Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
Human rights lawyer.
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- 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...
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- 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.
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- 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/
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- 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...
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- “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...
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- 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
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- 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/
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- 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...
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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:
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- 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
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- 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
- At #ijf25 with two men I greatly admire. ✨Matthew Caruana Galizia, whose mother was assassinated for her journalism in #Malta. His work @daphne-foundation.bsky.social is remarkable & inspiring. ✨Jose Zamora, whose father #JoseRubénZamora is imprisoned for his journalism in #Guatemala. #FreeZamora
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- Great to share a stage with human rights titan Ken Roth, Rana Sabbagh & @cglancey.bsky.social today @journalismfestival.com. #ijf25
- Cannot wait to read @cmgleeson.bsky.social’s debut novel, ‘Show Me Where It Hurts.’ Claire is a brilliant writer - I’ve loved her short stories, so this is a treat. Out in Ireland on 3rd April, UK 10th April, & available for preorder now. Congratulations, Claire, & looking forward to reading it 👏
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- Treasury Minister James Murray squirms his way through this disastrous interview, attempting to justify a policy which is pushing more children into poverty. It beggars belief that this is coming from a Labour cabinet. Superb interviewing by @krishgm.bsky.social. www.channel4.com/news/best-ro...
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- Powerful op-ed in the Boston Globe today by our client, Sebastien Lai, whose 77-year-old father has languished in a #HongKong prison for over 4 years. His crime? Journalism. Running a pro-democracy, anti-corruption newspaper. It’s long past time to #FreeJimmyLai & #BringHimHome. t.co/bTT24RiZa0
- 15th March 1980: the RTÉ Late Late Show came to London, with Gay Byrne asking people their views on Ireland & the Irish. Interesting viewing… “North Seem To Be Rebels, South Seem To Be Leprechauns” www.rte.ie/archives/201...
- 📢 BREAKING 📢 UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declares that #Iran's detention of rapper #ToomajSalehi violated international law. Joint Statement by the International Counsel Team, @indexoncensorship.org & @hrf.org: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/un-work... 1/
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