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Published in: Shine A LightSandwiches, Red Bull and Public Support: police officers talk about England's riotsA fortnight after a peaceful protest against the shooting dead of Mark Duggan sparked four days of rioting across...
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Published in: Shine A Light'The UK Border Agency is playing a game to scare us'If you’ve sought asylum in a distant country, who are the last people you’d want to meet? Representatives of the...
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Published in: Shine A LightLet's respond to England's riots with decency, not by demonising our childrenA tiny minority of children in England took part in last week's rioting across some of the nation's major cities....
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Published in: Shine A LightBirmingham for Tariq Jahan
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy's poem for Tariq Jahan. Tariq lost his son, Haroon, in a hit and run incident during...
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Published in: Shine A LightMass imprisonment of looters is not a solution to our problem
English courts have been open round the clock sentencing rioters and looters with jail terms. But in doing this they...
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Published in: Shine A LightLondon riots: eyewitness view from Walworth RoadWhen a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here,...
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Published in: Shine A LightShort prison sentences help no-one
We are intoxicated with imprisonment in England and Wales. A much better alternative is to use community programmes...
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Published in: Shine A Light'Barnardo’s! Please quit the child detention business'Student activists urge the UK’s biggest children’s charity to serve children, not the government
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Published in: Shine A LightA cog outside the machine
The experience of entering the world of the human rights "professional" leads the author from Cairo to Liberia, from...
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Published in: Shine A LightUK's cosy relationship with Rwanda: rose-tinted glasses?
Rwandan refugees in Britain live in fear of their government’s spies, whilst Britain remains Rwanda’s largest donor....
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Published in: Shine A LightTheatre of Inhumanity: a damning portrayal of the UK asylum system
A new play shines a light on the dark side of the British asylum system, portraying with brutal clarity the inhuman...
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Published in: Shine A LightWe must oppose the cruelty of Northern Ireland's new detention centre
The opening of the first purpose-built immigration detention centre in Northern Ireland this month, is a sad day as...
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Published in: Shine A LightUK asylum: Fit for Purpose?
Over four years a young dramatist’s curiosity drew her into the UK’s asylum system. Her new play previews in London...
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Published in: Shine A LightShoot the NHS whistleblower: malignant managerialism is killing people
More lies, gags and payoffs - and in the NHS, unlike in News International, the victims end up dead
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Published in: Shine A LightNew geographies of racism
As new patterns of racial violence emerge throughout the UK, anti-racist campaigners need to forge new solidarities...
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Published in: Shine A Light“Duty of care” vs “earnings per share”: private contractors in the UK immigration removals business
Private contractors are “out of control” and Amnesty International calls for a complete overhaul of UK immigration removals
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Published in: Shine A LightFrisk the 5-year-old: the UK Government’s new compassionate approach to child detention
Children are being routinely detained by inadequately-trained staff for long periods in immigration lock-ups at...
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Published in: Shine A LightA Crime against the British Justice SystemBritain's top crime-solving body is soon to close. The state-owned Forensic Science Service is being sold off by the...
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Published in: Shine A LightLondon, a city of slavery?
An eighteen-year-old trafficked girl Y, subjected to years of exploitation and abuse, broke her silence today in an...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe new gold rush
Due to economic uncertainty, a rise in inflation, various debt crises, and intense price pressures, global investors...