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Published in: Shine A LightAbout Shine A Light
UK investigative reporting on immigration detention and removal, deaths in state care or custody, prisons and child...
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Published in: Shine A LightWere the Stansted 15 right to stop a UK deportation flight?
While activists learned they would not be jailed for grounding a plane, another deportation flight took off.
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen children kill a child: the Bulger case and an Oscar-nominated film
Rage, grief, disgust followed news of Detainment’s Oscar nomination. UK government adviser Malcolm Stevens knew the...
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Published in: Shine A LightBritain’s housing crisis: Refugee family given just one week to find new home
Jayne 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 sector
Casual racism, implicit bias and jobs offered over beer. Two humanitarian workers reveal the ugly side of the...
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Published in: Shine A LightAbolish child prisons, demands mother who lost her son
UK charities, parliamentarians and bereaved families unite to close child prisons. Inspection reports call all such...
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Published in: Shine A LightCarlington Spencer: another death in UK immigration detention
Last 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 custody
Exclusive: 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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Published in: Shine A Light‘Accidental death’ of a young black Londoner. Rashan Charles EXPLAINER
Police video evidence missing. Long-serving ex-Metropolitan Police officers presented as “independent” experts....
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Published in: Shine A LightInquest jury says death of Rashan Charles was an accident
Police failure to admit any responsibility for death of young black Londoner will set back community relations “for...
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Published in: Shine A LightDid police officer involved in Rashan restraint do what he was trained to do?
Police officers’ use of force must be Proportionate to the threat, Lawful, Accountable and Necessary. Inquest hears...
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Published in: Shine A LightRashan Charles, encounters with police and support services
Rashan’s final visits to his GP and encounters with the police and social services. Day Six of the inquest into the...
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Published in: Shine A LightRashan Charles inquest: ‘He went from being arrested to clearly struggling and needing help’
Police officers tell of fatal pursuit of a young black Londoner. Witnesses recall Rashan “struggling to breathe”...
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Published in: Shine A Light‘I’m a first aider’ said man who helped restrain and handcuff Rashan
Rashan Charles inquest, Day Three: A ‘confused, shocked and panicked’ police officer. A ‘member of the public’ who...
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Published in: Shine A Light‘My concern was his safety’ Police officer on Rashan Charles restraint
Officer denies using unauthorised neck hold and combat throw on young black Londoner. What was in his mind? Drugs,...
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Published in: Shine A LightRashan Charles: Inquest into death after restraint by police officer and ‘member of the public’
Coroner questions police officer on his decision to let a man described as a ‘member of the public’ assist in lethal...
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Published in: Shine A LightRodents, bedbugs, mould: UK asylum housing still a hostile environment
A Manchester asylum hostel run by Britain’s biggest outsourcer Serco is riddled with cockroaches, rodents and bedbugs.
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Published in: Shine A LightThe significance of small details. My sister’s life cut short
Like so many people who have learning disabilities Josanne Wadsworth died an early and preventable death.