Clare Sambrook, novelist & investigative journalist. Co-edits Shine a Light. Co-founder End Child Detention Now. Winner, Paul Foot Award and Bevins Prize for outstanding investigative journalism. Twice nominated, Orwell Prize. Tweets @CLARESAMBROOK
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Published in: Shine A LightWere the Stansted 15 right to stop a UK deportation flight?While activists learned they would not be jailed for grounding a plane, another deportation flight took off.
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Published in: Shine A LightPolice watchdog omits 3 contentious deaths from record-breaking count of deaths in custodyExclusive: Annual count of police custody deaths in England and Wales hits 23, an 11-year high. But deaths of Rashan Charles, Shane Bryant and Edson Da Costa are excluded from the headline figure.
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Published in: Shine A Light‘Accidental death’ of a young black Londoner. Rashan Charles EXPLAINERPolice video evidence missing. Long-serving ex-Metropolitan Police officers presented as “independent” experts. Coroner’s contentious directions to inquest jury. The troubling case of Rashan Charles.
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Published in: Shine A Light'We’ve done you proud' — Families speak after NHS Trust fined £2million over patient deathsToday Southern Health was fined £2m over the “entirely preventable” deaths of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk and Teresa Colvin, aged 45.
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Published in: Shine A LightConnor Sparrowhawk: How one boy’s death in NHS care inspired a movement for justiceThe story of a UK campaign for truth and accountability. And respect for the lives of people who have learning disabilities. Review by Clare Sambrook. Extract by Sara Ryan.
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Published in: Shine A LightOn the lethal restraint of young black Londoner, Rashan CharlesThe police claimed that an officer intervened to prevent a young man from harming himself. Video evidence suggests a different story. (warning: distressing)