Suhan

charity and campaigns lawyer - chair @BIDdetention - trustee @caras_ldn - council member @libertyhq - views just mine

no longer on X so find me elsewhere

[Gabriel Tan @finishedloading]

FtT allows BID’s appeal re FOI requests to Home Office for details of ETD requests for Eritrea and Somalia.

https://t.co/WLj76UTNK1

“The public interest in disclosure put forward by BID is compelling. For hundreds of years, the common law has demanded that…

[Benny Hunter @BennnyH]

People making light of this shouldn't. People were dragged from their accommodation into detention. People went on hunger strikes, self-harmed. Some were bound and carried onto planes. The wider impact of all of this was to strike terror in the asylum-seeker community.

[Cross Examination Podcast @CrossExaminePod]

S2E3 Emergency Pod: Elections: "I worry for @CountBinface". @Jamesroochove of @AstraeaLinskill discusses with Tom when election candidates, including @hangus99 H'Angus the Monkey, can legally be held to their promises https://t.co/8iQQfwt7qQ #election #law #manifesto #legal

[Liberty @libertyhq]

BREAKING

We said we would #DefendDemocracy...

AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament

[JCWI (Follow us on Bluesky @jcwi-uk.bsky.social) @JCWI_UK]

🚨Reports indicate the Home Office is detaining asylum seekers with plans to send them to Rwanda.

While only a few will be sent due to limited capacity, there's still a risk for many.

Read our explainer on who's at risk and how can you receive help 👇🏽

[Suhan @suhansr]

Great to talk to @SkyNews yesterday about electoral law, what it is, and whether breaches matter

[Lara Spirit @lara_spirit]

In this morning's Times: new figures show 0.58 per cent of national income spent on foreign aid last year – £15.4bn

But more than a quarter of the aid budget – £4.3bn – was spent on refugee and asylum costs in the UK, £600m more than the year before

https://t.co/tFb5PfI0Bn

[Tim Bale @ProfTimBale]

'Some 24 per cent of Londoners said that if they got to their polling station and had forgotten their photo ID, they would “forget about it and get on with [their] day”. The figure jumps to 37 per cent among 18-24 year olds.' https://t.co/flI7y0jLmK

[Privacy International @privacyint]

🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK government’s policy of GPS tagging asylum seekers arriving in the UK has been found UNLAWFUL, in a powerful decision by the data protection regulator, @ICOnews.

This is huge. 🧵
https://t.co/rHUSpEjzx2

[Georgina Sturge @GRSturge]

Where do refugees come to the UK from?

*2023 edition*

[BID @BIDdetention]

Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton, reads a powerful poem by our client Malachi (pseudonym), who has been GPS-tagged by the UK Home Office.

Show your solidarity by writing to your MP to stop GPS tagging: https://t.co/LwLvxcpQot

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

this piece from @streetskitchen on why they’ll continue to give out tents to people experiencing homelessness, even if suella makes it illegal is urgent, vital reading: a no-holds barred look at the reality of homelessness in this country+ how we stop it.

https://t.co/vD5l3np2XP

[Suhan @suhansr]

Even if the HO claimed to have evidence for this claim, the media should interrogate it. @guardian reported yesterday that the HO literally tried to deport a man who it had mixed up with THREE other men (they had the same name). The system is broken.

https://t.co/MUGheOLLye

[Suhan @suhansr]

What's the role of the media if not to challenge this kind of claim, which just isn't backed up by the evidence?

Asylum claims on the basis of sexual orientation are a TINY number of total claims, and are routinely subject to significant challenge by the Home Office.

[Peston @itvpeston]

"People purport to be gay when they're not actually gay"

Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman accuses asylum seekers of lying about their sexuality to gain refugee status in the UK

Full interview with @AnushkaAsthana tonight ⬇️

💻LIVE 9PM @itvpeston
📺11.15PM @ITV

#Peston

[Liberty @libertyhq]

The govt should be making sure everyone can afford to put food on the table - not spying on us while we do our shopping

Our letter in today's Times with 12 other groups calling for an end to invasive facial recognition tech, and more support for people who are struggling ⬇️

[Natasha Tsangarides @tsanga10]

Immigration stats are out & disprove the Government’s toxic narrative. 71% of asylum decisions resulted in grants of protection. By far, most people reaching our shores are refugees – men, women and children fleeing the most unimaginable horrors.

[Suhan @suhansr]

Solidarity with @JacquiMckenzie6 and @LeighDay_Law! Everyone deserves representation, and we need a strong and vocal civic society to protect the rule of law and hold power accountable.

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

A statement on behalf of all the partners in the firm in support of @JacquiMckenzie6, following the criticism of Jacqui in the press over the weekend. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/QhybO9sAys

[Suhan @suhansr]

we're hiring a charity and campaigning solicitor - take a look! https://t.co/BK8BoxTuA7

[Nicola Kelly @NicolaKelly]

🚨EXCL: There's a secret unit in the Home Office which is providing funding, equipment and training to border forces overseas to prevent migrants reaching the UK.

In Turkey, it's being used to push back migrants, incl firing live rounds at children.

https://t.co/Z2LvJBSPw9