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Monika Sobiecki

@cybersobiecki.bsky.social

Barrister and Partner @BindmansLLP | Postgraduate researcher @QMUL on surveillance and climate justice | Lawyers Are Responsible (http://www.lar.earth) | Digital rights are human rights |

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Securing access to minerals essential for the green transition will in the 21st century will be a resource curse, just like fossil fuels were in the 20th Century.

Steve Rushton reports on the new mineral curse in our latest blog.

ccccjustice.org/2025/09/25/m...

26.09.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fossil fuels are ending They would end faster if we stopped being complete suckers

Each year >$550billion is invested in oil & gas. 90% of that is just to offset natural declines. If it were to stop, tight oil & shale gas production would decrease 35% within 12 months. We could be on track for Paris Agreement. What is stopping us?
www.technosphere.earth/fossil-fuels...

23.09.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

They are literally canceling culture

18.09.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 22718    πŸ” 4243    πŸ’¬ 423    πŸ“Œ 93

See what you did there, Yvette Cooper & @teamlabouruk.bsky.social?

Start proscribing protest groups you don’t like as β€œterrorists” in the UK…

…And you encourage authoritarian governments to crack down on their own

Is this what you think exporting British democratic values around the world means?

18.09.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this

this is ugly energy

08.09.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.

Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.

Read the report here πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

ccccjustice.org/publications/

09.09.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œAt 3C or more of heating by 2050, there could be more than 4 billion deaths, significant sociopolitical fragmentation worldwide, failure of states (with resulting rapid, enduring, and significant loss of capital), extinction events… there was no realistic plan in place to avoid this scenario”

06.09.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide.

We demand their immediate release.

Read our statement here πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

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03.09.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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End the Genocide now

End the Occupation now

Isolate Israel

03.09.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So this is what we call DEMOCRACY in the UK in 2025

Citizens with a CONSCIENCE arrested for calling out the UK Government’s authoritarian crackdown on a civil society group opposing Israel committing the international crime of GENOCIDE

All while our Government openly supports a GENOCIDE !

02.09.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People have embraced authoritarianism in large part because they've been sold individualistic explanations for social problems. If you think people are poor or unhoused because they've made "bad choices," then you'll see appeal in authoritarian leaders who promise to punish those who are "bad."

24.08.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 652    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 25

For this type of egregious SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation), imho β€œMarzulla Law LLC” should be reported to their regulator for further investigation

25.08.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

02.08.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2643    πŸ” 1073    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 125
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Just published!!!!

CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social‬ reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..

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01.08.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law A landmark legal ruling leaves no doubt that continuing fossil fuel production and use, let alone expanding it, violates the law.

πŸ“°The #CIJ_ICJ has spokenβ€”fossil fuel production is no longer just bad policy, it’s a violation of international law.
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs

24.07.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ministry of Defence (MOD) Data Breach involving Afghan Citizens | Bindmans Following the recent Ministry of Defence Data Breach, we have answered some key questions

The ARAP scheme data breach has dominated debate in the Commons, the headlines and our new enquiries line in the last few days - if you or someone you know has been affected, here’s some helpful info from our Media and Information law team:

www.bindmans.com/news-insight...

18.07.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Afghan data breach is the long shadow of a botched evacuation | Institute for Government The government needs to learn the lessons of past crises.

Lots of focus right now is (very rightly) on the use - and length of - the super-injunction. But this data breach is a sobering reminder of the extent to which gov botched the 2021 evacuation from Kabul and the impacts of it having done so.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/afgh...

17.07.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œIsraeli forces and American security personnel have killed no fewer than 829 Palestinians and wounded around 5,500 others in less than two months near aid distribution points”

Where are the sanctions on the US and Israel from the international community?

14.07.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Rather than place sanctions on those slaughtering babies on an industrial scale, those calling out are sanctioned.

We are witnessing the utterly unthinkable, and the consequences will endure far into the future.
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10.07.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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NHS ransomware attack contributed to patient's death An NHS trust in London confirms an unexpected patient death during the cyber attack on 3 June 2024.

A spokesperson for the trust said a number of contributing factors led to the patient's death including "a long wait for a blood test result".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

25.06.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no justification whatsoever for the US or UK to provide any support, material or diplomatic, for Israel's attack on Iran. It is a war of aggression, clearly contrary to international law.

20.06.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1611    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 17
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Monika Sobiecki and Eduard Zelinschi have written an article for the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice. They discuss how the legal profession is increasingly grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis.

ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...

06.06.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

I spent a day last January with biologists Dan Janzen + Winnie Hallwachs in Costa Rica.

They told me that, even in the most pristine forests, insects, the basis of ecosystems, are rapidly dying off due to climate collapse.

The death rattle of a living planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.06.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Some of the most chilling 2 minutes you've ever seen. Look at what's being said, openly, on one of the most popular TV channels in Israel.

History is happening in front of our eyes. Don't look away.
Please help share this widely.

Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

03.06.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1206    πŸ” 749    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 118

Israel tells people it's safe to go and get aid from a site Israel itself set up.

Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food.

Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.

01.06.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1598    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 16

#meta is holding its annual shareholder meeting TODAY. #google + #paypal are hosting theirs next week! Tell #bigtech execs & shareholders: end your active support for genocide NOW.

@adalahjustice.bsky.social @amplifypalestine.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @bdsmovement.bsky.social

28.05.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The legal profession is grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. Lawyers are asking how they refuse work that contributes to climate breakdown.

Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...

27.05.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will Labour's plan to criminalise water bosses clean up our rivers?

Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social

19.05.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

"Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya" www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

16.05.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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