Victoria Canning

Zemiology
Borders, Harm, Feminism, Dogs
Professor of Criminology
Co-Chair @StatewatchEU
Assoc Director @BorderCrim
Consultant editor of JPR @european_group

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

10 years of research and work, and this is the morning post

My new book - Torture and Torturous Violence 👇🏾

So hope it does justice to the survivors & practitioners who created its foundations

Feels very strange to actually hold something that has been an idea for so, so long

[Sara de Jong @de_Jong_Sara]

"Appeals to security routinely obstruct access to information to hold the Gov to account. Meanwhile, many Afghans are left wondering why their data was on a spreadsheet that could be emailed around with a click on the wrong button." @Vicky_Canning
https://t.co/SAoaf29Gh3

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

@PennyRed 'an answer doesn't assume women and girls are less intelligent than men'

Which men, Laurie?

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

The 1951 Refugee Convention - drafted with leadership from British politicians - ensured the right for people at risk of persecution to seek asylum in states outside of their own.

An MP has no right to decide otherwise.

No matter how many times he repeats himself.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Receiving even more abuse than normal for stating that Palestinian migrants must NOT be allowed to claim asylum in Britain.

I will repeat myself, just so we're all clear.

Palestinian migrants must NOT be allowed to claim asylum in Britain.

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

We're in a violence against women epidemic, #Merseyside has the highest rate of women killed by male partners in the country, and the government has... cut sexual violence support funds.

Unfathomable.

Support @rasa_merseyside if you can 👇🏽

[Liverpool Echo @LivEchonews]

RASA Merseyside says it will need to make 'drastic changes' to its support for victims of sexual violence

https://t.co/AdOPj0Bbkh

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

These are not all 'psychopaths'.

The only underlying correlation is that the perpetrators of these are all violent men.

Address the underlying issue if you are serious about ending these recurring forms of male violence.

[David Davis MP @DavidDavisMP]

Westminster Bridge.

Finsbury Park.

Jo Cox.

David Amess.

All of those attacks were carried out by self-radicalised single psychopaths.

The PM is being disingenuous by calling this a new threat. I made this very point to the Home Secretary at yesterday's statement 👇🏻

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

@DavidDavisMP These are not all 'psychopaths'.

The only underlying correlation is that the perpetrators of these are all violent men.

Address the underlying issue if you are serious about ending these recurring forms of male violence.

[Right to Remain @Right_to_Remain]

📢 Attention Liverpool! 📢

On Tue 25 Jan 2025, we’re hosting a Solidarity Session in Liverpool to learn from each other about reporting solidarity.

For more info & to register, follow the link below⬇️

https://t.co/JmMG8WqZw9

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

@epsunburst @ProfLizKelly @LancsUniLaw Ace - see you then!

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

So, so pleased to say @ProfLizKelly will be joining us on 'Revisiting Surviving Sexual Violence' @LancsUniLaw next month 🔥

The continuum of sexual violence couldn't be more relevant today

21st Feb, 4-6pm - free to attend - registration required 👇🏽

https://t.co/bGbF0henT7

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

@ccse_ljmu @LancasterUni @OxfordCrim @StirlingUniCrim

[Eve Hayes on bluesky at evehayes123 @EveHayes123]

Delighted that my new Open Access article 'Reframing the Windrush Scandal as an International Statelessness Crisis' is finally out. Based on two years of research across Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago & the UK. https://t.co/0nNnPBcxMo

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

Palestinians who 'lost their lives'.

A Cohen-esque form of interpretive denial if ever there was one.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My statement on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

Important use of the term 'torturer'.

But Ryan Wellings is a violent man, not a 'monster'. The more we mythologise violent men, the more difficult it is to identify and address torturous violence
https://t.co/KJI4kDtje8

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

Our @BorderCrim panel 'Torture and Torturous Violence: International Perspectives in Bordered Times' will now be hybrid

Join in person @OxfordCrim or online - 27th January - free to register 👇🏽

https://t.co/UN3u6L8ZcG

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

Times are changing, so we thought we would change (a little) with them.

That’s right, we have changed our look. But don’t panic, this new visual flair doesn’t change our mission.

We will continue exposing state activity that threatens human rights–just as we have since 1991.

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

First day back and first day of my new @ahrcpress project 'Torture in Transit' - a 4th collaboration with @DignityDK

Working this year with the fantastic rehabilitation team to co-develop support toolkits for refugee survivors of torture and tortuous violence - more to come

[Victoria Canning @Vicky_Canning]

@RupertLowe10 As the author of many articles and books about women seeking asylum, can I suggest you look into the reduction of family reunification rights, and the role of gendered political persecution.

Or read.

Or - even better - speak to people seeking asylum.

[David Challen @David_Challen]

A defining moment of this trial: #GisèlePelicot, in her final time on the stand, addressed her decision to keep the surname "Pelicot":

"When the trial began, my children were 'ashamed' of the name. I have grandchildren called that. I want them proud. My name is known worldwide now. They shouldn't be ashamed. Today we will remember Gisèle Pelicot."

Never forget what this woman has achieved.

#ShameMustChangeSides

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

@I_M_I 3/ We also joined civil society in calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel Agreement that facilitates cooperation in areas directly linked to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

What will it take for the @EU_Commission & @EUCouncil to change course?
https://t.co/xLaa0O36NM

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

@I_M_I 2/ More specifically, Statewatch and @I_M_I exposed EU funding mechanisms that support Israeli drone technology used in Gaza.

Our research revealed how these funds violate international law and perpetuate oppression and violence.

Read more here: https://t.co/XUJvB9MxpP