYousaf/status/1300790661621350408

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.

Hysterical reaction & dangerous attempt by Tories to try & impose Pseudo-Science of “lie-detectors” on Scotland’s independent justice system - @HumzaYousaf is right to say no to the use of 'Jeremy Kyle' polygraph tests” - A thread on use of tests 1/22 John Larson invented the polygraph in 1921 as a medical student at the University of California, Berkeley and a police officer of the Berkeley Police Department in Berkeley, California