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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · 14d

I spoke to Galina Arapova and Mark Stephens for @ibanews.bsky.social on Russia's continued crackdown on digital freedoms through new censorship laws, internet shutdowns and restricting access to foreign apps and websites. Read more here: www.ibanet.org/Russia-steps...

Russia steps up crackdown on digital freedoms

A new Russian law – which came into effect in September – punishes online searches for what the government labels ‘extremist content’. But while the Kremlin has published a list of more than 5,000 ban...

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 15

It’s four years since the Taliban toppled Kabul and Afghans’ basic rights were eroded. Here’s my article for @indexoncensorship.org last year where I spoke to some very brave Afghan women about what it’s like to live under Taliban rule www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/01/afgh...

Afghanistan's female lawyers are the latest target for the Taliban

Pursuing a legal career has become impossible for women in the country. Some of those women told Index their stories

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 12

This articles marks my tenth piece of coverage for
@ibanews.bsky.social specifically on NDAs since I first met Zelda in 2018. It's an area I feel I sadly know pretty well now and yet is still very misunderstood - thanks to
Mark Stephens, Luz Nagle, Ed Mills and others for their legal insights

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 12

"It is truly a workers’ rights win," said @zeldaperkins.bsky.social when asked her thoughts on the UK's decision to ban NDAs in cases of harassment & discrimination. I wrote this for @ibanews.bsky.social on why it matters & why it won't make settlements more difficult www.ibanet.org/Rule-of-law-...

Rule of law: UK to ban NDAs in cases of harassment and discrimination

The UK government has said it will legislate to stop employers from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to cover up harassment and discrimination in what campaigners hope will lead to a sea change ...

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Aug 7

In a week when Mzia Amaglobeli was sentenced to 2 years in prison on politically motivated charges, it seems apt that @indexoncensorship.org publishes my profile of Professor Donald Rayfield on why he’s speaking out against Georgia’s authoritarian regime www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/land...

Land of the Free?: Trump's war on speech at home and abroad - Index on Censorship

The Summer 2025 issue of Index on Censorship Looks at how the second Trump administration is eroding free speech at home and overseas

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 28

An imperfect system (Part 2) The parents say the system has failed them, but with conflicting evidence, far-fetched explanations and high-risk concerns, the court is faced with an impossible question: how do you balance empathy with safeguarding?⁠ righttoequality.org/an-imperfect...

An imperfect system: Part two - Right to Equality

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 28

My latest blogs for @right2equality.bsky.social on one family’s fight to stay together in the family courts.⁠ An imperfect system (Part 1) righttoequality.org/an-imperfect...

An imperfect system: Part one - Right to Equality

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 15

Such an interesting article by @martinbright.bsky.social on the culture of secrecy hanging over maternity services and women's healthcare in England. A must read.

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · Apr 14

For our latest magazine issue, The forgotten patients, Index's @martinbright.bsky.social conducted an investigation into the culture of secrecy shrouding maternity services and women’s healthcare in England.

This is what he found ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/whis... #NHS

Whistleblowers silenced over failings in NHS pregnancy care - Index on Censorship

An Index investigation into the culture of secrecy shrouding NHS maternity services and women’s healthcare in England

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 14

Delighted to be published in the latest edition of @indexoncensorship.org and have insight from @annagvarish.bsky.social Tamar Oniani from the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Institution and academic Sophie Shamanidi into how Georgia’s ruling party is stifling free speech and dismantling independent media

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yesterday, I joined the journalists’ solidarity march in Tbilisi, holding my sign: ‘media freedom is the right of the people.’ As GD tightens its grip with laws to silence us, it’s not just journalists who suffer—it’s society, robbed of truth. #GeorgiaProtests

📸 Tbel Abuseridze

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 8

As the US retreats from the world stage, who's winning? Russia certainly, but also China. I spoke to Angela Stent @brookings.edu @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social & legal experts to find out what this means for Ukraine and the rule of law worldwide www.ibanet.org/US-Presidenc...

US Presidency: retreat from world stage boosts Russia and China

Donald Trump’s second presidential term, with its dizzying array of executive orders, policy revocations, funding cuts, tariff threats and withdrawals from international bodies, has sent both the coun...

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International Bar Association @ibanews.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Rule of law: UK government acts to curb use and abuse of NDAs

Following repeated scandals revealing the widespread use and abuse of non-disclosure agreements, the UK government has given the green light to ban their use in England’s higher education sector

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Apr 3

Really helpful analysis on what Trump's latest tariff increases mean for global trade and why they may not bring the economic benefits that he's hoping for

Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · Apr 3

In case you missed it last night, here's my first take on the new tariffs imposed by the US. Recorded a few minutes after the Rose Garden press conference. A massive moment in geopolitics & economics. And one we'll be reckoning with for a long time to come youtu.be/RjtVQANSQf8?...

Trump's tariffs: What just happened?

YouTube video by Sky News

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International Bar Association @ibanews.bsky.social · Mar 25

@ruthsgreen.bsky.social Global Insight feature explores the upcoming Latin American elections.
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Quote from Christopher Sabatini: Ecuador’s election is the first in Latin America in the Trump 2.0 era it’s going to be a bellwether

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Mar 24

Delighted to receive a copy of 'Anywhere But Here' - a deep dive into the UK's broken asylum system by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social I've looked at some of the legal obstacles facing asylum seekers in my reporting, but looking forward to understanding more about why the system is failing so many

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Mar 10

On 7th March Georgia’s civilian protests reached 100 days. Read more about why they’re protesting and the response by the authorities in my first piece for @newint.bsky.social new-internationalist.ghost.io/georgian-pro...

Georgian protests surpass 100-day milestone

Rustaveli Avenue, known as the ‘political heart’ of Tbilisi, has witnessed its fair share of anti-government protests over the years. But for the past six months, the Georgian capital has been the sit...

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Mar 4

Amidst calls for a public inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal, here's my piece on Prince Harry's settlement and what could happen next, with great insight from Dr Evan Harris, consultant to Harry's legal team, and media law experts Gerald Shamash and Mark Stephens

International Bar Association @ibanews.bsky.social · Mar 4

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has made ‘a full and unequivocal apology’ for the ‘serious intrusion by The Sun’ into the Duke of Sussex’s private life
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Quote from Mark Stephens: It's fair to say that Harry has put a stake through this period of unlawful newsgathering and phone hacking

Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Mar 3

They cast doubt on Zelensky's suitability to "do business" with them, highlighting that the US helping Ukraine is purely a transactional move with a vested interest. Zelensky stays remarkably calm. He knows better what is at stake and what the Kremlin is doing (2/2)

Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Mar 3

I'm just catching up on the Zelensky-Trump nightmarish talks. The brash, domineering arrogance and rudeness of Trump and Vance is so embarrassing to watch. Their infantile demands for more overt gratitude from Zelensky. So disgusting (1/2)

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Feb 27

Important blog here on the importance of accurate reporting. If we want the judiciary to embrace greater transparency, then the press must ensure what they report is accurate and, when necessary, issue corrections. The consequences of misinformation are serious and real for judges and their families

Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · Feb 27

An inaccurate newspaper report that was followed up at prime minister’s questions two weeks ago has resulted in “extraordinarily serious security threats” to judges, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the Lords constitution committee yesterday.

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Press endangers judges

Inaccurate report led to security threats, lady chief justice says

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · Feb 27

Ten years ago today the Russian opposition politician & fierce Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge opposite Red Square.

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Feb 20

For those who need reminding, Ukraine is under martial law so elections can't happen. I wrote about this last year. Scroll down to "Ukraine’s democratic dilemma". Unfortunately upholding democracy isn't foremost in the US president's mind at home or abroad www.ibanet.org/the-great-re...

The Great Repression

As President Vladimir Putin is re-elected for a fifth term, Global Insight examines what’s kept him in power and what the vote means for the rule of law, and for Ukraine.

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Feb 13

I've just been reading about the re-naming of Beckwith House in Stockport. Can anyone put me in touch with a living relative of Supt Howard Beckwith? #journorequest

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Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Feb 13

Signed copy please!

Ruth Green @ruthsgreen.bsky.social · Feb 13

Some interesting observations here from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social on the complex challenges facing open justice and how to balance privacy, transparency and public interest reporting rozenberg.substack.com/p/open-justi...

Open justice

Holes in the road — and how to fill them

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