Jen Ang
Human rights lawyer l Optimist
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- Maggie Brunjes CEO @homelessnetwork.scot reminds us that Housing Justice in Scotland means safe, suitable housing for all of us 🏡 including people with #NRPF www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/true...
- Walk with me in 2026 🥾 and let’s sow radical seeds 🌱 together www.linkedin.com/pulse/walk-m...
- This is Andrew. Today is the 8th anniversary of our first date, and this is where we first met. That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.
- 😮 Shabana Mahmood got it so right here … in 2018 👇🏾
- 🤝🏾 We are at our best when we offer empathy over apathy, compassion over cruelty 🧡 @HumzaYousaf.bsky.social 🚪 When we open our doors, we also open possibilities ✨ Catherine ✨ 🏴 Scotland is and will remain a diverse, multicultural society - Minister @KaukabStewart.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jen AngMahmoud has listened to same clique of senior Home Office officials who have advised for 30+ years that loud announcements of punitive policies will deter refugees from coming to UK to seek asylum. Labour did this extensively last time. It didn’t work. A history thread. +
- Reposted by Jen AngThe Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
- 👋🏽 Today is a good day for this reminder👇🏽 “We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957 Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
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- 📣 Don’t miss the free online event on 18 Nov: leading activists and legal experts weigh in on what’s next for #humanrights in #Scotland #Wales and #NI 🤔 Brought to you by @hrcscotland.bsky.social 🎟️ Register for tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/safeguardi...
- 🇺🇦 @settled.bsky.social (a charity led by and for Europeans living the UK) is recruiting a Ukrainian advisor to join their incredible team 🙌🏽🇪🇺 💻 Full-time, Remote, 1 Year contract 💰 £32-34k per annum 🗓️ Closing date: 20 November settled.org.uk/job-vacancy-...
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- 🪧 Are you part of a #grassroots or community organising movement in #Scotland? 🗣️ Opinionated, much? The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social 📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P
- This is the office microwave - can someone talk me through the logic - we reheat “curry, Chinese, and pasta” but we cook “jacket potatoes, fresh vegetables and fresh fish” Like how limited is the cultural and culinary range of this theoretical microwave user? 🤷🏻♀️
- 🙋♀️ Why do abortion rights matter to me? ❌ Scotland’s abortion law is outdated and harmful ✅ We need a system that defends access to safe, confidential and legal reproductive and abortion healthcare for now, and for future generations Read my blog post here: bit.ly/3LxJp70
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- Brilliant sunny day in #Edinburgh for #ScotlandDemandsBetter 🏴with friends, family and Women Against the Far Right Scotland x @justrightscotland.org.uk ✊🏾❤️
- 🕵🏽 Looking for a legal traineeship in the UK? Want to ✨make a real difference✨ by using #law to challenge injustice and #inequality? Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
- 🌾 This week, the Long View seeks comfort in the nature, and considers how you know you belong to a place, and when a place belongs to you, too ✨ www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-fi...
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- My heart is full today 💜 as I join 200+ brave, thoughtful & determined women in #Scotland to challenge far right claims that their divisive and racist solutions are necessary to protect women & girls ✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
- 💜 Do you? 🫱🏻🫲🏽 Join us: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo... 👉🏽 Follow us: www.instagram.com/p/DPJv1bKDeO...
- #Justice ✊🏽 finally for Allan Marshall's family, and a reminder that #humanrights still matter - make a difference - in holding states to account for unlawful and harmful abuses of power ⚖️
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- 💥 This week’s must read article from Talat Yaqoob FRSE - what we must do, right now, to build a vibrant, powerful movement for + change👇🏾 @talatyaqoob.bsky.social
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- This week, the Long View admires Banksy's latest work at the Royal Courts of Justice ⚖️ and explains why human rights lawyers are always asking awkward questions www.linkedin.com/pulse/solida...
- The Long View is back! How to cultivate your defiance: embracing silence 🪷, encouraging resistance, and taking one simple step towards action 🪧 www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-cu...
- 🎤 New episode! This week, we hear from activist lawyer Harriet Wistrich on her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners ✊🏼 🎧 Tune in to the @lawmanity.com Podcast here: podfollow.com/1824535187 @h-cwj.bsky.social
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- Just found this baggie of joy in my desk drawer, and unreal how happy this made me 😁 🙌🏽 #JellyBelly #Jellybeans #SaturdayWorkingNotWorking
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- Looking for an opportunity to make a ✨real difference ✨ for people in #Scotland?👇🏾
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- 🎤 Like all new skills, learning to podcast has been scary, humbling ... and also a lot of fun! We now have 17 interviews in the bag for the @lawmanity.com 2025/26 season 🎧 Check us out: pnc.st/s/lawmanity Huge thanks to @halinarifai.com for guidance and to Natalia Uribe for producing the show!
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- Wise words from human rights lawyer (and legend!) Alison Pickup, Exec Director of @asylumaid.bsky.social 🌻 on this week's @lawmanity.com podcast 🎤
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- #WeAreAllPalestineAction ✊🏾 🇵🇸 Royal Courts of Justice, London, 4 July 2025 @ 22.10
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- Today’s task: standing against racism and fascism in #Edinburgh ✊🏾 to make sure - once again - that any fascist who takes to the streets in #Scotland will be outnumbered, outwitted and definitely out-danced by the glorious people who protest against them! 👏🏽 💃 🥁 #WeAreAllPalestinians #BellaCiao
