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Published in: Home: News‘Objective reality’ that Met is institutionally racist, says Louise Casey
The Casey report author doubled down on her findings at the launch of a Black-led police reform group
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Published in: 50.50: NewsYoung Arab and Black men jailed and fined in France’s riot trials
Fast-track trials deliver hefty sentences for petty crimes committed during riots sparked by police killing teenager
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerWhy Putin has joined the global attack on the trans community
Trans Russians face more danger as Kremlin’s war on LGBTIQ community ramps up with ban on trans healthcare
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Published in: oDR: FeatureTajikistan’s Pamiris: Persecuted, disappeared, and forgotten by the world
Pamiris are increasingly fleeing Tajikistan, fearing for their lives. But they risk being returned by hostile states
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Published in: Home: FeatureBereaved families demand reform to UK’s outdated drug laws
As Sunak rejects legalisation in Scotland, grieving families ask how many more must die as a result of 50-year-old law
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Published in: Home: NewsThousands of couples face ‘humiliating’ Home Office sham marriage checks
The government is also facing legal action over its automated system that decides which couples are investigated
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Published in: Home: NewsWas Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning?
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
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Published in: Home: FeatureI spent a day watching asylum seekers being jailed. Here’s what I learnt
Asylum seekers are being imprisoned for entering the UK illegally – when there is no legal way of getting in
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Published in: oDR: Opinion‘Journalist’s assault in Chechnya follows revenge campaign against my family’
Chechen activist speaks to openDemocracy after his mother was imprisoned and the reporter covering her case attacked
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Published in: Home: InvestigationThe company you’ve never heard of that is telling your landlord to evict you
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘rental guarantee’ insurance policies drive discrimination and need tighter regulation
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerHow Ukraine is fighting high-level corruption despite Russia’s war
Prosecutions for bribery and corruption are increasing during wartime, but there is still work to be done
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureQueer Ugandans reveal devastating impact of anti-gay law
A month after the Anti-Homosexuality Act was signed into law, LGBTIQ people have told of fear and violent attacks
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisIn Russia, has the fairytale author-turned-warlord just saved the king?
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner army, once wrote kids' stories. What can they tell us about his 'March on Moscow'?
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerHow the UK could force Russia to finance Ukraine’s recovery
The UK is ‘very cautious’ about seizing Russian cash. But it could be used as leverage when it comes to reparations
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureFight for LGBTIQ rights in Namibia goes on after landmark court ruling
A historic ruling in Namibia has recognised same-sex marriages formalised abroad. But it has sparked a backlash
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRishi Sunak admits oil-funded think tank helped write anti-protest laws
The PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAny incident at Ukraine nuclear plant ‘would be deliberate act by Russia’
Ukrainian nuclear experts say an accident at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant would be “almost impossible”
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Published in: Home: OpinionIf the Illegal Migration Bill existed ten years ago, I might be dead
I came to the UK in a small boat. Suella Braverman wants you to think I had another option, but she’s lying
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Published in: oDR: OpinionIn Russia, everyone understands everything about Alexey Navalny
The opposition leader is undergoing a new trial from prison, behind closed doors. The result is a foregone conclusion
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Published in: oDR: OpinionPrigozhin has captivated the West – but pundits have no idea what is going on
Many Western pundits were quick to offer their hysterical takes on the weekend’s events in Russia