Douwe Korff
@douwekorff.bsky.social
Dutch UK-based Emeritus professor of International law. Human and digital rights activist. Data protection expert.
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The last minute replacement of the judge presiding over the Palestine Action judicial review with a panel with Zionist links is deeply, deeply troubling.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The last minute replacement of the judge presiding over the Palestine Action judicial review with a panel with Zionist links is deeply, deeply troubling.
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The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
🚨Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. We must come together - cross party - to stop any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy - We must fight any attempt to undermine it
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
“Whatever remained of [the Western liberal] political tradition lies buried in Gaza’s pulverised landscape. Who will ever again accept western lectures on human rights or the ‘rules-based order’?”
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“Whatever remained of [the Western liberal] political tradition lies buried in Gaza’s pulverised landscape. Who will ever again accept western lectures on human rights or the ‘rules-based order’?”
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This should be the real report: “Dutch MPs voted in favour of a GroenLinks-PvdA motion calling on the Netherlands to vote “no” earlier this week because they are concerned the voluntary scanning could ultimately become mandatory and about the privacy implications.”
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Dutch vote no to EU measures to curb spreading of child porn - DutchNews.nl
The Netherlands has voted against a long-debated EU proposal to curb the spread of online child abuse images, but a majority of member states backed the watered-down measure in the Council of the Euro...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This should be the real report: “Dutch MPs voted in favour of a GroenLinks-PvdA motion calling on the Netherlands to vote “no” earlier this week because they are concerned the voluntary scanning could ultimately become mandatory and about the privacy implications.”
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““Russia has neither a vote nor a veto over who can be a member of NATO,” Rutte said.” No, but the man who holds your lead, poodle, Donald Trump, does have that power - and will use it to appease the Russians.
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Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO
The alliance chief also warned that the threat Moscow poses to Europe will far outlast any peace deal reached with Kyiv.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
““Russia has neither a vote nor a veto over who can be a member of NATO,” Rutte said.” No, but the man who holds your lead, poodle, Donald Trump, does have that power - and will use it to appease the Russians.
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For information, this is what the US court martial rules provide for in respect of the (un)lawfulness of an order.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For information, this is what the US court martial rules provide for in respect of the (un)lawfulness of an order.
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This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
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Nobody who supported Brexit can claim to support ‘our farmers’. #JustSaying
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nobody who supported Brexit can claim to support ‘our farmers’. #JustSaying
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Of course it bloody is. We need migration. Our problem, as I’ve said many times recently, is going to be too little immigration, not too much.
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Of course it bloody is. We need migration. Our problem, as I’ve said many times recently, is going to be too little immigration, not too much.
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🚨🚨OBR: We expect UK & global trade intensity to fall in the coming years, as a result of the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of #Brexit. We have not changed our assessment that Brexit will reduce the level of UK productivity by around 4 % after 15 years.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨🚨OBR: We expect UK & global trade intensity to fall in the coming years, as a result of the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of #Brexit. We have not changed our assessment that Brexit will reduce the level of UK productivity by around 4 % after 15 years.
“This is the stamp in question. It’s quite lovely, apart from that weird white [official person] in the top right.”
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Racists are boiling their piss about Mary looking too Muslim on the new Christmas stamps
Racists are frothing at the mouth because Royal Mail Christmas stamps show a historically accurate brown Mary and Jesus
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November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“This is the stamp in question. It’s quite lovely, apart from that weird white [official person] in the top right.”
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The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
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David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
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November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
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BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
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British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
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November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
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In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
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Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
Manipulating the criminal justice system is straight out of the authoritarian playbook! “This [is] a stitch-up to extricate Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers from the mess they have made of terrorism laws – all so they can continue conspiring in Israel’s genocide.”
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Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer's outlaw government
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November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Manipulating the criminal justice system is straight out of the authoritarian playbook! “This [is] a stitch-up to extricate Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers from the mess they have made of terrorism laws – all so they can continue conspiring in Israel’s genocide.”
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
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Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
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Many good points but this is nonsense: “A constitutional monarch who is the undisputed, non-partisan top representative of the nation is, in practice, quite paradoxically, a bulwark of democracy.”
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My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Many good points but this is nonsense: “A constitutional monarch who is the undisputed, non-partisan top representative of the nation is, in practice, quite paradoxically, a bulwark of democracy.”
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What a week: now writing both in defence of juries and against the military following unlawful orders.
Depressing that both points are contested, but you have to take law and policy topics as you find them.
Depressing that both points are contested, but you have to take law and policy topics as you find them.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What a week: now writing both in defence of juries and against the military following unlawful orders.
Depressing that both points are contested, but you have to take law and policy topics as you find them.
Depressing that both points are contested, but you have to take law and policy topics as you find them.
The UK going down the drain:
“Asked why he had been taken off the Palestine Action case, the #MOJ referred the Guardian to the judiciary press office, which refused to comment.” “[This is] deeply concerning, particularly without any stated justification.”
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“Asked why he had been taken off the Palestine Action case, the #MOJ referred the Guardian to the judiciary press office, which refused to comment.” “[This is] deeply concerning, particularly without any stated justification.”
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Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The UK going down the drain:
“Asked why he had been taken off the Palestine Action case, the #MOJ referred the Guardian to the judiciary press office, which refused to comment.” “[This is] deeply concerning, particularly without any stated justification.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Asked why he had been taken off the Palestine Action case, the #MOJ referred the Guardian to the judiciary press office, which refused to comment.” “[This is] deeply concerning, particularly without any stated justification.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
1/ “Under threat of a $5 billion lawsuit from Trump, the BBC is hiding behind a distorted version of "impartiality" to appease the very forces that want to dismantle public broadcasting altogether. The irony is stark: Bregman's lecture is about the "paralysing cowardice"
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⭐️ BBC's "Self-Censorship Driven by Fear"
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November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1/ “Under threat of a $5 billion lawsuit from Trump, the BBC is hiding behind a distorted version of "impartiality" to appease the very forces that want to dismantle public broadcasting altogether. The irony is stark: Bregman's lecture is about the "paralysing cowardice"
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I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4