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Published in: openJusticeCuts to legal aid: a hidden factor in the UK homelessness crisisA lack of early legal advice is causing unnecessary homeslessness at huge government expense.
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen children kill a child: the Bulger case and an Oscar-nominated filmRage, grief, disgust followed news of Detainment’s Oscar nomination. UK government adviser Malcolm Stevens knew the...
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Published in: openJusticeCuts are causing stress and heartache in the family courtsThe legal aid cuts mean that most people struggling with family breakdowns must represent themselves in court. The...
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Published in: oDRHow Russia’s security services try to recruit opposition activistsFor Russian law enforcement, informal connections with the opposition can be anything from genuine...
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Published in: oDR“Electric shock is our way of doing things”A number of Russian anti-fascists and anarchists have been tortured by the country's security services. The official...
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Published in: oDRRough justice in KyrgyzstanNew data shows that 96% of people who find themselves before a Kyrgyz court receive a guilty verdict (unless they...
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Published in: Shine A LightBritain’s housing crisis: Refugee family given just one week to find new homeJayne and her children won their long battle for the right to stay in the UK. Then they faced a fresh fight, with...
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Published in: Shine A LightOPINION: We need to talk about racism in the aid sectorCasual racism, implicit bias and jobs offered over beer. Two humanitarian workers reveal the ugly side of the...
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Published in: openJusticeWhy grieving families need legal representation at an inquestContrary to what the UK government say, many bereaved families need legal representation at an inquest to ensure a...
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Published in: oDRHopeless but happy: Azimjon Askarov and the discontents of Kyrgyzstan’s post-2010 orderA new memoir by Kyrgyzstan’s most prominent political prisoner takes readers back to the violence and impunity that...
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Published in: Shine A LightAbolish child prisons, demands mother who lost her sonUK charities, parliamentarians and bereaved families unite to close child prisons. Inspection reports call all such...
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Published in: openJusticeLegal aid cuts, disability and the silent storm hitting our communityThis week the UN found the UK’s austerity measures to have been “punitive”. To understand their true impact on...
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Published in: openJusticeWindrush: the inevitable result of a hostile environment and no legal recourseAs the UK government designs the compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal, we look at the toxic...
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Published in: openJusticeWhy legal aid matters and what you can do about itCuts to legal aid are causing widespread injustice and likely costing the taxpayer more. The government are...
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Published in: oDRAbuse of power? On the trail of China's mystery millions in KyrgyzstanFor over six months, Kyrgyzstan has been mired in a high-level corruption scandal: a disastrous $386 million project...
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Published in: oDRWhat we know about alleged elite corruption under former Kyrgyz president Almazbek AtambayevAs Kyrgyzstan’s new regime consolidates power, fresh allegations of corruption by Atambayev loyalists are emerging.
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Published in: Shine A LightCarlington Spencer: another death in UK immigration detentionLast year six people died in or shortly after transfer from immigration lock-up. Carlington Spencer, held at Morton...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhat is the truth about the death of Rashan Charles?Rashan, a young black Londoner, died under police restraint. A retired Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police —...
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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...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhy are so many people dying on probation in England and Wales?Flawed ‘reforms’ and part-privatisation have created havoc in the probation service. Amid the chaos: a sharp rise in...
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