Lizzie Eldridge
@lizzie4.bsky.social
Writer and human rights activist
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It may be cold as f*ck in Edinburgh, but the sun is OUT, and we are OPEN!
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
It may be cold as f*ck in Edinburgh, but the sun is OUT, and we are OPEN!
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
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Scottish PEN abhors the silence of the government as young political prisoners are left to die.
We support the demands of the hunger strikers in their right to bail, to a fair trial, end censorship, deproscribe Palestine Action, & shut Elbit down.
www.thenational.scot/news/2574440...
We support the demands of the hunger strikers in their right to bail, to a fair trial, end censorship, deproscribe Palestine Action, & shut Elbit down.
www.thenational.scot/news/2574440...
Palestine hunger striker 'reminding herself to breathe' on day 64 of protest
An activist on remand in a UK prison is suffering muscle spasms and difficulty breathing, as her hunger strike passes the 60-day mark
www.thenational.scot
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Scottish PEN abhors the silence of the government as young political prisoners are left to die.
We support the demands of the hunger strikers in their right to bail, to a fair trial, end censorship, deproscribe Palestine Action, & shut Elbit down.
www.thenational.scot/news/2574440...
We support the demands of the hunger strikers in their right to bail, to a fair trial, end censorship, deproscribe Palestine Action, & shut Elbit down.
www.thenational.scot/news/2574440...
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❗️📽️ NEW VIDEO
"WHO'S PAYING FOR YOUR LUNCH?"
We asked UK politicians why they went to a Labour Friends of Israel lunch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgN...
"WHO'S PAYING FOR YOUR LUNCH?"
We asked UK politicians why they went to a Labour Friends of Israel lunch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgN...
Labour MPs caught attending Israel lobby lunch
YouTube video by Declassified UK
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
❗️📽️ NEW VIDEO
"WHO'S PAYING FOR YOUR LUNCH?"
We asked UK politicians why they went to a Labour Friends of Israel lunch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgN...
"WHO'S PAYING FOR YOUR LUNCH?"
We asked UK politicians why they went to a Labour Friends of Israel lunch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgN...
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With Maduro's abduction, the 'rules-based world order' is officially dead - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/maduros-abduction-rules-based-world-order-officially-dead
With Maduro's abduction, the 'rules-based world order' is officially dead
The globe is once again being carved up into spheres of influence - but this time, European powers are on the sidelines
www.middleeasteye.net
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 AM
With Maduro's abduction, the 'rules-based world order' is officially dead - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/maduros-abduction-rules-based-world-order-officially-dead
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Greg Barns: “In other parts of the world the Adelaide Festival would face legal action for its decision.” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
Star British author Zadie Smith joins dozens of authors boycotting Adelaide Writers’ Week
Local and international writers have pulled out of one of the country’s best-loved writers’ festivals after Palestinian-Australian Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was removed from its program.
www.theage.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Greg Barns: “In other parts of the world the Adelaide Festival would face legal action for its decision.” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
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Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is our client and we are proud to represent her. This cancellation is unjustifiable, morally and legally.
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is our client and we are proud to represent her. This cancellation is unjustifiable, morally and legally.
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Scottish PEN applauds all writers boycotting the Adelaide Writers Festival on its shameful decision to cancel Palestinian-Australian writer, Randa Abdel-Fattah.
The Zionist lobby is the voice of genocidal Israel.
We condemn all attempts to repress Palestinian voices.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The Zionist lobby is the voice of genocidal Israel.
We condemn all attempts to repress Palestinian voices.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Scottish PEN applauds all writers boycotting the Adelaide Writers Festival on its shameful decision to cancel Palestinian-Australian writer, Randa Abdel-Fattah.
The Zionist lobby is the voice of genocidal Israel.
We condemn all attempts to repress Palestinian voices.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The Zionist lobby is the voice of genocidal Israel.
We condemn all attempts to repress Palestinian voices.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
Kenyan filmmaker Emily Nderitu shows the world how to talk about climate change in Africa
"We’re not short of knowledge or courage in Africa. We’re short of recognition. Storytelling can fix that. It can close the gap between visibility and value."
buff.ly
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
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We, the women of @peninternational.bsky.social join all who treasure justice & decry the fatal shooting of 37-year-old poet, mother, daughter, wife, Renée Nicole Good, on 1/7/26 by a United States Immigration Officer during ICE’s (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) invasion of Minneapolis, Minn.
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
We, the women of @peninternational.bsky.social join all who treasure justice & decry the fatal shooting of 37-year-old poet, mother, daughter, wife, Renée Nicole Good, on 1/7/26 by a United States Immigration Officer during ICE’s (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) invasion of Minneapolis, Minn.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate #NargesMohammadi with other women human rights defenders has been REARRESTED.
@peninternational.bsky.social calls for their immediate and unconditional release & access to medical care! pen.org/press-releas...
www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
@peninternational.bsky.social calls for their immediate and unconditional release & access to medical care! pen.org/press-releas...
www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, alongside other human rights defenders and journalists, one year after her temporary liberation
After months of threats, Iranian authorities have re-arrested writer, journalist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
pen.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nobel Peace Prize laureate #NargesMohammadi with other women human rights defenders has been REARRESTED.
@peninternational.bsky.social calls for their immediate and unconditional release & access to medical care! pen.org/press-releas...
www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
@peninternational.bsky.social calls for their immediate and unconditional release & access to medical care! pen.org/press-releas...
www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
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#Türkiye: The hearing of @pensweden.bsky.social member Joakim Medin has been postponed to 7 May 2026. We reiterate calls for an end to his judicial harassment and for bogus terror-related charges to be dropped at once.
Read more on the case ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
Read more on the case ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
Türkiye: PEN member Joakim Medin to be tried in absentia — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
Update 8 January 2026: Joakim Medin’s hearing has been postponed to 7 May 2026. He continues to face years in prison on preposterous terrorism grounds. PEN International, PEN Sweden and PEN Norway c...
www.pen-international.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#Türkiye: The hearing of @pensweden.bsky.social member Joakim Medin has been postponed to 7 May 2026. We reiterate calls for an end to his judicial harassment and for bogus terror-related charges to be dropped at once.
Read more on the case ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
Read more on the case ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
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Scottish PEN gives its full support to @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social in his bid to launch a judicial review of the proscription of #PalestineAction in Scotland.
We renew our ongoing support for pro-Palestine activists imprisoned, arrested & criminalised by repressive & absurd 'laws'.
We renew our ongoing support for pro-Palestine activists imprisoned, arrested & criminalised by repressive & absurd 'laws'.
A hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh today, deciding whether a judicial review of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action can be pursued under Scots law is underway
You can get updates from the court from our live blog
You can get updates from the court from our live blog
Live updates as court hears bid to end Palestine Action ban in Scotland
www.thenational.scot
January 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Scottish PEN gives its full support to @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social in his bid to launch a judicial review of the proscription of #PalestineAction in Scotland.
We renew our ongoing support for pro-Palestine activists imprisoned, arrested & criminalised by repressive & absurd 'laws'.
We renew our ongoing support for pro-Palestine activists imprisoned, arrested & criminalised by repressive & absurd 'laws'.
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The Imperial Murder Machine Is In A State Of Hyperactivity
It’s just been a nonstop onslaught. As soon as they knock out one disobedient government or population, they’re on the to next.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-imperi...
It’s just been a nonstop onslaught. As soon as they knock out one disobedient government or population, they’re on the to next.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-imperi...
The Imperial Murder Machine Is In A State Of Hyperactivity
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
The Imperial Murder Machine Is In A State Of Hyperactivity
It’s just been a nonstop onslaught. As soon as they knock out one disobedient government or population, they’re on the to next.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-imperi...
It’s just been a nonstop onslaught. As soon as they knock out one disobedient government or population, they’re on the to next.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-imperi...
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The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a man who was tortured by the CIA and remains imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay after almost 20 years, the BBC can reveal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case
Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a man who was tortured by the CIA and remains imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay after almost 20 years, the BBC can reveal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In a statement on Boxing Day, the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) highlighted the UK government’s harsh treatment of the hunger-strikers.
The OHCHR also made clear that Starmer and his ministers are legally responsible for their wellbeing.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
The OHCHR also made clear that Starmer and his ministers are legally responsible for their wellbeing.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
UN experts demand action from Labour to protect Palestine hunger-strikers
UN experts have criticised the treatment of pro-Palestine hunger strikers, underscoring Labour’s responsibility to ‘protect life’
www.thecanary.co
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In a statement on Boxing Day, the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) highlighted the UK government’s harsh treatment of the hunger-strikers.
The OHCHR also made clear that Starmer and his ministers are legally responsible for their wellbeing.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
The OHCHR also made clear that Starmer and his ministers are legally responsible for their wellbeing.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Jury trials have not caused the criminal justice system crisis. Removing the right to a jury trial and has not been piloted nor thoroughly modelled
diminishing the constitutional principle of trial by jury will erode trust in our criminal justice system.
www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/bar...
diminishing the constitutional principle of trial by jury will erode trust in our criminal justice system.
www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/bar...
Bar leadership joint statement on jury trials
The Bar leaders met following the leak of a government memo on the response to Sir Brian Leveson's report
www.barcouncil.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Jury trials have not caused the criminal justice system crisis. Removing the right to a jury trial and has not been piloted nor thoroughly modelled
diminishing the constitutional principle of trial by jury will erode trust in our criminal justice system.
www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/bar...
diminishing the constitutional principle of trial by jury will erode trust in our criminal justice system.
www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/bar...
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The Four Bars told Prime Minister that they are “deeply concerned” with the proposals [to restrict jury trials] announced by Justice Secretary David Lammy.
Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scra...
Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scra...
Scrapping jury trials will ‘undermine confidence in our criminal justice system,’ top lawyers warn
SCRAPPING jury trials will “undermine confidence in our criminal justice system” with “no evidence” it will bring down court backlogs, top lawyers have warned.The bodies representing barristers in Bri...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Four Bars told Prime Minister that they are “deeply concerned” with the proposals [to restrict jury trials] announced by Justice Secretary David Lammy.
Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scra...
Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scra...
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It’s a genocide, and the UK government are supporting it and calling their own citizens “terrorists” for opposing it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel to bar 37 aid groups as UK and EU warn of impact in Gaza
Israel's move is criticised by 10 countries, which say the new registration rules for international NGOs are
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s a genocide, and the UK government are supporting it and calling their own citizens “terrorists” for opposing it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Palestine hunger striker ‘losing ability to speak’ after 57 days without food
She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November.
metro.co.uk/2025/12/29/p...
She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November.
metro.co.uk/2025/12/29/p...
Palestine hunger striker 'losing ability to speak' after 57 days without food
Heba Muraisi said she feels 'weaker as each day passes'.
metro.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Palestine hunger striker ‘losing ability to speak’ after 57 days without food
She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November.
metro.co.uk/2025/12/29/p...
She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November.
metro.co.uk/2025/12/29/p...
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AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
This video shows an arrest on Day 1 of the ban, July 5th 2025. Handcuffed and carried away by police officers for holding an “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
This video shows an arrest on Day 1 of the ban, July 5th 2025. Handcuffed and carried away by police officers for holding an “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.defendourjuries.net
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
This video shows an arrest on Day 1 of the ban, July 5th 2025. Handcuffed and carried away by police officers for holding an “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
This video shows an arrest on Day 1 of the ban, July 5th 2025. Handcuffed and carried away by police officers for holding an “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.defendourjuries.net
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Iran: We are gravely concerned by the arrest of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi in Mashhad, following her public remarks at the memorial of lawyer Khosro Alikordi. Her health and freedom must be protected. We call for her immediate release. #FreeNargesMohammadi #HumanRights
Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran
Mohammadi ‘violently’ detained along with other activists at memorial event in Mashhad, her foundation says
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#Iran: We are gravely concerned by the arrest of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi in Mashhad, following her public remarks at the memorial of lawyer Khosro Alikordi. Her health and freedom must be protected. We call for her immediate release. #FreeNargesMohammadi #HumanRights
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We welcome the long-awaited release of PEN members Ales Bialiatski and Maksim Znak and fellow writers after years behind bars! We continue urging #Belarus to free all those still held on trumped up grounds. #FreeThemAll
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ales Bialiatski, who won Nobel prize while behind bars, is freed from prison in Belarus
The human-rights campaigner won the Nobel Peace Prize while behind bars.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We welcome the long-awaited release of PEN members Ales Bialiatski and Maksim Znak and fellow writers after years behind bars! We continue urging #Belarus to free all those still held on trumped up grounds. #FreeThemAll
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...