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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureMigrant workers: Qatar still to answer for mass wage theftMany of the migrants who built World Cup infrastructure in Qatar are still waiting for their last pay cheques
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureMigrant rights advocates fear for safety ahead of Turkish electionsOrganisations supporting migrants in Turkey say they face increasing hostility in the run up to 2023 elections
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Published in:Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: When AI is managing migration, should we be afraid?Artificial intelligence can predict crises and get help to migrants who need it – but the dangers are serious
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Published in:50.50: OpinionWhy ‘liberal peacebuilding’ isn’t delivering for DR Congo’s ethnic minoritiesFocus on elections, investment and climate change has ignored serious threats to vulnerable Congolese groups
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Published in:Home: NewsRevealed: Key UN climate campaign being advised by a Big Oil PR firmBrunswick, an adviser to UN ‘climate champions’, has been accused of ‘enabling the fossil fuel industry’s deception’
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Published in:Home: AnalysisBig Tech is failing. The future of democracy depends on what happens nextThe Musk-Twitter apocalypse is a symptom of a much bigger crisis. To avoid a bleak future we have to bring the big...
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Published in: Home: NewsMinisters take openDemocracy to court to avoid handing over secret Covid reviewThe Department of Health and Social Care has appealed to a tribunal to avoid having to hand over the documents
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionAI could predict climate crises, but that’s not what climate migrants needStates that are more likely to withstand climate change challenges are also more likely to use advanced technologies...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisRussia’s recently exiled media learn hard lessons abroadRussian independent media outlets are making a painful transition from Kremlin censorship to life in exile
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Published in: Home: Feature‘What else can we cut out?’ Parents struggle with crippling childcare feesParents in England tell openDemocracy of remortgaging homes or taking on second jobs to pay for rising childcare fees
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Published in: Home: OpinionI sit in the House of Lords. That’s how I know it needs to goNATALIE BENNETT: I’ve seen first-hand how our unelected upper chamber stops us tackling the government’s bad laws
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Published in: Home: OpinionLabour knows our democracy is broken. So why are its ‘reforms’ so weak?OPINION: Gordon Brown is on the money with his diagnosis of the problem. But his solutions aren’t nearly enough
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Landlords’ efforts to turn students against new renters’ rightsThe National Residential Landlord Association is understood to have written more than 20 letters to SUs across the UK
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans activists are using ‘mirror propaganda’. Here’s how to spot itPeople claiming to be ‘silenced’ are being featured in national mainstream media platforms. There’s a word for that
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: Moonlighting MPs raked in £9.6m from second jobs in a yearMPs’ earnings outside the Commons have doubled year-on-year as Labour unveils plans to clamp down on side hustles
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Published in: Home: AnalysisTroubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereavedThe families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-abortionists and ‘gender criticals’ are using equality law to punch downOPINION: When those who oppose people’s rights turn to the law for protection, we should ask questions about power
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Published in: Home: NewsPolice force accused of beating man was warned of stop-and-search failingsSinger says ‘aggressive’ South Wales Police officers got in his car and punched him – leaving him fearing for life
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUkrainians on the front line face a winter without warmth or lightZaporizhzhia, a once 700,000-strong city 40km from Russia’s front lines, remain defiant – but life is hard
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Published in: Home: NewsEntire UK government breaks ministerial code by failing to declare interestsRishi Sunak’s failure to appoint ethics adviser means ministers are unable to comply with twice-yearly requirement
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Published in: Home: OpinionDistorted reporting of the 2021 census echoes a racist conspiracy theoryOPINION: Headlines reporting a drop in white Christians in England and Wales aren’t just wrong – they’re dangerous
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureMigrant workers still paying off debts that brought them to QatarMigrant workers took loans to work on the World Cup. For many, their creditors are waiting when they return
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisSmuggling or trafficking? For minors with few choices, the line is blurredExploitation is often one facet of children’s attempts to navigate an increasingly divided world
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27African leaders say oil and gas projects will provide energy security and jobs. Their true effects are more sinister
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Election watchdog’s stark warning to government over voter IDElectoral Commission chair told ministers their plans are not ‘workable’ or ‘secure’. But the government ignored him
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Published in: Home: NewsopenDemocracy backs campaign to end intimidation lawsuits against journalistsTop newspaper editors call on Dominic Raab to bring in new law to defend journalists from oligarchs’ legal threats
