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Published in:50.50: OpinionWhy I’ve joined the court challenge against Uganda’s anti-gay lawThis genocidal law targeting queer Ugandans seeks to disown both our past and present
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Published in:50.50: InvestigationArmenians accused of selling babies still work in hospitals and governmentRevealed: Members of alleged illegal adoption gang that sold babies to Italy keep high-profile jobs despite charges
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Published in:50.50: OpinionLet’s not mince words – the US right is racistThe NAACP has even warned against travelling to Florida because it’s ‘openly hostile’ towards people of colour
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: NewsBrazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate Lula but warn: more needs to be doneBrasilia’s first big Indigenous gathering since Lula took office pushed its ‘number one priority’ – land rights
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Published in:50.50: OpinionPride will be hard in America this year – but we need its joyWith bigots feeling empowered in the US, Pride events are being targeted. The queer community needs your support
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Published in: oDR: FeatureDozens of truck drivers went on strike in Germany and won. Here’s howWorkers overcame language barriers to demand Lukaz Mazur’s haulage companies paid them what they were owed
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureRescuing the rescuers: how survivors are re-making anti-traffickingFor change to happen in anti-trafficking, allies need to step back and make space for survivors
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureWhat does real healing look like for trafficking survivors?Going through cancer treatment showed me that I could be trusted as an expert of my own experience. We should treat...
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Published in: oDR: ReviewHow Ukrainian film ‘Pamfir’ explores a popular theme: bordersUkraine’s long and unrequited love for Europe is to the fore in this masterful new film of smugglers on the edge
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureTrafficking survivors aren’t just stories to be soldStories of suffering power the anti-trafficking movement. But can survivors be more than their stories?
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Bereaved families denied a voice as Covid-19 inquiry beginsNot one of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice’s 20 witnesses has been called to speak in the inquiry’s first module
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLula’s progressive plans are under threat. We need him to stick with themAs Lula’s own party members vote against his policies, the stakes have never been so high
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Published in: Home: NewsPrivate firm that left asylum seekers to sleep on street made £28m profitPeople were left without “appropriate accommodation” at hotels managed by Clearsprings for the Home Office
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson’s WhatsApps won’t be the Covid inquiry’s only obstacleGovernment protestations over ‘privacy’ ignore our need to know how far neoliberalism is to blame for Covid deaths
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘Free speech tsar’ is the government’s latest attack on universitiesThe Conservative Party has all but outlawed public protest. Now it wants to root it out of campuses, too
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Published in: Home: NewsBoris Johnson’s WhatsApps prior to May 2021 are missingRevelation of missing phone comes as Cabinet Office launches legal battle with Covid-19 inquiry
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in tap water near airportsExperts say there is no safe level of exposure to the substances, which are prevalent in firefighters’ foam
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment defies watchdog order to hand over Hancock’s Covid diariesDepartment of Health and Social Care may be held in contempt of court for missing information commissioner’s deadline
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Published in: Home: FeatureIs the Green Party heading for an identity crisis?Loss of established council seats and surging support in new bases could leave the Greens at a crossroads
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Published in: Home: OpinionMark Rowley is right – police belong nowhere near mental health crisesThe police are a danger to people in mental health distress, but austerity has left the NHS unable to step in
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow Britain’s Covid support for big business entrenched inequalityWe researched exec pay, shareholder dividends and wage gaps in firms that received public cash. Here’s what we found
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Published in: Home: OpinionGeorge Floyd three years on: So many anti-racism pledges, so little progressAs Black Lives Matter protests surged after George Floyd's murder, the UK vowed to act. Three years on, it hasn't...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCould Iran’s new nuclear bunker increase the risk of an Israeli attack?If Israel keeps its far-right government and Trump returns, chances of an attack on Iran will increase
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: NewsPotential modern slavery victims sent packing as new UK borders act bitesExperts blame Suella Braverman's borders act as stats show record number of potential victims being turned away
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Published in: Home: NewsCovid-19 inquiry appears to distance itself from Tory-linked PR firmsRevealed: Official inquiry into the pandemic is looking for ‘new partners’ to continue work by M&C Saatchi and 23Red
