Nazir Afzal

Someone who loves New York, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its new Mayor
Someone who loves London, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its Mayor
Both overcame racist & anti-Muslim campaigns agst them fuelled by the very rich & privileged
Congrats to #ZohranMamdani

Iraq invasion was about oil
Libya was about oil
Syria was about oil
Venezuela is about oil
Nigeria is about gas

Anything else is a WMD, a weapon of mass distraction

‘People doing favours for people in power’ – former prosecutor on Prince Andrew investigations When Virginia Roberts Guiffre first made a complaint about Prince Andrew in 2015 - a police investigation should have taken place, according to the former chief prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Ser...

"The clamour for an investigation is just something that must happen."

Ex chief prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, tells Jackie Long a police investigation should have taken place when Virginia Guiffre first made a complaint about Prince Andrew in 2015.

Read and watch:

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Nazir Afzal: Cowardice and inaction left children to be a... Professionals tasked with safeguarding young people chose inaction. They permitted rape rather than risk controversy

Cowardice and inaction left children to be abused
My opinion piece in the Observer

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

University of Manchester has today been ranked in first place in the UK and Europe and second in the world for benefitting society and the environment by Times Higher Education for the third year running
I’m truly privileged to be their Chancellor

At a ceremony this evening in the historic Whitworth Hall, our Chancellor @nazirafzal.bsky.social presented the award, recognising Pep’s sporting brilliance and his work through the Guardiola Sala Foundation.

The player we can't write about and football's 'systemic failure' with sexual violence

Footballs systemic failure to deal with sexual violence

A culture of entitlement & an undercurrent of misogyny
Clubs protect the badge, not the values the badge represents

Football is a megaphone & a mirror, with the power to create values or destroy them

www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...

Super proud to have the privilege of hosting Pro-Manchester at The Lowry, as Chair

Our new (Free) immersive of Lowry’s “Going to the Match” went down a treat

Never mind our theatres we have the largest Lowry Collection in the world in the most visited arts venue in the North

Come

Rest in Peace Pope Francis

He sincerely tried to change, not only the Church, but wider society so that it did more for the vulnerable & the oppressed but time runs out for all of us

The thing about the Rule of Law is it applies to everyone or no-one

The second thing about the Rule of Law is if you don’t agree with a decision then you appeal it, you most certainly don’t attack the judge for applying it

The third thing about the Rule Of Law is without it, you have chaos

You know how some people said that mainstream media never talked about grooming gangs till Musk

Well, BBC1 is go to remind them that their multi BAFTA award winning 3 part film #ThreeGirls was made 8 yrs ago

It’s being shown again 24th - 26th March

Watch if you can, it’s worth it

Difficult to avoid spoilers on #Adolescence

It reminds us the biggest risk to women & girls health isn’t blood pressure or obesity, it’s men & boys

Misogyny harms more women in the UK & globally than terrorism & organised crime

Yet misogyny itself isn’t even a criminal offence

If you have Netflix then watch Stephen Graham’s #Adolescence
It’s about the boys we raise and the men they become
It is both chilling and profound
Well done to everyone involved

The opposite of diversity, equality and inclusion is NOT meritocracy
It’s racism, sexism & plain old bigotry

I don’t care if it’s a bit #DEI to say this, but Happy #InternationalWomensDay2025

1 in 4 women abused
1 in 5 sexually assaulted
2 murdered every week
1 in 20 abused as children
97% sexually harassed
Allyship is a verb, not a noun
Guys, you don’t have to do everything, just do something

#IWD2025

People who own several houses have convinced people who can barely afford one that people who will never own a home are THE problem

Jeremy,
I’ve always said that this was some senior officers told me to justify the attitude that some of their colleagues inaction
I’ve always said that I never saw a circular.
I’ve always said that my research only found one that was remotely relevant.

I first learnt of grooming gangs from @theTimes in Jan 2011
I became chief prosecutor May 2011
I authorised charging Rochdale grooming gang June 2011
After convictions (May 2012) Starmer put me in charge of national response
Far Right thugs attacked my home
1000s of rapists were brought to justice

Or read the evidence I gave to Parliament in 2012 alongside him

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/...

Lots of people commenting on the
So called grooming gang issue in following some “intervention” from the USA

They might want to consider that Starmer left office as DPP with the highest conviction rate for child sexual abuse since records began

For those people suggesting a national public inquiry into so called grooming gangs will deliver accountability

Do you know that the grand total of people brought to justice following the Hillsborough, Grenfell, Post Office, Infected Blood & Bloody Sunday public inquiries is ONE?

Ex-chief prosecutor rejects Musk’s calls for new child abuse inquiry Nazir Afzal and police whistleblower Maggie Oliver say previous lengthy inquiries were not acted upon

I would trust the word of the ever-excellent @nazirafzal.bsky.social ahead of that charlatan Musk any day

Ex-chief prosecutor rejects Musk’s calls for new child abuse inquiry www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

25th birthday of Lowry Theatre that I am honoured to Chair
60th birthday of @OfficialUoM Business School where I’m privileged to be Chancellor

Hope 2025 gives you everything you want

Especially thinking of those suffering today, may their needs be met urgently

#HappyNewYear

The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.

Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them, a New York Times investigation found.

Sir Sadiq Khan - Congratulations to you & your family

20 years of public service as an MP for Tooting & then Mayor of London
A decade before that of excellent legal service

Proud to call you a friend

Sadly we will watch the racists & Islamophobes implode
#NewYearsHonours

South Africa weren’t allowed to compete as a country till they dismantled apartheid

Russia aren’t allowed to compete as a country till they leave Ukraine

So why do we still see misogynistic, women oppressing, Taliban led Afghanistan still on the field of play

Kick them out NOW

All 51 men have been convicted of raping Gisele Pelicot

She heroically fought for this while her husband & each of these rapists felt sorry for themselves

We deal with the symptoms but ignore the sexism & misogyny that causes it

Today is Gisele’s day

The Prosecutor The Prosecutor eBook : Afzal, Nazir: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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As I embark on writing my third book - we’ll see if I finish it - here’s my first two in case you’re interested

Available from the usual suspects

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YouTube video by The Pharos Foundation Rethinking Cousin Marriage | Nazir Afzal: The Case For Thoughtful Legislation In A Modern World

As the UK debates first cousin marriage, heres my recent contribution

Making something illegal that you cant enforce or educating our way towards elimination as the white majority UK population has done since Queen Victoria married her first cousin

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