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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Banning child labour jeopardises working children’s right to survive

  Written by: Kavita Ratna All articles by Kavita Ratna

  Trying to ‘eliminate’ child labour only pushes working children into the shadows

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Deadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountability

  Written by: Walid el Houri All articles by Walid el Houri

  At least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...

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  Published in: Live discussions

  Empower and protect, don’t prohibit: a better approach to child work

  Bans on child labour don’t work because they ignore why children work in the first place. That is why the...

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  Published in: Rethinking Populism: Opinion

  To achieve real political change, populism is necessary

  Written by: Cihan Tugal All articles by Cihan Tugal

  But the Left needs to know how to mobilise the people against power blocs

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  Published in: 50.50: Investigation

  Spanish anti-LGBT group battled Google to suppress links to secret society

  Written by: Dánae Vílchez All articles by Dánae Vílchez

  Written by: Diana Cariboni All articles by Diana Cariboni

  WikiLeaks files show HazteOir, which uses ‘free speech’ arguments to oppose LGBT rights, fought to hide ties to the...

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Revealed: The tax avoider’s secret weapon

  Written by: George Turner All articles by George Turner

  The Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated...

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  Published in: Home: Opinion

  Climate activists have transformed German politics

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  This is Merkel’s last chance to show she’s the climate chancellor. But her record isn’t good enough

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  Published in: digitaLiberties: Opinion

  Money is becoming many different things – here’s what’s at stake

  Written by: Jaya Klara Brekke All articles by Jaya Klara Brekke

  The changing nature of money raises wider questions about power and accountability in the digital age

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  Published in: 50.50: Feature

  Est-ce que TikTok peut aider les jeunes LGBT au Togo à trouver une communauté ?

  Written by: Sylvio Combey All articles by Sylvio Combey

  Les réseaux sociaux ont offert de nouveaux espaces à des gens à travers le monde pour s’exprimer et trouver des...

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  Published in: 50.50: Feature

  Can TikTok help young LGBT people in Togo find community?

  Written by: Sylvio Combey All articles by Sylvio Combey

  Social media has offered people around the world new spaces to express themselves and find allies. But anti-LGBT...

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  Published in: oDR: Feature

  The outspoken Azerbaijani writer exiled in his own country

  Written by: Thomas de Waal All articles by Thomas de Waal

  When Akram Aylisli wrote a novel that sympathised with Azerbaijan’s national enemy, Armenia, he was vilified and...

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion

  Did democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?

  Written by: Rashmee Roshan Lall All articles by Rashmee Roshan Lall

  The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...

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  Published in: oDR: Opinion

  Why the kleptocracy debate lacks bite – and how to change it

  Written by: Thomas Rowley All articles by Thomas Rowley

  The Pandora Papers have exposed the UK’s role in hiding ill-gotten wealth. But we need to challenge the entire...

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Investigation

  EU fails to reduce dependency on fossil fuels amid soaring energy bills

  Written by: Maxence Peigné All articles by Maxence Peigné

  As the global energy crisis intensifies, the EU is renewing its commitment to fossil fuels instead of investing in...

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  Published in: 50.50: Explainer

  How journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleagues

  Written by: Roberta Scalise All articles by Roberta Scalise

  From Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the...

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  Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Feature

  Child labour: a shock absorber for economic precarity

  Written by: Tatek Abebe All articles by Tatek Abebe

  The only way to reduce child labour in low-income countries is to make it easier for households to survive without it

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature

  Seven years in camps: Life for the abandoned victims of IS

  Written by: Alannah Travers All articles by Alannah Travers

  Many thousands of displaced Yazidi survivors are still living in unbearable conditions in Iraq, with no foreseeable way out

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  Published in: Home: Analysis

  Is China taking climate change more seriously than the West?

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  The country has shown that there is an authoritarian path through the climate crisis. We need to follow the democratic one

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  Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News

  Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’

  Written by: Martin Williams All articles by Martin Williams

  Written by: Russell Scott All articles by Russell Scott

  Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  We must realise the threat posed by Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle ‘sportswashing’

  Written by: Nicholas McGeehan All articles by Nicholas McGeehan

  Sportswashing launders the reputations of thugs and despots, but it also diminishes our democratic institutions