Greg Davies

E.S. Wight | On Hunger Strike Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, T Hoxha and Kamran Ahmed are on hunger strike. All are on remand in...

‘None of the six hunger strikers is charged with terrorism offences: all, however, have been subject to arbitrary and demeaning treatment since the Palestine Action ban.’

E.S. Wight on the largest co-ordinated hunger strike in British prisons since 1981, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik

YouTube video by Dr Alan Greene Banning Palestine Action: Legal Experts Explain the Implications for UK Democracy

I recorded a podcast with @daniellalock.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social in which we discuss decision to ban #PalestineAction. There is some really excellent stuff in here-- Daniella and Colin are on top of their briefs.
Please do check it out and share widely!
youtu.be/tKN4Wk2SEyQ?...

Commissioner to investigate HM Prison and Probation Service Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner has announced that an investigation will be conducted to consider how HM Prison and Probation Service implements its Welsh language scheme following claim...

“The glaring weaknesses of prisoners’ Welsh language rights also demand fresh consideration of the anomalous constitutional arrangements governing prisons in Wales. The only
common law country in the world to have its own legislature and executive without its own justice system.” 1/2

“Who blinks first is lost”: on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike “We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.”

“We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.” Calla Walsh on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Women in Wales are being jailed more often Research has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University

NEWYDD - Adroddiad gan @robdjones.bsky.social yn dadansoddi'r data diweddaraf ar garchardai a charchariad yng Nghymru 👇

NEW - Report from Dr Robert Jones analyses the latest data on prisons and imprisonment in Wales 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

🚨 NEW in @bjpols.bsky.social : When Partygate hit Westminster, trust in Scottish politicians increased. Our experiments reveal a "contrast effect" - scandals at one level can make the other look better by comparison. Who lost most trust in Westminster? Scottish unionists. Read now #OpenAccess 👇

HMP Berwyn: Welsh-speaking prisoners 'told to speak English' in prison Ex-inmates say Welsh speakers were made to use English at Wales' biggest prison.

Research from @robdjones.bsky.social and @gjdavies.bsky.social has shed light on the attitudes towards the Welsh language inside Wales’s largest prison:

Welsh-speaking inmates 'told to speak English' in prison www.bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by Centre for Peoples Justice Hillsborough Law: Justice Not Delivered

The Hillsborough Law (aka Public Office Accountability Bill) will help hold police & other state actors to account for lying & covering up scandals. Follow @cfpjustice.bsky.social to see how other state cover-ups have affected communities across the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=byJT...

Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇

Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...

What does labour exploitation really mean? Listening to migrant workers Dr Maayan Niezna writes...“The conditions in the hotel where I worked as a cleaner were horrible”, one London cleaner told me. “Normally, we would have to do 18-20 rooms, but in the summer, we might h...

1/ two new posts from my current research project, asking how migrant workers & #modern_slavery survivors understand 'labour exploitation' and, more broadly, agency and meaning at work
1. Some insights from listening to migrant workers about labour exploitation:
www.josephcentre.org/post/what-do...

Diolch yn fawr am ddarllen, David!

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

Diolch o galon to friends and colleagues in @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @lplu.bsky.social for their support and encouragement with this work.

HMP Berwyn inspection sees rise in violence and drug use Concerns were also raised during the previous inspection at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham in 2022.

By focusing on the language dimension, the paper provides further evidence that this 'flagship' prison has been a disaster from the off: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison This article challenges claims of ‘inherent’ bilingualism in Wales’ largest prison, HMP Berwyn. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and extensive documentary research, we find that Welsh-speaking p...

HMP Berwyn, the UK's largest prison, was once presented as an advance for the Welsh language.

@robdjones.bsky.social and I argue that it’s been a categorical failure by that measure, posing troubling questions for Welsh language rights more widely: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Labour wants to restrict repeat protests – but that’s what makes campaigns successful Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.

Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests The move is not a ban on protests but

The UK's three main political parties are just different flavours of authoritarianism at this stage.
This country is at a dangerous crossroads and every potential path looks bleak.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hora v the United Kingdom: Strasbourg’s New Ruling on UK’s Prisoner Voting Ban - UK Human Rights Blog By Lewis Graham In 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its landmark decision in Hirst v the United Kingdom, finding that the effect of section 3 of the Representa...

Hora v the United Kingdom: Strasbourg’s New Ruling on UK’s Prisoner Voting Ban

ukhumanrightsblog.com/2025/10/01/h...

Prisoner Voting is Back! And Strasbourg is still in a right old prickle. The Court doesn't want to back down on Hirst, but also doesn't want a fight with the UK. So it concluded that the particular claimant in Hora v UK could legitimately have the vote removed:

hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-14...

🚨 BREAKING | 1,339 people have now been arrested on "terrorism" charges in 2025, with almost all of them busted for holding signs at pro-Palestine protests.

This is more than any year on record, by far.

(Source: Home Office)

Gareth Evans: The Devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/04/g...

I think George Osborne openly musing to the air that the security services probably wouldn’t have tolerated Labour winning in 2017, because of our relationship with America, is quite helpful and I’d like to hear more.

Wherein, @nanoboss.bsky.social, @andywoodhouse.bsky.social and I attempt to chart out the Marxist tradition and its relationship to EU law - both historically and theoretically, as part of our broader symposium in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social

Tis a chunky tome.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Cross party Senedd letter urges First Minister to push for arms embargo on Israel Emily Price A cross party group of Senedd Members have come together to urge the First Minister to take action to ensure Wales is not complicit in Israel’s ongoing assault on Palestinian people. In th...

A cross-party group of Senedd Members have come together to urge the First Minister to take action to ensure Wales is not complicit in Israel’s ongoing military action in Palestinian ✍️Emily Price

Four arrested under Terrorism Act during Liverpool pro-Palestine protest Merseyside police says material in support of Palestine Action was reportedly seen in possession of protesters

This was a grotesque spectacle yesterday. More pensioners being hauled into riot vans for protesting peacefully against Israel’s daily atrocities.

Starmer’s Britain in a nutshell!

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

There were several riot vans waiting at the Victoria monument. The police seemed to know exactly who they were after.

We’ll continue to share articles from the special issue as and when they’re published. Diolch!

Renzulli finds various shortcomings, and calls for: 1) the expansion of HMIP's powers; 2) a beefed up UK National Preventative Mechanism, with a statutory basis.

These reforms, she argues, would create a more effective Inspectorate and help to ensure that OPCAT’s purpose is realised.

The paper evaluates the powers and functions of HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) against the UK’s obligations under the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).