Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver

- Vice-chair @socialistlawyer
- Vice-chair @forfinancewatch
- National pensions negotiator (alt) @ucu
- I teach financial regulation & state accountability

[Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver @deepa_driver]

#InternationalHumanRightsDay
Key facts #AssangeCase

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- #Assange’s legally privileged conversations have been extensively spied upon by the US.

https://t.co/91Jm9K3RPh

[FreeMarwanNow @FreeMarwanNow]

BREAKING: Activists unveil Marwan Barghouti statue in Parliament Square

Today, activists unveiled a new statue of Marwan Barghouti in Parliament Square, but were then intercepted by police.

Marwan Barghouti has been imprisoned by Israel for 24 years, 1 month and 19 days for crimes he did not commit. He was convicted by a court he did not recognise in a trial widely criticised by legal experts and human rights observers.

A sitting Palestinian parliamentarian at the time of his arrest, he remains, more than two decades later, the most popular choice for Palestinian leadership in opinion polls.

Often called ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, he is a powerful symbol of hope and a long-time advocate for freedom and dignity for the Palestinian people.

Nelson Mandela was once politically isolated and labelled a terror*st before being recognised as a global symbol of freedom and justice. Marwan Barghouti faces a similar fate.

The statue may not stand in Parliament Square yet, but we know this is a just cause. One day, Marwan will take his rightful place alongside other civil rights leaders.

Free Marwan. Free Palestine.
@FreeMarwanNow

[Mike Becker @mabecker17]

@AdHaque110 These time limits are way out-of-step with the normal time limits for second-round submissions, which are typically set at around 6 months per side. From 2015-2025, the longest amount of time allotted for a reply/rejoinder was 10 months (in the Iran v US [Treaty of Amity] case).

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

South Africa's reply is due November 22, 2027.

Israel's rejoinder is due May 22, 2029.

As noted many times before, this case will take years to reach a final judgment.

The people of Gaza cannot wait.

States must act now.

[Rafael Correa @MashiRafael]

🇨🇴🇪🇨
Colombianos:
¿En verdad quieren que pase en Colombia lo que sucede en Ecuador?
Ecuador está DESTROZADO por un gobierno inepto, corrupto y entreguista. No hay medicinas, electricidad, empleo, seguridad. No existe democracia. Se proscriben partidos y alcaldes en funciones. La gente ha vuelto a migrar mientras la familia presidencial y su entorno se enriquecen cada día más.
Lo de la Espriella es una vergüenza: «agradecer» a un presidente que agrede unilateralmente a su propia patria porque -después de arbitrariamente subir al 100% los aranceles- ahora va a hacer el «favor» de reducirlos.
Con más ganas Nariño debería votar en contra de esta clase de «políticos».
Colombia merece algo mejor.✊🏼
#NosGobiernanDelincuentes

[Camilo Romero @CamiloRomero]

ESTO ES MUY GRAVE y hay que denunciarlo ante el mundo:

Lo que acaba de hacer Daniel Noboa, presidente de Ecuador, de anunciar la supuesta eliminación de aranceles al país tras hablar con Abelardo de la Espriella es una clara intromisión en los asuntos de Colombia y una abierta participación en política de nuestro país.

Se devela un plan internacional de la extrema derecha contra el progresismo valiéndose de medidas antidemocráticas y que atentan contra el derecho internacional. Abelardo y Paloma son traidores a la patria. La misma que dicen defender. Falso.

Se aliaron con un presidente extranjero que quebró a nuestros comerciantes y empresarios, para atacar a @IvanCepedaCast y al gobierno en busca de votos. Encima favorecieron a las mafias fronterizas.

Quien traiciona a la patria es un peligro para el país. Esto es inaceptable y Colombia debe emprender una respuesta diplomática inmediata y contundente contra Ecuador. A Colombia se le respeta.

[Eileen Chubb @CompassnInCare]

@WBINC_Doc @jammotionpic Thank you for the below documentary. We are sorry to see you subjected to such vicious and unfounded attacks by #WBUK We want to reassure you that the evidence is now with our personal lawyer. This evidence includes the correspondence changing the date of the film premier to give #WBUK even more time respond and a robust paper trail discussing the right to reply letters and time extension. We are saddened that so many individuals including two sitting MPs @tessamunt and @RealStephenKerr and a high profile KC among others have taken this libellous stance when confronted with facts.
https://t.co/SDYJB1P57H

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

📺 Watch on YouTube. The full episode also features an interview with Juliet Lamont, one of the 15 Gaza flotilla activists who allege they were raped or sexually assaulted by Israeli personnel after being detained earlier this month.

The episode also includes an interview with Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández.

https://t.co/aL8iaial8C

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🎥 “What Trump didn’t get in Iran, he might be hoping to get in Cuba.”

Drop Site’s Ryan Grim joined Double Down News to break down what’s driving U.S. policy toward Cuba — and whether Trump is eyeing the island as his next military distraction.

🔗 Interview with @PulaRJS of @DoubleDownNews below. YouTube link for full episode in reply. ⬇️

[Ray McGovern @raymcgovern]

NATO’s Ukraine proxy war seeks to weaken Russia and topple Putin. To launch an economic, information and ground war, NATO needed Russia to invade. Now it needs Russia to attack a NATO nation to justify direct war. Sat. 8pm EDT.
https://t.co/50OHIExaIV
https://t.co/UzBaBvGRbp

[Nicola Perugini @PeruginiNic]

The systematic elimination of Gaza’s doctors and healthcare sector by the Israeli army is still ongoing, aimed at dismantling everything that could save Palestinian lives.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

“You Arab whores… We will kill you, drink your blood, & rape your girls.”

This is what Maccabi Tel Aviv fans chanted in Stuttgart.

This is who our political and media elites demanded must rampage through Birmingham, smearing you as racist if you opposed it.

[Sahra Wagenknecht @SWagenknecht]

Wenn die USA Völkerrecht brechen, ist es Merz egal. Wenn Russland Völkerrecht bricht, treibt die Bundesregierung unsere Wirtschaft mit Sanktionen in den Ruin. Schluss mit dieser bescheuerten Doppelmoral! Warum der industrielle Niedergang Deutschlands ohne preiswertes russisches Öl und Gas nicht zu stoppen sein wird und es dringend Gespräche über eine diplomatische Lösung in der Ukraine braucht – über diese und weitere Fragen habe ich mit Claudia Wittig, BSW-Spitzenkandidatin in Sachsen-Anhalt, und Politikwissenschaftler Johannes Varwick diskutiert.

[Shibley Telhami @ShibleyTelhami]

“There was a general feeling that human lives are not valuable” https://t.co/l2DFVyz8XV

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 AP: Israeli soldiers testimony on “relishing” kills in Gaza during ‘ceasefire,’ 922 Palestinians killed since October

Three Israeli reservists gave the AP firsthand accounts of shoot-to-kill orders, soldiers celebrating kills, and contempt for Palestinian lives, particularly near the yellow line dividing Gaza since the October “ceasefire.”

Key findings:

▪️ Soldiers described teammates celebrating after striking a vehicle of Palestinians near the yellow line, killing everyone inside — likely a reference to the October killing of the Abu Shaaban family in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, in which Israeli tank fire killed 11 family members in a civilian vehicle. AP did not identify the incident by name

▪️ Rules of engagement were “extremely permissive” — with shoot-to-kill orders for anyone crossing the invisible line, including civilians who may not have known where it was

▪️ Strikes were sometimes called in based on a “hunch,” with troops too far away to identify threats

▪️ An internal aid group report said Israeli strikes have become “increasingly proactive”

▪️ Deaths near or over the yellow line increased more than 25% from January to April, reaching 73 in April alone

“To call it a ceasefire is a joke,” one soldier told AP.

Story is linked below.

[Disruption Network Lab @disruptberlin]

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#DNL37 Exposing Crimes is Not a Crime: The Real-World Consequences of WikiLeaks
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[Disruption Network Lab @disruptberlin]

@deepa_driver 🗣️ Featuring: Matthew Kennard (Investigative Journalist, UK), Scott Ludlam (Designer, Researcher, Former Senator for Western Australia, AU), Esteban Servat (Climate Activist, Founder, EcoLeaks AR/DE), Clara López Rubio (Filmmaker, ES/DE).

[Disruption Network Lab @disruptberlin]

EXPOSING CRIMES IS NOT A CRIME: The Real-World Consequences of WikiLeaks
📸 Highlights of our fifth panel Global Economy & Corporate Secrets (March 21, 2026), moderated by Deepa Govindarajan Driver @deepa_driver

[Disruption Network Lab @disruptberlin]

@deepa_driver @wikileaks A Symposium by Disruption Network Lab
Photos by: the talented Chiara Spaggiari
Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds; The Reva and David Logan Foundation
In cooperation with the Wau Holland Foundation and HAU Hebbel am Ufer

[Payday men's network @PaydayRTK]

ITALY General strike against the war & genocide in Palestine & Lebanon and to break relations with Israel. This Friday 29 May. Share the news!

[Bruce E. Baker @BruceHistorian]

"Oh good, my pension scheme is in the news again," said no one ever. Who was in charge when this was bought, I wonder? It is almost as if they are trying to lose money. #USS @sam_marsh101 @deepa_driver