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# OK author Clare Sambrook short-listed for Bevins Prize
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/od-author-clare-sambrook-short-listed-for-bevins-prize/
- Published: 2010-10-01T10:10:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T09:46:21.000Z
- Description: Many congratulations to OurKingdom author Clare Sambrook who has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bevins Prize, established to recognize outstanding achievement in investigative journalism.
- Author: Guy Aitchison
- Tags: Europe, #Migrated, Civil Society, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 15:45, #appended-excerpt

Many congratulations to OurKingdom author Clare Sambrook who has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bevins Prize, established to recognize outstanding achievement in investigative journalism. 

Clare's relentless probing of the shameful practice of child detention in the immigration system helped keep the issue in the public eye over the last year, forcing a response from the political parties and the Coalition.

Whether it's relating the [heart-rending story](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/clare-sambrook/take-one-traumatised-child-classify-as-adult-arrest-lock-up-and-bundle-ont) of boy M - jailed, kept in a caged van, and booked on an adult flight back to Afghanistan - or exposing the nexus of [corporate and political interests](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/clare-sambrook/surveillance-detention-%C2%A3%C2%A3%C2%A3billions-how-labour%E2%80%99s-friends-are-%E2%80%98securing-your) at the top of the UK's shadowy security state, Clare's articles represent the best in campaigning journalism.

Clare becomes the first non-newspaper nominee for the prize, as the [Press Gazette](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46074&ref=opendemocracy.net) points out. 

You can read the full shortlist [here](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46074&ref=opendemocracy.net). And Clare's articles [here](http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/clare-sambrook).

Many congratulations to OurKingdom author Clare Sambrook who has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bevins Prize, established to recognize outstanding achievement in investigative journalism.