Surabhi Chopra

Human rights lawyer; Law prof @cuhk

[Sarishtha Saha @sarishthasaha]

I'm a @TeachForIndia Fellow and I teach in a low-income private school in #Mumbai.
Five of my children need a smartphone to access online learning during the pandemic.
If you have any spare smartphone and would be willing to donate, please DM me. RT to amplify. @chiaseedpuddin

[Neha Dixit @nehadixit123]

For an yr, Chalchitra Abhiyaan has been reporting on Covid & broken health infra from rural UP. Apart from Youtube, they take reports to ppl in villages through projectors. Now that UP gov is scuttling health reports, RT to disseminate truth from margins.
https://t.co/8KiyhKSbvq

[Surabhi Chopra @ProfChopra]

‘An example to many’: journalist Maria Ressa wins Unesco press freedom prize https://t.co/gWnXfPPtkm

[Radhika Bordia @radhikabordia]

‘It feels amazing, truly does. I feel vindicated on behalf of all the women who have ever spoken out against sexual harassment. Sexual harassment has got the attention it deserves.’
What an important victory #PriyaRamani

[Karwan e Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) @karwanemohabbat]

On the highway with #farmers driving towards #Delhi.
We will celebrate the #Constitution of India together.

#26JanDelhiTractorParade
#26th_को_किसानो_दिल्ली_चलो
#FarmersProtests
#26JanDelhiChalo
#TractorMarch
#RepublicDay

[Maarten van Smeden @MaartenvSmeden]

How to become a SUCCESSFUL academic: a guide 1/n

[Surabhi Chopra @ProfChopra]

Welcome walk-back of racist CHP statements by CE Carrie Lam: 'social behaviour, living conditions and workplace hygiene...could make certain people more vulnerable to the virus. “But that has nothing to do with ethnicity,” she stressed.' https://t.co/aCl37Z1tbA

[Jinee Lokaneeta @LokaneetaJinee]

Check out Kashmir related articles by journalist, scholar,human rights defender Gautam Navlakha currently in jail https://t.co/uWEyT4gcOD
Check out podcasts, articles & events by polisproject on Kashmir. https://t.co/WDoaHYwuHo
Books on Kashmir by Zubaan https://t.co/ihXJIxgc90

[Jinee Lokaneeta @LokaneetaJinee]

Aug 5, 2019 when Kashmir lost the little autonomy that Indian Constitution provided & the detentions & violation of basic rights continues.Sharing this incredible website of Critical Kashmir Studies collective the members of which constantly inspire https://t.co/23XpoP7OdL

[Surabhi Chopra @ProfChopra]

One thing that is very clear, though: One Country, Two Systems is over. To be fair, it’s been on life-support for a while. Happy Hong Kong Establishment Day 2020!

[Surabhi Chopra @ProfChopra]

Sifting through the details of this rush-job of a national security law: its packed with ambiguities. Some deliberate, designed to maximise the state’s coercive power and room for maneuver. Others that might just be sloppy drafting.

[Surabhi Chopra @ProfChopra]

And there are SO MANY open questions about how this will work – questions about evidentiary rules, procedural standards, disclosure of information to accused persons, appeals - that should keep criminal defence lawyers (and, frankly, fair-minded prosecutors) up at night.

[James Pomfret @jamespomfret]

Hong Kongers marching with intent against the national security laws. Crowds building. This city’s civil society still defiantly expressing their freedom of expression and assembly as enshrined in the basic law. This July 1 march appears irrepressible #HK #HongKongProtests

[CantoBlog @cantoblog]

[Daily Cantonese]
掛住 (gwa jyuh): to miss, to long for, to keep thinking of, to worry about, to fixate on, to remember; lit. to be hanging up (like a picture)

[Antony Dapiran @antd]

A thread with some observations about the new HK National Security Law, tweeting out live as I read it. (The full text is available via the HK Govt Gazette here: https://t.co/kz7drxCNoh)