Zemiology Borders, Harm, Feminism, Dogs Professor of Criminology Co-Chair @StatewatchEU Assoc Director @BorderCrim Consultant editor of JPR @european_group
Liverpool; N. I.
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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
Victoria Canning retweeted
"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
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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.
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 👇🏽
RASA Merseyside says it will need to make 'drastic changes' to its support for victims of sexual violence
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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.
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 👇🏽
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Victoria Canning retweeted
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. shorturl.at/nrSyT
Palestinians who 'lost their lives'.
A Cohen-esque form of interpretive denial if ever there was one.
My statement on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
![After months of devastating bloodshed and countless lives lost, this is the long-overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately been waiting for. They have borne the brunt of this conflict – triggered by the brutal terrorists of Hamas, who committed the deadliest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust on October 7th, 2023.
The hostages, who were brutally ripped from their homes on that day and held captive in unimaginable conditions ever since, can now finally return to their families. But we should also use this moment to pay tribute to those who won’t make it home – including the British people who were murdered by Hamas. We will continue to mourn and remember them.
[Read the full statement via the link to GOV.UK in the comments below]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhW1BSNWEAAYB7h.png?name=orig)
ALT After months of devastating bloodshed and countless lives lost, this is the long-overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately been waiting for. They have borne the brunt of this conflict – triggered by the brutal terrorists of Hamas, who committed the deadliest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust on October 7th, 2023. The hostages, who were brutally ripped from their homes on that day and held captive in unimaginable conditions ever since, can now finally return to their families. But we should also use this moment to pay tribute to those who won’t make it home – including the British people who were murdered by Hamas. We will continue to mourn and remember them. [Read the full statement via the link to GOV.UK in the comments below]
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
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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 👇🏽
eventbrite.co.uk/e/torture-a…
Victoria Canning retweeted
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.
ALT Green text on a light grey background displaying Statewatch's new visual identity with the message: New look, same mission.
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 retweeted
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
Victoria Canning retweeted
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?
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Victoria Canning retweeted
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: buff.ly/3TLPXAC
Victoria Canning retweeted
1/ “Israeli universities are pillars of Israeli racial rule... and now actively sustaining [the war in Gaza].”
Together with @I_M_I, we exposed the EU funding for Israel in March & the press has continued to spotlight the issue.
Yet, the EU continues 🧵
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For those who wisely only follow me for my seasonal updates from my electrician dad's yearly efforts - I'm home!
Welcome to the most fab house on the house's estate 🧑🏼🎄
Seeing Gisèle Pelicot's grace, dignity and strength throughout this horror has been so inspiring & astounding ❤️🔥
Surviving sexual violence, though, is a process. It's also absolutely fine not to always feel strong or dignified in the aftermath of abuse...
...I say this because media tells us that bravery is the new face of survival
But surviving sexual violence is itself brave
Surviving can have many faces: anger, distress, depression, self harm, deep sadness, rejection of intimacy, eating disorders...
...I cannot imagine the strength it has taken for Gisèle Pelicot to endure this, and in awe of her win against such abusive men
So media & politicians don't need to use it to lecture on what survival is
How to survive sexual violence is not a competition
#shamemustchangesides