Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the ‘will of the people’, but the facts tell a very different story.

Was Brandon Lewis trying to mislead over the extent of Islamophobia in the Party when he said there were no outstanding complaints - or are his systems just completely broken?

It is easy to ignore the context that made this crime possible.

The events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing dissenters across its former empire for decades.

During Colombia’s armed conflict, human rights defenders (HRDs) fought to promote human rights in the crosshairs of competing illegal armed groups. Often, the State was either absent or contributed to the problem.

Durante el conflicto armado, los defensores de los derechos humanos colombianos lucharon tanto en territorio controlado por los grupos armados como por el Estado. Hoy siguen siendo objeto de violencia.

Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.

El Congreso de Guatemala está creando una nueva ley que daría amnistía a miembros de las fuerzas armadas acusados de crímenes como secuestro y violación durante la guerra civil. English

Many, if not most of the boys who are caught up in gang culture in the UK are in effect already incarcerated.

The government have finally pledged to take some action on the access to justice crisis. Now we need to hold them to their promises.

The latest round of legal aid cuts, reviewed last month, show a flagrant denial of the noble principles upon which the system was founded.