Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi is a reporter, editor & writer. Co-edits Shine a Light. Writer in residence for Lacuna magazine. Twice shortlisted for Orwell Prize. Winner of Scottish Refuge Council media award and Write to End Violence Against Women award. Tweets @Rebecca_Omonira
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Published in: Shine A Light‘My concern was his safety’ Police officer on Rashan Charles restraintOfficer denies using unauthorised neck hold and combat throw on young black Londoner. What was in his mind? Drugs,...
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Published in: Shine A LightRashan Charles: Inquest into death after restraint by police officer and ‘member of the public’Coroner questions police officer on his decision to let a man described as a ‘member of the public’ assist in lethal...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist journalists must document structural violence against women – with investigations from belowAny feminist anti-racist reporting project must work to dismantle received ideas of how and whose stories should be...
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Published in: Shine A LightAusterity stories you won’t hear about in today’s BudgetRhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three living in destitution on the brink of homelessness. Yet...
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Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bulliesThe Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
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Published in: Shine A LightTheresa May’s tough line on immigration punishes British children“To them it’s just another number, someone else being sent back. But when you’ve got three children being left...