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Kiran Grewal

@kirankgrewal.bsky.social

Feminist academic and lawyer. Disgusted by the current state of the world, seeking refuge from UK academia in beautiful Sri Lanka.

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Women workers endure the biggest blows from economic collapse

From housekeepers and migrant workers to factory workers, farmers, and home-makers, working womenโ€™s lives have been torn apart by the economic crisis. www.sundaytimes.lk/250105/news/... #SriLanka

06.01.2025 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New documentary explores Sri Lankaโ€™s Buddhist supremacy and minority communities Sri Lankan Filmmaker Sulochona Peiris talks about her latest documentary, which explores how contested religious sites incite complex ethnic tensions between Sri Lanka's Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindu Tamil communities.

Sri Lankan Filmmaker Sulochona Peiris talks about her latest documentary, which explores how contested religious sites incite complex ethnic tensions between Sri Lanka's Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindu Tamil communities.

27.12.2024 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israeli army burns north Gazaโ€™s Kamal Adwan Hospital after โ€˜barbaricโ€™ raid Gazaโ€™s Health Ministry calls on international community to stop Israelโ€™s destruction after troops torch hospital.

Israeli forces have released images of a large number of its combat tanks, armoured vehicles and heavily armed soldiers storming the Beit Hanoon area in northern Gaza once again.

๐Ÿ”ด LIVE updates โคต๏ธ aje.io/ojrpnn

28.12.2024 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 257    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Sth Korea has been through some horrific brutality. Makes the defeat of the recent presidential coup attempt all the sweeter knowing they honour the legacy of their hard won democracy ๐Ÿ’œ

28.12.2024 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best Reads in 2024 | Collective By Vindhya Buthpitiya | Neloufer de Mel | Kiran Grewal | Ramya Jirasinghe | Apsara Karunaratne | Vihanga Perera | Ruvani Ranasinha

As 2024 ends, we asked a few friends to share their top three reads this year. Thank you @vindi-b.bsky.social; Neloufer de Mel; @kirankgrewal.bsky.social; Ramya Jirasinghe; Apsara Karunaratne; Vihanga Perera & @ruvaniranasinha.bsky.social. What were your favourites?

polity.lk/best-reads-i...

24.12.2024 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

Job advert! Lecturer in Digital Futures, with specialisms in art and humanities. Come and join us at Bristol Digital Futures Institute. 80% of your time for first five years will be research and further developing BDFI work across the university and with partners www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

18.12.2024 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Amnesty International Report on Genocide in Gaza Analysis of Amnesty International report contending that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Legal Analysis:๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

โ€œ*Amnestyโ€™s legal position is consistent with the terms of the Genocide Convention

*Amnestyโ€™s legal position is also consistent with the case law of the ICTY and the ICJ.

*Finally, Amnestyโ€™s understanding of existing law is shared by Statesโ€

www.justsecurity.org/105629/amnes...

18.12.2024 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Khaled Nabhanโ€™s death & a tweet by Omar_Gaza making me think again about how Muslim-ish men are read as terrorists. Itโ€™s simultaneously true that dominant/hegemonic masculinity should always be mistrusted, including by men; & that brown folks who are also men are not slaughterhouse animals.

17.12.2024 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Research Fellow We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled โ€˜A History of Hurt Feelings and the Lawโ€™. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chl...

2 yr Post-doc, Edinburgh-- Leverhulme-funded, โ€˜A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law, c.1750-presentโ€™. Collaboration betw Prof Chloรซ Kennedy (Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie) and Dr Alice Krzanich (Aberdeen). elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #skystorians ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #c18th #c19th

17.12.2024 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

But the review process should pick up something as significant as the failure to engage with the ICJ decision at the very least!!

15.12.2024 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just saw that the meeting to decide the future of Syria doesnโ€™t include a single Syrian representative. WTAF??

15.12.2024 03:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Foxes are incredible creaturesโ€”playful, intelligent, and vital to our ecosystems. They deserve to thrive in the wild, free from fear and cruelty. ๐ŸฆŠ

Killing them for sport is barbaric and senseless. Letโ€™s protect their joy and beauty.

13.12.2024 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7940    ๐Ÿ” 908    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

I think you should send emails when itโ€™s convenient for you to send them and others should read and reply when itโ€™s convenient to them. Policing this is not creating better work-life balance, itโ€™s imposing another schedule on everyone.

13.12.2024 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest Contribute to a forthcoming Special Section in The Sociological Review journal

'We invite papers that carefully engage with the genocide in Gaza and other places experiencing war and genocide, and examine how we can learn through them to challenge injustice and envision alternative futures.' deadline for EoI 13/1/25. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

12.12.2024 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t have words anymore. The world is unfathomable to me at the moment. But Iโ€™m watching and learning and hoping.

11.12.2024 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That the legal system too often becomes a second round of violation, abuse, and bullying is well known and still worth repeating.

09.12.2024 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 631    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Tomorrow!

09.12.2024 06:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world would be so much better if rabbits were in charge and kept humans as pets.

05.12.2024 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s quite something when an organisation as careful and conservative in making legal findings as Amnesty says this.

05.12.2024 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: โ€˜You Feel Like You Are Subhumanโ€™: Israelโ€™s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza - Amnesty International This report documents Israelโ€™s actions during its offensive on the occupied Gaza Strip from 7 October 2023. It examines the killing of civilians, damage to and destruction of civilian infrastructure, ...

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

05.12.2024 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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P. Sainath (People's Archive on Rural India) is speaking in Colombo on Wednesday 4th December at the Social Scientists' Association on India's 'Agrarian Crisis in the Age of Inequality'.

01.12.2024 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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