Samir Pasha
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Biography
Publications
Samir Pasha is a lawyer specialising in Human Rights and Criminal Law. He qualified as a barrister and was a Middle Temple Scholar recipient, a Human Rights Law Association bursary winner for his work in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian Territory, and holds a masters from the University of Oxford specialising in modern South Asia.
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Sri Lanka: when is a political opinion a crime?
The arrest of a Tamil MP has put a spotlight on the limits of free expression in the island nation.