Harriet Wistrich
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Director centre for women’s justice Author of ‘Sister in Law’
I am pleased to share that Sister in Law, long listed for the women's prize for non-fiction, has been selected for a Kindle Monthly Deal, meaning for the month of June the Ebook is just 99p.
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I will be speaking at Nottingham university on 15 May about the jean Charles de Menezes case - it features in my book, Sister in Law, and in the excellent four part film, Suspect - now streaming on Disney Channel
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Looking forward to this dramatisation of the de Menezes story- I learnt a great deal about the politics of policing when advising the family in their search for truth and justice. I have written about it this battle in my book, ‘Sister in Law’
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The Met police killed my son and told so many lies about him
In 2005, Metropolitan Police officers shot dead a man on a Tube train. But Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician, was innocent. A new drama highlights the family’s fight to expose police fa...
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/london/article/jean-charles-de-menezes-metropolitan-police-suspect-6c0hjsgq6
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Pleased to see the screening of this important drama telling the story of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on the tube 20 years ago - I write about my own involvement supporting the family campaign for justice in my book 'Sister in Law'
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Fatal error: 20 years on, the Met still has questions to answer about the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. A new drama investigates the tragedy
The award-winning producer and screenwriter of Philomena’s new show, Suspect, is about the shooting of an innocent young Brazilian electrician on the London Underground in the wake of the 7/7 bombings...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/06/fatal-error-20-years-on-the-met-still-has-questions-to-answer-about-the-killing-of-jean-charles-de-menezes-a-new-drama-investigates-the-tragedy
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I am delighted to be speaking about my book, Sister in Law at the Oxford Literary Festival on 2 April - tickets still available from here
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, 10% of all sales on @bookshop_org_uk across 8-9 March will be donated to the Women’s Prize Trust. You can shop Sister in Law on @bookshop_org_uk and support the @WomensPrize! Shop now:
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Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men a book by Harriet Wistrich.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHow the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain’s foremost lawyers.‘Sister in Law is compelling, shocking and inspiring in equa...
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sister-in-law-fighting-for-justice-in-a-system-designed-by-men-harriet-wistrich/7598745?ean=9781911709268
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Publication of paperback today
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The Guardian view on undercover policing: the struggle for accountability continues | Editorial
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Great outcome at European Court arising from the horrifying treatment by Cyprus authorities of British tourist subject to gang rape by 12 men and charged with wasting police time - now time for police to investigate the perps as they should have originally
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Cypriot police 'failed' Briton in gang rape case, judges say
The woman took her case to the European Court of Human Rights over the way it was handled.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7vvvev07do
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Women's Prize
7 months ago
In ‘Sister In Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men’, solicitor
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tells the shocking stories behind ten landmark legal cases, demonstrating the failure of the law when defending women.
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“There will be some cases where perpetrators of ...coercive and controlling behaviour, pressure victims to seek to end their lives. There’s a significant risk that, through this dynamic, coercion will play a part in some cases of assisted dying.” @centreWJ
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Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say
Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/22/domestic-violence-victims-assisted-dying-debate-coercive-control
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The underlying story that MI5 have been trying to obscure concerns serious violence against a woman by a protected informant
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MI5 lied to courts to defend handling of violent neo-Nazi agent
In an unprecedented admission, the Security Service apologises for “inaccurate” evidence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew5rwpw579o
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I'm thrilled my book Sister in Law has been longlisted for the 2025 @WomensPrize for Non-Fiction. Thank you to everyone who has supported and to the judges, sponsor @findmypast and @WomensPrize Congratulations to all of the authors. See the full longlist
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Women’s Prize For Non Fiction - Women's Prize
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is a major new annual book prize that celebrates exceptional narrative non-fiction by women.
https://womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-non-fiction/
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‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/woman-life-freedom-the-syrian-feminists-who-forged-a-new-world-in-a-land-of-war?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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In case you missed it and appreciate a life story through some pieces of music, I am on repeat Friday 9am (also on i-player) - you wont guess all the tunes but one or two are obvious!
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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Harriet Wistrich, lawyer
Harriet Wistrich, lawyer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274n7
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if you enjoyed this programme (now on bbc iplayer) and interested to know more about the cases i discuss, you can read about that
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Prosecutors to press on with manslaughter cases despite Kiena Dawes verdict
CPS lead says she is not deterred from similar cases after Ryan Wellings, who was accused of causing partner’s suicide, was found not guilty of killing her
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan/19/manslaughter-cases-prosecutors-cps-kiena-dawes-verdict
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An honour, an opportunity - but slightly scary
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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Harriet Wistrich, lawyer
Harriet Wistrich, lawyer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274n7
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The right is trying to rewrite history with its toxic rhetoric on Britain’s rape gangs | Kenan Malik
Girls who have suffered terrible abuse are now being exploited by populists for their own ends
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/the-right-is-trying-to-rewrite-history-with-its-toxic-rhetoric-on-britains-gangs
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