It has since morphed into “Muslim grooming gangs”. There is this racist, Islamophobic idea floating around that there is something inherent to these communities and their beliefs that leads people to ...

But while the report acknowledges many real and worrying problems, it continues to ignore the elephant in the room. Power ...

Forced labour import bans are a big stick with extraterritorial reach. They appeal to civil society organisations because ...

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK ...

Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping ...

Horrific attacks on Gazan civilians this week confirm how far Binyamin Netanyahu is prepared to go to reach war aims ...

Exclusive: Investigation reveals the extent of child domestic abuse victims, and systemic failures to protect them ...

Climate-focused think tank InfluenceMap has uncovered that industry influence appears to have led to the delay and dilution of UK policies on the roll-out of heat pumps, the development of ...

Criollos abusan de niñas y adolescentes wichí en el norte argentino mientras el Estado no investiga y sostiene la impunidad ...

Donald Trump has gone fully in on Israel’s war aims. That decision may yet come back to hurt him – and Keir Starmer ...

President Fujimori’s sterilisation drive killed a woman in the 1990s. Her trial shows democracy is again backsliding ...

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