Nirav Modi has bail refused for 7th time despite having spent 5 years in jail toi.in/vZ8BRa/a24gk via The Times Of India

UAE has cancelled meetings with British ministers after being accused of funding paramilitaries in Sudan.
UAE is furious as UK did not leap in the defense of UAE when Sudan is accusing of fueling the war. Prof Catherine Rowett 💚 Ex-MEP Glyn Moody
Syed Zabiullah Langari
Ben Keith
thetimes.co.uk/article/uae-ca…

NGOs and human rights lawyers urged Interpol to act against Turkey’s abuse of the SLTD database Ben Keith Ali Yıldız Gonzalo Boye Antonio Stango Norwegian Helsinki Committee FIDU - Federazione Italiana Diritti Umani
arrestedlawyers.org/2023/06/07/int…

The Kazakh-Uzbek 'Tandem': Good For Central Asia, Not So Good For #Karakalpak Activists rferl.org/a/kazakh-uzbek…

RED IS NOT THE ONLY COLOUR ⁦Red Notice Monitor⁩ ⁦Ben Keith⁩ #blacknotices rednoticemonitor.com/post/red-is-no…

I was honoured to be invited to the Vaisakhi Reception at 10 Downing Street. It felt amazing to meet so many inspiring individuals 🙌 #vaisakhi

Ten years ago, China launched one of its most notorious long-arm policing campaigns: Operation #FoxHunt

This report takes readers behind the scenes of the PRC’s extrajudicial operations around the globe to forcefully return individuals to China.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/new-re…

AI summing it up well! Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士) new report
#ChasingFoxHunt : 'It's like a real-life spy thriller, minus the martinis'.

Read it here: safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/new-re…

BREAKING: Senator Roger Wicker and 80 more senators and representatives are calling on Blinken to give Vladimir Kara-Murza the status of “wrongfully detained” under the Levenson Act so the US uses all of it’s resources to free him. It make no sense that the US is dragging it feet

Ben Keith writes for @Just_security : a quarter century after the Ottawa Landmine Treaty, the world needs a UN Fund for Victims.

Continue reading the full article here: bit.ly/3PYeAIe

#humanrights #landmines #UN

A quarter century after the #OttawaTreaty banning anti-personnel #landmines , their use is expanding again, as in #Ukraine .

International #HumanRights lawyer Ben Keith outlines a proposal for a UN victims fund:

#MineAction
justsecurity.org/94362/landmine…

Landmines are being used again. Bold UN action must help their post-conflict victims

Ben Keith co-authors alongside Marc Limon, Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Rhys Davies, Murray McCullogh OBE & Dr Nidal Salim in Euronews.

Read the full article here: bit.ly/4aDH1Da

📣As we commemorate #IMAD2024 today, we must step up action to address the human rights implications of landmines

⏭️Action at the Human Rights Council is necessary to hold nations to account under their international #HumanRights law obligations ▶️ #IHRL applies always,…

Comment in The Brief, the weekly legal affairs newsletter from The Times and The Sunday Times -- read Ben Keith from 5 St Andrew's Hill on concerns over the company that INTERPOL is keeping. thetimes.co.uk/article/syria-…

Red Notice Monitor Editor Ben Keith writes for The Times and The Sunday Times | #Syria ’s re-engagement with #Interpol is a cause for serious concern

Read the article here: thetimes.co.uk/article/dcba6d…

Ben Keith and Jacqueline, thank you both for your dedication to human rights and protection of the most vulnerable. What a great example of application of brilliant legal skills to defending the human rights.

European Court of Human Rights refuses appeal in murder case, allowing #extradition to the U.S.

Ben Keith was instructed by Roger Sahota at Berkley Square Solicitors in Horne, the case of Balahan and the case of Sanchez-Sanchez.

bit.ly/5SAHECtHR24

#USA #ECtHR

Bulgaria should immediately end plans to deport Saudi rights activist Abdulrahman alKhalidi to Saudi Arabia where would be at risk of arbitrary detention & torture.

AlKhalidi has been a rights activist for 10+ years, advocating for the rights of prisoners
hrw.org/news/2024/03/0…

#Extradition requests & INTERPOL #RedNotices are preferred tools of transnational repression by authoritarian regimes. The recent Serbian extradition case of a Belarusian activist is alarming given Belarus' brutal crackdown on dissent. Full blog: rb.gy/yy1wht

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