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Protecting Protest Law: Defending Human Rights in the UK – Katy Watts – S8 E28

Meet Katy Watts, a Solicitor at Liberty (National Council for Civil Liberties), where she works on protests, technology, surveillance and data rights law. In this episode, Katy explained her landmark legal case against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, as well as her work to protect human rights law in the UK.   So why should you be listening in?   You can hear Rob and Katy discussing:  Katy’s motivation for getting into human rights law  Liberty’s legal work  Katy’s

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I Am Somebody’s Child Soldier: Charities and the Law – Shirah Mansaray – S6E14

It is quite an achievement to say that you’ve founded an international charity that has worked with local communities in northern Uganda to enhance the lives of over 1000 war-affected individuals and formerly abducted children. It’s even more impressive to be able to say that you’ve been a part of raising over £400,000 to support this too! Well, this week’s guest has done *just* that! We’ve been chatting with multilingual lawyer, Shiah Mansaray.  Shirah is the CEO of ‘I am Somebody’s

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