OPINION: The Christian Right has long used ‘religious freedom’ to limit human rights – but there is hope for change

How did Brothers of Italy take power – and how will the party’s election affect women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights?

From witch hunts to overturning Roe v Wade, violence against women is at the heart of our economic operating system

Exclusive: Thousands of patients waiting for surgery, maternity checks and some cancer care will be affected

LGBTIQ+ Italians tell of their fears as a far-Right coalition looks set for victory in the upcoming elections

Exclusive: As maintenance grants fail to keep pace with inflation, students on low incomes struggle to get by

Exclusive: Youth workers have spoken of ‘a failure of society’ as kids take on responsibility for feeding friends

Religious leaders have gutted a progressive sexual offences law, creating a new version that permits child marriage

Many acted like COVID was over once restrictions ended. Let’s not do the same with the latest devastating heatwave

The state is a rather peculiar place – its result may not matter as much as some analysts and pundits are suggesting

Having been ‘decimated’ by cuts, fire services must risk personal safety as climate change worsens heatwaves

Christian Legal Centre and Christian Concern accused of using tragic case to whitewash their own anti-rights work

Trans people in Florida are being targeted by their own governor – who ‘desperately wants to be president’

Stanton Healthcare, accused of spreading anti-abortion misinformation, has a suspended anti-vax GP as a trustee

Influential mental health figures call LGBTIQ identities ‘disease’ and ‘disorder’ – yet regulators remain silent

In this south Wales community, parents skip meals, kids wear coats to bed, and pensioners shower at the local pool

In a world first, a truth commission reviewing Colombia’s war has adopted a definition for reproductive violence

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People in prisons and immigration detention describe ‘dangerous and cruel conditions’ in cells as UK hits 40°C

Report reveals that Muslim women are bullied into labour inductions and deprived of pain relief

As the effects of the climate crisis are seen in global heatwaves and droughts, oil firms are booming

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