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Published in: Shine A LightThe seeds of post-Brexit racial violence lie in government policyRacist attacks are condemned by politicians who stop short of examining their complicity. New research suggests...
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Published in: Shine A LightIraq abuse allegations: Resist, deny, hideTheresa May has made it clear she intends to follow previous governments in tarnishing Iraq abuse allegations as...
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Published in: Shine A LightRising tide of allegations suggests ‘systemic abuse’ by British militaryRogue military personnel? Or a deliberate policy of abuse? Day 6 of our 7 day series on alleged abuse by British...
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Published in: Shine A LightWelcome to my asylum home. I’d offer you a seat — if I had oneMeanwhile a parliamentary inquiry into asylum housing lumbers on over ten months . . . and today in Leeds the Home...
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Published in: Shine A LightBritish torture in Iraq and the state’s ‘corporate memory loss’Hooding, sensory deprivation, stress positions. . . methods used illegally in 1970s Northern Ireland are deployed...
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Published in: Shine A LightFrom war to occupation in IraqThe fall of Saddam Hussein and the death of Baha Mousa. (Day 4 of our 7 day series)
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Published in: Shine A LightThe Chilcot Report and the Politics of the Iraq WarWhy, in our democracy, is there so little appetite for proper public scrutiny? (Day 3 of our 7 day series)
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Published in: Shine A LightA drowned boy, an apology, an attack on ‘activist, left-wing human rights lawyers’Today we explore the death of Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali. (Day 2 of our 7 day series)
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Published in: Shine A LightA conspiracy cooked up by ‘activist left-wing human rights’ lawyers?Government and media have denied, dismissed and derided allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq. Over 7...
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Published in: Shine A LightDelayed lives — the hidden misery of stateless people locked up in the UKAlienated, homeless, denied the right to work, criminalised.
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Published in: Shine A LightGavin MacFadyen (1940-2016): Why investigative journalism mattersThe inspirational founder of the Centre for Investigative Journalism died on Saturday 22 October, 2016.
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Published in: Shine A LightLost childhoods: age disputes in the UK asylum system
Children seeking asylum in the UK are regularly disbelieved about how old they are and can end up facing harmful,...
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Published in: Shine A Light£190K payoff for ex-chief of NHS Trust that failed to investigate hundreds of unexpected deathsWhy Katrina Percy had to go.
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen UK care workers fight backWorkers who provide essential services and compassion to vulnerable people are being forced to fight for the minimum wage.
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Published in: Shine A LightEngland’s bonfire of children’s rightsA new bill threatens decades of carefully drafted laws designed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in care.
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Published in: Shine A LightTheresa May, this is not a ‘crisis of migration’, but a crisis of inhumanityIn a carefully coded speech, the UK Prime Minister categorises people on the move as “threats that we face”...
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Published in: Shine A LightA special gift from UK to Nigeria: promoting human rights or secrecy?At Lagos Airport, Nigerians deported from Britain are processed out of sight in a ‘reception centre’ given by Britain.
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Published in: Shine A LightRats in the yard: 4 years of UK asylum housing by G4SToday, yet again, a Parliamentary committee will hear how commercial landlords are failing asylum seeker tenants....
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Published in: Shine A LightDo your parenting by Skype, UK tells fathers being deported to JamaicaA secret Home Office flight tomorrow (Wednesday 7 September) will forcibly remove fathers 4,500 miles away from...
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Published in: Shine A LightRough handling and restraint: UK forced removals still a nasty businessA support group gathers disturbing testimony from people deported by commercial contractors Tascor.
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