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Tomorrow @sutrscotland.bsky.social national demonstration (Sat 21/6) in Glasgow: Aye Welcome Refugees - Stop the Far Right. Assemble 12noon, Barrowland Park for march. Then music and carnival from 2.30pm at the Old Fruitmarket #AyeWelcomeRefugees #StopTheFarRight
June 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Another great post on @bordercrim.bsky.social contributing to our global understanding of the forms and nature of immigration detention as well as the popular/political discussions surrounding it and the people within: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
‘Crimmigrant other’ narratives fail to capture diversity among immigration detainees: the case of Hong Kong
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🚨 Apply now: £20K SIPR grant for research on police visibility & community connection. Open to all researchers. Start by Aug 1, 2025.
🔗 Info + apply: bit.ly/3G32fkd
🌐 More details: bit.ly/4n8HQe3
#Policing #ResearchFunding
June 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Our Professional Services staff are crucial to #universityofedinburgh!!! #OpenDay #UniversityofEdinburgh #stopthecuts #ucu #ucuedinburgh
June 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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We're delighted to share further details for 4 previously announced shows, in what will be Director #RufusNorris’ final season 🎭

- Inter Alia
- The Estate
- The Land of the Living
- End

Tickets will go on sale to the public on 6 February 2025.
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The dam is breaking.
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Give us a follow if you believe drug policy should be grounded in evidence, health, equity, and human rights.
November 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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"Over the three decades and change I’ve been in prison, I’ve seen time and again that as the years of captivity deepen many people come to view suicide not only as a means of becoming free, but as an act of resistance against the state."
As Years in Prison Become Decades, Lifers’ Thoughts on Suicide Evolve
Over the three decades and change I’ve been in prison, I’ve seen that many people come to view suicide as an act of resistance.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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📢 SIPR is recruiting a new Director!

Professor Liz Aston reflects on her time in the role and shares details of this exciting leadership opportunity in policing research.

🔗 More info: bit.ly/4kh7XgO
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/4kkJ8Re

#SIPR #Leadership #Jobs
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🟠Body searches and Europe’s struggle with degradation.

Join us Wed 28 May, 4pm (UK) for this online workshop with Prof. Tom Daems, KU Leuven.

👉https://bit.ly/3GT1Voe
May 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Poland has adopted a law suspending the right to seek asylum for people entering the country via Belarus.

It's an effort to provide legal cover for Poland's abusive and unlawful border pushbacks. Learn more ⤵️
March 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Criminologist Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Biometric #AI in policing: Exploring the socio-legal and ethical landscape' at this @the-sipr.bsky.social conference.

Scottish International #Policing Conference 2025
28th May in Edinburgh.
www.sipr.ac.uk/events/scott...
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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"An assault on harm reduction in the province that will cost untold lives."

10 sites to be shut down under new legislation averted over 1,500 overdoses in 2022/3. Vital associated services, like drug checking, will also be lost.

Matthew Bonn reports:
Ontario’s Unconscionable Supervised Consumption Sites Shutdown
On December 2, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, passed a law that will shut down 10 supervised drug consumption ...
filtermag.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Not everyone who uses drugs has an addiction, but those who do may need a range of addiction services and social supports including treatment, housing, recovery services, detox, overdose prevention services, harm reduction, and more. What don't they need? To be criminalized. #SupportDontPunish
December 9, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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“Home Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the situation at a notorious asylum processing centre that led to 18,000 people being unlawfully detained in horrific conditions.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre
Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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If they’re not shut down, volunteers should be able to run the Victoria pop-up for three days over the course of the week, and the Nanaimo pop-up for five days. Patients who use drugs were made aware of the sites before they opened.

By @brishti.bsky.social:
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Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC Hospitals
After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared had stepped outside to smoke. Not ...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Trump suggests he will declare national emergency and use military to push through mass deportations – US politics live
November 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM