Greg Davies

I've written a post setting out why I think the Divisional Court reached the right conclusions in its recent Palestine Action ruling.

UK awarded contract to firm overseen by sanctioned Israeli minister Exclusive: £10 million deal signed with company linked to Bezalel Smotrich who is sanctioned by Britain

👉NEW -- UK awarded contract to firm overseen by sanctioned Israeli minister

by John McEvoy

Exclusive: £10 million deal signed with company linked to Bezalel Smotrich who is sanctioned by Britain
www.declassifieduk.org/uk-awarded-c...

Some quick thoughts on Ammori (apologies if I miss stuff, or misstate things)

The court finds the proscription unlawful at 3 junctures here

1. The failure to apply the policy (common law)

2. The "legal basis" and 3. The "fair balance" stages of the proportionality test for human rights (HRA)

On access by Palantir (and other companies) to the UK's national security infrastructure, this recent paper sets out developments in contracting out UK national security protection and raises questions about what this means for the UK's operational independence: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary Campaigners claim ‘huge blow’ to government after landmark prosecution of direct action group fails.

👉 NEW -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary

by Phil Miller

Campaigners claim ‘huge blow’ to government after landmark prosecution of direct action group fails.

www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...

‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May

“There are now more people in Wales who say they feel Welsh rather than British, it’s accelerated madly since Brexit and Covid…
In England, Britishness is seen as the more inclusive identity, when Englishness isn’t, necessarily” - @jaclarner.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

Trans Liberation and Law:  Structure, Limits and Strategy after FWS – Aoife Edith Rosa Aoife Edith Rosa considers law as strategy and tactic for trans liberation after For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers.

My piece, 'Trans Liberation and Law: Structure, Limits and Strategy after FWS', is available now.

It considers the legal route of struggle, examining the structural and material conditions that result in limits of such a strategy.

@legalform.bsky.social

legalform.blog/2026/01/30/t...

WRU Chair Richard Collier-Keywood and First Minister Eluned Morgan both insist that the organisations they lead retain the confidence of the Welsh public. The evidence suggests otherwise ✍️Nye Davies wp.me/p8Mk4U-1dI1

Court of Session review into Palestine Action ban will go ahead Scotland's highest civil court will consider a case over the proscribing of the group as a terrorist organisation.

A judicial review of the ban on Palestine Action will be allowed to go ahead, a judge at Scotland's highest civil court has ruled.

Former diplomat Craig Murray brought a petition for a review of the decision to the Court of Session earlier this month.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales This article presents the 2024 Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, entitled ‘Contemporary Forms of Slavery as Affecting Currently and Formerly Incarcerat...

I have a new article in the Howard Journal of Crime & Justice: 'The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales'.

Thanks to Rob Jones & Greg Davies for inviting me.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Quite - and I don’t say this lightly - an extraordinary poll for the Welsh Parliament election in May via @itvcymruwales.bsky.social 👇👇

The Polanski surge is hitting the Greens in Wales and Reform appear to have plateaued. A big Plaid lead and Lab/Cons in 4th/5th.

www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib

"I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why," writes Amu Gib www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Can you get an ambulance? I’m scared’: How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'

How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor

Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'

www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...

E.S. Wight | On Hunger Strike Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, T Hoxha and Kamran Ahmed are on hunger strike. All are on remand in...

‘None of the six hunger strikers is charged with terrorism offences: all, however, have been subject to arbitrary and demeaning treatment since the Palestine Action ban.’

E.S. Wight on the largest co-ordinated hunger strike in British prisons since 1981, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik

Banning Palestine Action: Legal Experts Explain the Implications for UK Democracy YouTube video by Dr Alan Greene

I recorded a podcast with @daniellalock.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social in which we discuss decision to ban #PalestineAction. There is some really excellent stuff in here-- Daniella and Colin are on top of their briefs.
Please do check it out and share widely!
youtu.be/tKN4Wk2SEyQ?...

Commissioner to investigate HM Prison and Probation Service Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner has announced that an investigation will be conducted to consider how HM Prison and Probation Service implements its Welsh language scheme following claim...

“The glaring weaknesses of prisoners’ Welsh language rights also demand fresh consideration of the anomalous constitutional arrangements governing prisons in Wales. The only
common law country in the world to have its own legislature and executive without its own justice system.” 1/2

“Who blinks first is lost”: on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike “We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.”

“We have a duty to resist wherever we are, weaponising everything at our disposal.” Calla Walsh on the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Women in Wales are being jailed more often Research has been carried out by a team at Cardiff University

NEWYDD - Adroddiad gan @robdjones.bsky.social yn dadansoddi'r data diweddaraf ar garchardai a charchariad yng Nghymru 👇

NEW - Report from Dr Robert Jones analyses the latest data on prisons and imprisonment in Wales 👇 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

🚨 NEW in @bjpols.bsky.social : When Partygate hit Westminster, trust in Scottish politicians increased. Our experiments reveal a "contrast effect" - scandals at one level can make the other look better by comparison. Who lost most trust in Westminster? Scottish unionists. Read now #OpenAccess 👇

HMP Berwyn: Welsh-speaking prisoners 'told to speak English' in prison Ex-inmates say Welsh speakers were made to use English at Wales' biggest prison.

Research from @robdjones.bsky.social and @gjdavies.bsky.social has shed light on the attitudes towards the Welsh language inside Wales’s largest prison:

Welsh-speaking inmates 'told to speak English' in prison www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hillsborough Law: Justice Not Delivered YouTube video by Centre for Peoples Justice

The Hillsborough Law (aka Public Office Accountability Bill) will help hold police & other state actors to account for lying & covering up scandals. Follow @cfpjustice.bsky.social to see how other state cover-ups have affected communities across the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=byJT...

Listen to Dr @nyedavies.bsky.social discuss the life and political journey of totemic - and complex - figure of Welsh Labour history, Aneurin Bevan 👇

Available on the History Extra podcast from the BBC History Magazine in Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast apps
open.spotify.com/episode/6sOy...

What does labour exploitation really mean? Listening to migrant workers Dr Maayan Niezna writes...“The conditions in the hotel where I worked as a cleaner were horrible”, one London cleaner told me. “Normally, we would have to do 18-20 rooms, but in the summer, we might h...

1/ two new posts from my current research project, asking how migrant workers & #modern_slavery survivors understand 'labour exploitation' and, more broadly, agency and meaning at work
1. Some insights from listening to migrant workers about labour exploitation:
www.josephcentre.org/post/what-do...

Diolch yn fawr am ddarllen, David!

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

Diolch o galon to friends and colleagues in @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @lplu.bsky.social for their support and encouragement with this work.

HMP Berwyn inspection sees rise in violence and drug use Concerns were also raised during the previous inspection at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham in 2022.

By focusing on the language dimension, the paper provides further evidence that this 'flagship' prison has been a disaster from the off: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison This article challenges claims of ‘inherent’ bilingualism in Wales’ largest prison, HMP Berwyn. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and extensive documentary research, we find that Welsh-speaking p...

HMP Berwyn, the UK's largest prison, was once presented as an advance for the Welsh language.

@robdjones.bsky.social and I argue that it’s been a categorical failure by that measure, posing troubling questions for Welsh language rights more widely: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Labour wants to restrict repeat protests – but that’s what makes campaigns successful Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.

Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.