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Sian Norris
Sian Norris is Byline Times’ Chief Social and European Affairs Reporter
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EXCLUSIVE 25 Afghan Men Claiming Asylum in UK on Sexuality Grounds Refused Since 2017
An investigation by Sian Norris with the Byline Intelligence Team explores the vulnerability of LGBTIQ people looking for a safe home in Britain

EXCLUSIVE The Mail Order Bride Sites Exploiting War in Ukraine to Find Women
In an exclusive undercover investigation, Sian Norris discovers how websites advertising mail order brides are using Russia's invasion of Ukraine to drum up business

‘This War Shows It’s Very Fragile to Rely On Force’: Meet Ukraine’s Human Rights Activists
Sian Norris speaks to three campaigners fighting for a fairer, more equal Ukraine when the war ends

The Rwanda Scheme: The Human Rights Concerns Around Government’s Transportation Deal
The plan to send people seeking asylum who arrive via 'irregular' routes in the UK to Rwanda has raised numerous human rights concerns – not least for LGBTIQ people and pregnant women

EXCLUSIVE How Hungary’s LGBT Activists Took on the State and Won
In an exclusive UK interview with Sian Norris, Hungarian LGBTIQ activists tell how a campaign filled with hope and collaboration stopped Orbán from winning an ugly referendum

Why I’m Scared To Open Instagram Message Requests
A new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found women are being targeted with misogynistic abuse on Instagram's direct message function – something Sian Norris knows all too well

EXCLUSIVE Government ‘Inconsistency’ On Free Speech
Ruth Smeeth of Index on Censorship tells Sian Norris her concerns about a raft of contradictory Government policies on freedom of expression, as the Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament

EXCLUSIVE Medicalisation and Hidden Agendas: The Down Syndrome Bill Faces Multiple Criticisms
The Private Members Bill promises to ensure the specific needs of people with Down syndrome are considered – but parents, campaigners and people with learning disabilities are sceptical about what the law will achieve and the motives behind it
Millions of Russian Roubles Funded Far-Right Discord in Europe
In the first of a two part investigation, Sian Norris reveals the phenomenal funding by Russian oligarchs and their US allies of anti-gender, religious-right influence wars
Birth Rates, Babies and Benefits
There's been much talk about falling birth rates from all sides of the political spectrum – but the elephant in the nursery is the Conservatives' record on benefit cuts
Rump Trumpocracy? The Conservative Party at the Heritage Foundation
Oliver Dowden is the latest Conservative MP to address the Heritage Foundation – an organisation accused of tampering with democracy and undermining women's rights
The Far-Right Attack on Education From Poland to the UK and US
The superintendent of Poland's Małopolska province is seeking to ban anti-racist, pro-human rights groups from working with students – but the attack on progressive education goes beyond Polish borders
EXCLUSIVE Conversion Therapy: Co-opting the Language of Liberation
With the UK Government consultation into ending conversion therapy closing on 4 February, Byline Times investigates the tactics of those seeking to frustrate a ban
UK's Record on LGBTIQ Rights Under Fire Alongside Russia, Hungary and Poland
A new report from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe takes aim at hate speech, vilification and scapegoating of LGBTI people in the UK
‘The Met’s Reputation is More Important than My Safety’: Can the Sarah Everard Murder Inquiry Rebuild Women’s Trust in Policing?
Women's groups have raised concerns that the narrow confines of the Angiolini Inquiry – combined with a failure to grapple with women's safety – means lessons won't be learned
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