World’s biggest buyers of Brazilian soy plan to exit the Amazon Soy Moratorium — a voluntary pact that kept deforestation-linked soy out of global supply chains for nearly 20 years. Critics warn the move could reverse hard-won gains, especially in Mato Grosso, where deforestation is rising.

We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death. Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.

Does anyone ever get sad about not being able to know what happens in future history after you're dead? No? Just me?

The EAT has allowed an appeal by Latin American seasonal farm workers to proceed, after it was struck out for missing a tribunal deadline. The workers, supported by @uvwunion.bsky.social , argued it is unjust and irrational to expect undocumented workers in crisis to navigate complex legal systems

Will you look at that. All the Media and political hype is working. People are unaware of the massive drop in migration or the effect it’s about to have on the UK

And the richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on 3rd January (www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...)

This makes me a little emotional. Imagine if more politicians and others took action to improve our quality of life like this (across a range of measures)

UK fishing depends on migrant workers. And yet policy changes set to come into effect this year will mean the only way migrant fishers will be able to work will be through a loophole, known as Code 7. For migrant fishers in the UK, this bakes in the risk of labour exploitation.

Full list here www.whitehouse.gov/presidential.... Also includes the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, UN Women, UNFPA

Useful history and analysis from @oonahathaway.bsky.social on the Trump administration’s assault on the international legal order www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

Discrimination LGBT + : des associations françaises portent plainte contre Meta et Mark Zuckerberg Une plainte a été déposée devant le procureur de Paris pour injures et discriminations homophobes et transphobes

dear god from 944k to 200k in the space of a few years.......

Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.

Joint Statement on Greenland 🇬🇱 stm.dk/statsministe...

"We have looked at the US as an ally that upholds international order. If US behaviour is going to change, we have to understand that and react to it... We have to think about the sort of world that will lead to." A sober (and sobering) take from the UK's former top diplomat, Sir Simon Fraser. ~AA

OMG 😭 Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure." LIFE SAVING! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...

If you're keen on #internationallaw and are just starting out, this may be for you! (No DMs or inquiries, please.) Apply by 9 January 2026 with CV and a 1-page cover letter. More information: asiajusticecoalition.org/vacancies

Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/

What’s amazing about this story is that they *reversed* it. It’s not just a treatment that can stave it off or delay it. It *cures* Alzheimer’s. I know lots of research initially seems hopeful in mice and then doesn’t go anywhere, but this could be momentous. I cried.

‘Trail Hunting with Hounds’ is the first example they list. But it’s an eclectic mix.

I'm so grateful to everyone I spent time with for this report - they were so gracious to talk to me & welcome me to their homes, despite their relentless workload.

The banality of evil.

This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families filtonactionists.com

Agree with all of this, other than "the right will go 'pro-natalist" - I think what will happen is that much of the right will shift from 'blaming our ills on immigration' to 'blaming our ills on ethnic diversity', which is already happening to an extent.

'The political logic of the 27 states, of “weakening the Convention system to save the system”, is unconvincing. It concedes a swathe of territory to radical right parties in framing the ECHR and the ECtHR as existentially problematic re border control, but will not satisfy their constituencies.'

Abolish the Home Office (Thread)

The Palestine Action ban is an incredible story of the criminalization of political speech, but also of solidarity in defense of that speech. As the thread points out, most of those arrested have been older and women. As John Boyce explained here, the ban is part of a broader trend across Europe.

The Palestine Action ban has completely changed what legally defined terrorism in the UK looks like People arrested for terror offences are now much more likely to be women and dramatically older - arrests linked to Palestine Action had an average age of 57 compared to 30 for other groups

London-area friends: I’m looking forward to launching the UK edition of my book THE CROWN’S SILENCE at Waterstones @ Gower St on Jan 30th with Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Please help spread the word! www.waterstones.com/events/the-c... www.waterstones.com/events/the-c...

“Sex workers should be able to work together for safety, but instead criminalisation forces them to work in precarious situations alone, making them vulnerable to violence and abuse...” On the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we must demand governments decriminalise sex work.

This completely preventable and predictable outcome is currently driving dangerous policies by representatives and spreading disinformation for the purposes of control. Again, absolutely no element of surprise www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

In case you missed it: “Horrifying” levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report | Sonia Lenegan

Abolish the Home Office

He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.

gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law

🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable. open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...

As the immigration white paper is implemented migrant fishers must not be left adrift. We’ve set out policies to make sure they are recognised as workers & able to exercise rights

What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration? Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today i-claim.eu/project/publ...

The lesson from WWII and the Shoah was that human rights are universal. "Centre" politicians are doing the bidding of the far-right here, solving zero problems but creating huge ones for our democracies. Why would they pave the way for authoritarianism and enable their own demise?

Today is #InternationalHumanRightsDay, and also the day when UK and EU leaders discuss weaken the rights of people fleeing war and persecution. If the European Convention on Human Rights is to be reformed, it must be to strengthen it, not undermine it. Read our statement for #Humanrightsday here 👇

Starmer says happy Human Rights Day

Starmer has aligned himself, again & again, with Trump, not Mamdani. Even as Trump’s regime works actively to promote Farage & nationalist politics across Europe. But then again, from Starmer’s behaviour you’d think he’s promoting Farage, too🤷‍♀️

The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

“A specific risk is that generative AI tools always produce an answer, even when the historical sources are incomplete or silent. Because their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists”

But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.

i'm sure removing ILR status will somehow bring more dentists to the UK, clearly

“The color of bad news delivered with bureaucratic indifference.”