Tina Stowell said action to crack down on SLAPPs was ‘wholly inadequate’ following revelations by openDemocracy

The Tories justify the Public Order Bill by saying protests ‘block emergency services’. Ambulance workers don’t agree

Ministers are considering giving more political oversight to a process that allowed a warlord to sue a UK journalist

An Azerbaijani journalist examines his government’s actions as the blockade of the disputed territory tightens

• Русский

Presidential chief had energy official arrested without due process in efforts to tackle gas shortage, sources claim

Exclusive: Campaigner warns of ‘conflict of interest’ over donors who gave £1m to fund MPs’ staff and offices

Women’s rights movements in the region have faced challenges ranging from war to the rise of anti-gender activism

Europe’s unions make plea to MEPs as UK tries to resolve deadlock over Northern Ireland

Activists in Spain’s most populous region are fighting back despite a raft of regressive legislation and funding cuts

• Español

Roe v Wade would have turned 50 today. Here’s what we do to get our freedoms back from the Christian right

OPINION: The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go

Christopher Harborne is the largest single shareholder in QinetiQ, which announced a lucrative government deal this week

OPINION: Meaningful change on inequality would require real powers for local authorities. Anything else is just noise

Rape Crisis Scotland among 15 groups behind joint letter opposing plan to block Gender Recognition Reform Bill

For an insight into the years preceding Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, watch these five films

Ex-Shell worker Alexander Stafford MP chairs parliamentary pressure group run by industry-funded Connect PA firm

LGBTIQ activists across the UK are rethinking their place in the union after Sunak blocked new Scottish legislation

Ex-PM spent a year refusing to release his official ministerial diary. Now he’s publishing his own account instead

OPINION: Electing more Republican women won’t fix a dysfunctional two-party system where only one supports equal rights

Students say the Turing Scheme is plagued with problems and leaves them facing uncertainty even after they begin study