This is good to hear: @theglobeandmail.com reports that Jimmy Lai's plight raised by @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Summit, and all agreed to work together to secure his release. An important show of solidarity by the G7 at a critical time in Mr Lai's case. #FreeJimmyLai

Today, my co-counsel in @mariaressa.bsky.social's case, Amal Clooney, met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Amal & George Clooney are in the Philippines for @rappler.bsky.social's Social Good Summit this weekend. Background: www.rappler.com/philippines/...

Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai. A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, human rights lawyer and Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, highlighting the need for greater investment in #childprotection services. Highlighting the understaffing of child protection services in Ireland with many more social workers required.

🟥 Georgia’s unlawfully imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been named laureate of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, shared with Andrzej Poczobut of #Belarus. 🔴“Imprisoned Journalists Fighting for Your Freedom and Ours" #RepressionInGeorgia

Today the European Parliament announced the winners of the Sakharov Prize: two brave, brilliant journalists in jail for their work- my client, Mzia Amaglobeli (Georgia) & Andrzej Poczobut (Belarus). Congratulations to Mzia & Andrzej. Now to #FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej 🇬🇪 🇧🇾 @netgazeti.org My response:

Today we are in the European Parliament to discuss the urgent case of my client, #MziaAmaglobeli, & the crackdown on media & the pro-democracy movement in #Georgia. Thank you to all the MEPs who are supporting Mzia, her colleagues, the Georgian people, & who are calling for action now to #FreeMzia.

Caollfhionn Gallagher KC remembers the superlative debating skill of the late Conor Gearty. He urged us to put ourselves in our opponents shoes and argue “‘That America needs Trump’; ‘Brexit is the right approach for Britain...’"

Caollfhionn Gallagher KC reflects on the legacy of her friend Conor Gearty, who recently passed away... He “won every debating competition in sight... Debate breaks down certainty, forcing you to enter the mind of the holder of an opposing point of view.”

Prospect’s latest issue hits newsstands today! Here’s a preview of what you’ll find inside... 🧵 Our cover story is by Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov, who argues that Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal—but Israelis refuse to see it: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

I've written for the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk about some of the most inspiring people I know. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/hu...

USA, 2025.

At the Clooney Foundation for Justice #Albies awards one of the winners, my client, #JoseRubenZamora, could not be there as he is unjustly imprisoned in Guatemala. His son @josecarloszamora.bsky.social brought an empty chair on stage for his dad, & he spoke so powerfully. #FreeZamora #ZamoraLibre 1/

Today, the Press Freedom Center was proud to announce three new members of our Advisory Board: @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, Sam Feist, and Paul Beckett. Read the full advisory at the link: www.press.org/newsroom/pre...

Thank you to @rezaian.bsky.social & Bill McCarren for having faith in me, & appointing me to the Advisory Board of the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, at this critical moment for press freedom globally. #JournalismIsNotACrime www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

“Many people in the US no longer feel that it is a place of sanctuary.” At Truth Tellers, Human Rights Lawyer @caoilfhionn.bsky.social spoke about the new uncertainty many journalists now face in the U.S., and the precautions they now take when entering the country: tinyurl.com/4m7rnexu

“It is unthinkable that any child can fall through the cracks in this way, and be missing for years with nobody appearing to notice or care. It beggars belief that the unthinkable has happened twice.“ My piece in today’s Sunday Independent @irishindy.bsky.social www.independent.ie/opinion/caoi...

Today's daily roundup on journalism is out, featuring a new project from our Fellow @karenrebelo.bsky.social, an important piece by @caoilfhionn.bsky.social and news from Gaza, Nepal and the US Click to read, share and subscribe www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...

I previously posted about important research by @ucddublin.bsky.social academics on CCP propaganda & use of the term "so-called" to describe things they don't like (other governments, international bodies, concepts - and me). The authors are here! @alexdukalskis.bsky.social @linettelim.bsky.social

The UK must act fast to save Jimmy Lai's life. Since 2014, 12 older male diabetic prisoners like him have died in Hong Kong prisons, most after late transfers. For yrs @caoilfhionn.bsky.social & her team have asked to meet Keir Starmer. No reply. Time is running out www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Jimmy Lai's life is in danger: my piece in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

I’ve lost count of how often Chinese/Hong Kong authorities or CCP State media have called me a “so-called human rights lawyer” leading a “so-called legal team.” I often play ‘propaganda bingo’ to myself when I read aggressive HKSAR statements which slam me/my clients/NGOs/other States/newspapers. 1/

The legal team for Iran International is led by Mark Stephens CBE and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (@caoilfhionn.bsky.social), working with solicitor Ayesha Salim, Howard Kennedy, and barristers Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson, Doughty Street Chambers.

Iran: UN experts sound the alarm over risk to the lives of 45 Iran International journalists and 315 family members. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/iran-un...

Sebastien Lai & I spoke to Bianna Golodryga on the #Amanpour show @cnn.com about Jimmy Lai’s trial, fears for his life & what to expect next. #FreeJimmyLai #JournalismIsNotACrime www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/T...

The children have spoken. England's children are telling the world what happened to them. It’s time England's lawmakers started listening and acting. #AgainstRestraint

In @independent.ie, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social & I argue the deliberate, systematic targeting of #Gaza’s journalists is not only an assault on individuals; it is an attack on truth & human rights. Ireland must do more, urgently, to protect Gaza’s journalists. ⬇️ www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Appalling - but unsurprising - news from Georgia today. #MziaAmaglobeli sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment. Mzia is a tenacious journalist & a visionary publisher. I am proud to act as international counsel. I & my Georgian & international colleagues will now be taking urgent steps to #FreeMzia.

The legal team for Iran International is led by Mark Stephens CBE and @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, working with solicitor Ayesha Salim, Howard Kennedy and barristers Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson, Doughty Street Chambers. 2/2

𝟰𝟱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗢𝗜𝗦 (𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻): www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/45-iran... 1/2

Tomorrow #Mzia Amaglobeli’s court case ends. On Friday I attended the last hearing in Batumi on behalf of 🇳🇱 with colleagues from 🇨🇿🇸🇪🇳🇴🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇹 and 🇪🇺 - in support of free and independent media and journalism in #Georgia @caoilfhionn.bsky.social @irmadimitradze.bsky.social @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social

My client #MziaAmaglobeli - journalist & founder @netgazeti.org - has been wrongly imprisoned since January. Tomorrow she is back in court. A key moment for journalism. For democracy. For women's rights to be free from police thuggery. And above all, for Georgia. #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime

The international legal team is led by Amal Clooney & @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, and includes barristers @canyeginsu.bsky.social & Claire Overman & Peter Lichtenbaum, Stephen Rademaker & former Ambassador Daniel Feldman of Covington & Burling LLP, working with domestic counsel in the Philippines /2

Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (@caoilfhionn.bsky.social) welcome acquittal of journalist and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa in another spurious criminal case. Read more 🔽 /1 www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/amal-cl...

So inspiring to be at tonight’s #LALYAwards. A privilege to be a #LALY25 judge. All finalists are brilliant (many agonising hours of trawling through heartbreaking, inspiring detail tell me that). Not all heroes wear capes. But tonight, #LALY heroes drink prosecco, relax & are celebrated.

Thanks to Claire Byrne & the Today with Claire programme @rteradio1.bsky.social for inviting me on today. A wide-ranging discussion (with some curveballs - quite a few unexpected issues!) on law, life and more. 🎧 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

📰Media Freedom Under Siege 📰Law & Disorder Podcast 📰Hosts Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Lord Falconer 📰Guests Sebastien Lai & me 🎧Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l... 🎧Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5x7S... 🎧Acast shows.acast.com/65aa5c04a355... #JournalismIsNotACrime

“Many people in the US no longer feel that it is a place of sanctuary.” A powerful and timely message from @caoilfhionn.bsky.social at the 2025 Truth Tellers Summit. If you care about justice, press freedom, or human rights—watch this. youtu.be/_0xi0x9SiSM?... #TruthTellers2025 #PressFreedom

In 2010, 17-year-old Daniel McAnaspie was murdered when in the care of the State. This week, an inquest jury made some important recommendations about Ireland’s approach to child protection & welfare. I discussed these issues with Cian McCormack, RTÉ News at One. 🔊 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Spot on from @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social:

"We know the enemies of media freedom are creative... We've got to get far more creative too. They operate cross-border, we've got to operate cross-border too." @caoilfhionn.bsky.social #SirHarrySummit

This was a glorious interview; what a privilege to see it live today. @tinabrownlm.bsky.social in conversation with the Atlantic’s @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social, on being added to *that* White House Signal chat. Witty, hilarious, fast-paced, insightful. Bravo 👏 #SirHarrySummit

A privilege to meet Shabnam Khan Dawran today: the newsreader who was taken off air by the Taliban. She now works in London for Afghanistan International, & she gave a powerful personal account of the challenges working as a journalist in exile. #SirHarrySummit #Afghanistan

Such a powerful piece by Dr Rosaleen McDonagh in @irishexaminer.bsky.social today. “In 1989, #Grace was placed by the State in a ‘foster’ home that was never assessed or registered for foster or respite. The placement wasn’t an oversight; it was a bureaucratic gamble with a disabled child’s life.”

‘Journalism’s Hit List’ Join us, in London or online, on 7th May for the #SirHarrySummit #TruthTellers. A privilege to be speaking alongside @christogrozev.bsky.social, moderated by Mark Stephens CBE. Details 👇

This time last year, some comments I made about the importance of journalism - & of standing up for journalists and journalism under attack. This year’s #SirHarrySummit is on 7 May, online & in person in London. See sirharrysummit.org

Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned in Hong Kong since 2020. He now faces further charges which could result in a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Join the call to #FreeJimmyLai & send him a message of solidarity through our letter-writing campaign, #PENWrites. www.englishpen.org/campaigns/pe...

Following my usual pattern of swelling with national pride whenever an Irish person does anything of note, as if I can take some vicarious credit… Today, a Dubliner (Cardinal Kevin Farrell) is interim chief of the Catholic Church, & both University Challenge captains are from Dublin, too.

“I am delighted to be spending my last panel #ijf25 with two of my favourite criminals,” says @jodieginsberg.bsky.social @pressfreedom.bsky.social. Wonderful to have @alsuk.bsky.social & @omarradi.bsky.social free & here 👏 to discuss wrongful imprisonment of journalists. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Such a privilege to share a platform with Karen Kaiser, SVP & General Counsel @apnews.com, yesterday @journalismfestival.com. Much to discuss. And so much to do. #ijf25