Karl Roberts

@NeilWalsh_UN @OxfordDiplomat Thanks Neil that means a lot. you were a pleasure to teach!

@OxfordDiplomat The Psychology of Sexual Violence - from @ProfKARobs Drove me to where I am now

If you went to University: What’s the best class you took during your time there? And what made it the best?

The UK government's ruthless and reckless policies that "go for growth” require us all to ask the essential questions that Donella Meadows - mother of systems thinking - set out decades ago. So join me in answering these questions... 1/n

Mitchell & Jessen had done only mock #interrogations, and they knew nothing about the Middle East. The #TortureProfiteers were paid millions to frightening terror suspects into a #SERE-ing state of “learned helplessness”…#ForeverPrisoner #TruthMatters nytimes.com/2022/04/12/boo…

Yet to read, but glad detailed attention has been paid to #AbuZubaydah’s case by @cathyscottclark & @AdrianMLevy in this book published today👇. Hope it adds pressure for the release & rehabilitation of our client that’s long overdue …

200 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. Afghanistan is now the only country on the planet denying girls an education #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

@HelenDuffy_HRP Absolutely. There is no excuse for this situation. AbuZubaydah is detained without trial or fair hearing, has been tortured and abused. His is a shocking testament to state brutality from those who forgot what 'democracy and rule of law' means' in the name of 'the war on terror'.

Shameful anniversary: Today marks 20 yrs of our client #AbuZubaydah’s #arbitrarydetention, without charge, trial or habeas review. This is ongoing #torture. Imagine if a state had taken the past 2 decades of your life. What would you want the world to do? #releaseabuzubaydah....

Unbelievable courage- Afghan girls protesting for their right to an education. They continue to show such bravery and resilience. We hear you #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Holding back tears, this Afghan girl begs the Taliban to let her get an education "We want to study, please let us study." Heartbroken Afghan girls have been denied access to their schools. A broken promise by the Taliban who said they could return today #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

In a conversation with @BBCYaldaHakim, @heatherbarr1 discusses what message the Taliban is sending by doubling down on their ban on girls attending secondary schools.

Every evening Ukraine's President #Zelenskyy addresses his nation. Tonight for the first time, he did it in English. Calling on people everywhere to show their solidarity "Come out of your offices and homes, show your support to the Ukrainian people" #UkraineRussiaWar

"As they entered the classrooms, the students wiped the dust off the desks but already some of the teachers were murmuring that, unexpectedly, the school would have to shut down again." bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Horrifying reports from #Mariupol; thirsty people draining water from radiators; streams contaminated by rotting bodies; dogs feeding on corpses; people eating dogs & scavenging for food in bombed buildings. Apocalyptic nightmare in a place where, 1 month ago, life was normal.

Horrific events in Ukraine are rightly dominating headlines. But important news today in Russia: the Kremlin’s most vocal critic Alexei Navalny (already in prison) has been convicted of fraud in another trial (inside his penal colony). Sentenced to 9 yrs in maximum-security jail.

BREAKING: A senior NATO official warns Belarus is "preparing the environment to justify a Belarusian offensive against Ukraine and the imminent deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus"

30 years ago, when the appalling siege of Sarajevo began and Bosnian Serb forces hit civilian targets, their supporters would say the dead bodies we filmed were just shop mannikins or actors. Russia’s supporters say the same today when yet another atrocity happens in Ukraine.

I am sure I will die soon. It is a matter of a few days. In this city, everyone is constantly waiting for death. I just want it not to be too scary. – testimony of a woman in #Mariupol

The @UN Charter is based on the sovereign equality of all its members. It calls for “respect for the principle of equal rights & self-determination of peoples”. These norms must not be undermined. All disagreements must be resolved by dialogue.

There are many confusing discussions on conditions for 🇷🇺🇺🇦 peace. On neutrality it should be remembered that 🇺🇦 had neutrality in its constitution when 🇷🇺 invaded in 2014. And 🇷🇺 had guaranteed its territorial integrity in Budapest memorandum in 1994 as well as other documents.