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People from the various villages in Baram district demonstrate against the proposed dam. SAMBAN TUGANG

13 Apr 2020 4 minute read

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Saving rivers, saving lives

An epic struggle has been playing out between islanders defending their land, rivers and livelihoods and the Malaysian...

Prisons disproportionately incarcerate survivors of state violence and neglect; 24 per cent of adults in prison grew up in the care system and 29 per cent are survivors of childhood abuse. Credit: Tom Blackout/Unsplash

4 Mar 2020 6 minute read

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Should prisons be abolished?

Prisons damage people and have always been used by the powerful to control the most marginalized. But can society really do...

A still from Purple Sea, by Amel al-Zakout

3 Mar 2020 11 minute read

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Who do you save?

Syrian artist Amel al-Zakout nearly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after her boat capsized en route to...

While homosexuality is not illegal in Equatorial Guinea, neither is homophobia, creating a legal vacuum.

17 Feb 2020 21 minute read

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‘I didn’t want to be a mother’

Trifonia Melibea Obono records the unheard stories of queer women living in the West African state of...

Two people hold placards as part of a demonstration for solidarity, unity, dignity and rights for all in Hamburg

26 Dec 2019 2 minute read

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Speak out: Solidarity with people on the move

A network of solidarity exists among and alongside those who move, and stay, without permission. Hazel Healy...

Chile protests: A man reacts on the ground as he is confronted by a member of the security forces during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on 20 December 2019. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

23 Dec 2019 6 minute read

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Chile’s new shadows

The violent crackdown against Chilean protesters is reviving painful memories of dictatorship. Roxana Olivera...

Irish border: A 'No hard Border' poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend on 16 October 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

19 Dec 2019 7 minute read

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Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities...

24 per cent of adults in prison grew up in the care system and 29 per cent are survivors of childhood abuse.

22 Nov 2019 4 minute read

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Labour’s pledges on prisons don’t go far enough

The UK has the highest amount of prisoners in Western...

29 Sep 2019 4 minute read

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High seas, low deeds

Slavery, murder, abandonment. Where human rights do not reach.

27 Aug 2019 4 minute read

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Who were the British Black Panthers?

Just like their better-known US counterparts, the British Black Panthers have continuing relevance.

6 Aug 2019 19 minute read

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Progress and its discontents

According to Bill Gates, Steven Pinker and the like, the world has never been better and global poverty is shrinking....

8 Aug 2019 6 minute read

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How private equity eroded the right to housing

The UN expert on housing explains how, almost overnight, private equity firms became the biggest landlords in the world.

30 Jun 2019 3 minute read

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What if... we worked less?

Aidan Harper makes the case for a new politics of time.

This year, South Africa marks 25 years since its first democratic elections, which ended white minority rule, made Nelson Mandela president and gave all South Africans equal political rights. Ilvy Njiokiktjien photographs the young South Africans who have known only life in the post-apartheid ‘rainbow nation’.

29 May 2019 1 minute read

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Photo essay: South Africa’s born-frees

This year, South Africa marks 25 years since its first democratic elections. Ilvy Njiokiktjien photographs the young South...

21 May 2019 19 minute read

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The indigenous resistance against Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro may be in power, but the Sateré indigenous people are not taking his hostility sitting down. Sue...

11 Apr 2019 2 minute read

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Kenya’s refugee reporters

Sally Hayden reports on a fully independent, refugee-run news outlet in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

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