Today I was lucky enough to hear the human rights barrister Adam Wagner KC talk about his work, with Adam Rose of Mishcon De Reya, for the families of the 7 October hostages.
Speaking at City University at the invitation of the law school, Adam took us through the work they did to hold the UK to it obligations to British citizens and its commitment to uphold universal human rights standards.
During the conflict, the Israeli government’s disproportionate bombardment of the Gaza Strip took the lion’s share of the coverage. The work ‘The Adams’ did to remind the media and the rest of us about the plight of the hostages was crucial at that moment in history.
Halfway through Adam’s speech, the event was interrupted by four protesters singing “Free, Free Palestine.” As someone who has spent half a lifetime talking about human rights and more than a decade working for free speech NGOs, it behoves me to comment.
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