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Putin is Consolidating Power: It’s Time to Help Ukraine End the War
New Kremlin purges only cement Russia’s hardline commitment to the disastrous invasion
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‘Sunak’s Failure to Attend the UN General Assembly is a Disrespectful Missed Opportunity’
Britain cannot assume other countries will automatically bend the knee to it based on the country’s past historic greatness, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Rather than Blaming Capitalism, the Right Blames the Immigrant’
The significant gains made by the right across Europe in recent years haven’t appeared out of the blue, writes Simon Speakman Cordall
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Saudi Sportswashing and the Silence of the Fans
As Saudi Arabia prepares to play two ‘home’ international matches in Newcastle this weekend, Adrian Goldberg asks if Saudi money has muzzled outrage at the Kingdom’s well-documented human rights abuses
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Another Russian War Crime and the Question of Genocide
Russia’s attack on a crowded market in Kostiantynivka was the latest in a long line of mass casualty strikes that have been inflicted on Ukrainian citizens
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‘This Is Ethnic Cleansing… They Want to Finish What They Started’: Inside the Siege of Nagorno-Karabakh
Decades of war and the memory of genocide add to the threat of starvation in the blockaded Armenian enclave
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Putin’s Flirtation with North Korea Could Have Lasting Consequences for the West
An alliance between Kim Jong Un, Russia and Cuba? The Cold War is back, this time with vengeance in its heart
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Anti-Boycott Bill Will Make it ‘Almost Impossible’ to Challenge Human Rights Abusers
Council-led boycotts of goods made in occupied Palestinian territories are at risk of being banned
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‘We Need to Confront the Lie That There are ‘Safe Routes’ for Refugees to Come to the UK’
The truth is that Rishi Sunak’s Government is complicit in forcing desperate people to risk their lives in order to seek refuge in this country
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A Timeline of Interference: How Trump and Russia Targeted Georgia Election
Big questions remain about Russia’s attempts to interfere in US elections
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Bulgaria’s Black Sea Stand-Off Shows the Tide is Turning Against Russia in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s new pro-European Government is taking a tougher line against Moscow as Putin steps up pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region
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‘As Iran’s Islamic Regime Draws Up Tyrannical New Hijab Plans, Where is the International Outrage?’
If a new ‘Hijab and Chastity Bill’ succeeds with no condemnation from voices abroad, the international community will be culpable, writes Parisa Hashempour
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‘Making the ECHR the Bogeyman is the Conservatives’ Next Big Fear Campaign’
Calls for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights shouldn’t be viewed as mere sabre-rattling – as many did with Conservative promises to leave the EU, writes Nicholas Reed Langen
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‘How do I Get to Britain?’: Why People Are Abandoning Pakistan
The economic legacy of the now imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan is prompting many Pakistanis to think of leaving
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Belarus is Complicit in Russia’s War Crimes and Should be Punished Accordingly
President Lukashenka has colluded with Putin in the forced transfer of children, and should face the same sanctions
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Overcoming the ‘Red Lines’: Ukraine’s Homegrown Drone Advantages
Bypassing the indecision of their Western allies, Ukrainians continue to show the world how they improvise, adapt, and overcome obstacles
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‘Using One Hand to Strangle Us, One Hand to Feed Us’: Blockaded Armenian Enclave Abandoned by the West
The Armenian Prime Minister has described the situation as an ‘ongoing process of genocide’
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‘Nothing But a Ruse’: The Cambodian Elections are Another Assault on Democracy
The appointment of the current leader’s son is another example of how oligarchy and autocracy is turning the tide against democracy
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The UK and US’ Turbulent Times: A Race to the Bottom
Former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall, who now lives in the US, explores which country has been on the bigger self-destruct mission
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As a Diminished Wagner Regroups, the Greater Threat to the West from Prigozhin’s Troll Farms Remains Unscathed
Putin is quite likely to silence Prigozhin, but he’s equally likely to let him retain control of the notorious St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency which specialises in influencing foreign elections, writes Brian Latham
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Former Amnesty Employee Appealing Employment Tribunal Decision in Navalny Controversy
Aisha Jung, who had worked for Amnesty International for 17 years, told Byline Times that she took on legal action after objecting to the award of the prisoner of conscience status
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Controversial Chinese Company BGI Genomics Found to have Worked with at Least 16 UK Universities
The genome sequencing company also administers China’s National Gene Bank, which is part of the state surveillance of minorities that facilitates the mass detention of Uyghurs
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Cradles and Conflicts: Is Ukraine Facing a Demographic Death Spiral?
Ukraine’s population has not grown much since 1960 but Russia’s invasion had led to a catastrophic drop in the birth rate
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‘We Shouldn’t Be Surprised at China’s Complicity in Russia’s War in Ukraine – the Countries are Joined at the Hip’
The head of MI6 was right when he recently declared that China was ‘absolutely complicit’ in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Brian Latham
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Ukrainian Refugees Exploited: ‘In Britain, We Have No Rights – We Are Nothing At All’
Byline Times speaks to Ukrainian women taken advantage of in the UK’s cleaning and hospitality sectors
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Westminster’s Winner-Takes-All Voting System Skewed Britain Towards a Hard Brexit, Report Suggests
The Democratic Unionist Party had an outsized voice in Westminster during Britain’s Brexit negotiations.
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‘While “the Government” is a Thing Political Parties Fight to Own and Control, Real Government Will Remain a Dream’
Governments are run by political parties and for political interests – but they shouldn’t be, argues philosopher AC Grayling
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‘It is Impossible to Live Among These People’: Meet the Russians Resisting the War from Abroad
“I saw my friends being detained by police… all protests were completely repressed.” Byline Times talks to the Russian dissidents forced to flee because of their anti war stance
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‘Cluster Bombs and the Ethics of War Show How Difficult Decisions are Made’
Russia’s use of cluster bombs is leaving Ukraine fighting sub-optimally against a weapon it doesn’t have, writes Brian Latham
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How Britain Can Help Ukraine and Secure Europe: By Extending its Joint Expeditionary Force
As there is no consensus yet to invite Ukraine into NATO, an interim security deal would be guaranteed by including it and Poland in the JEF
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‘A Deeply Concerning Precedent in a Democratic Society’: Council of Europe Shares Criticism Over Charging Journalists to Cover Party Conference
The move from the governing party has sparked concerns over press freedom
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‘Our Main Motto is – Survive’: The Scarred Suburbs of Saltivka
Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, has suffered from thousands of missile attacks since Russia’s invasion. How are residents dealing with the destruction?
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The Hidden Suffering of Zapporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Hub
The trauma of loss and the fears of a bigger catastrophe around the nearby nuclear power plant haunt Ukrainians living near the reactivated front line
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Blatant Lies and Subtle Untruths about Russia’s War in Ukraine
What are tankies, vatniks, and ‘useful idiots’, and why do they deride traumatised Ukrainians as warmongers and Nazis?
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An Empire of Lies: Prigozhin’s Absence Won’t End Russian Meddling in Western Politics
Tyrannies have to act, constantly. Thinking comes later. So Russian disinformation will not end with the demise of one oligarch
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Shadow Secretaries: The Aftershow Party
Boris Johnson’s regular trips to Ukraine, Liz Truss’ recent visit to Taiwan… Rachel Morris would rather see our former PMs lumber around the Blackpool ballroom or eating reproductive organs in the jungle
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The Russians Risking It All
Despite the odds and the heavy punishments, resistance still exists in Russia. Index on Censorship’s Assistant Editor Katie Dancey-Downs talks to those who are braving it to stand up to Putin
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Majority of English Channel Migrants Fleeing Armed Violence, Study Reveals
Well over half the recent migrants come from the top 15 countries globally hardest hit by explosive weaponry
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‘Not a Safe Country’: The Court of Appeal’s Decision in the Rwanda Case
With the Government’s flagship policy in legal disarray, will the Conservative leadership finally stand up for the rule of law or continue stoking their culture wars?
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Can the UAE Reconcile its COP28 Agenda with its Plans to Accelerate Oil Production?
The UAE, reliant on producing and exporting heavily polluting fuels, is likely to oppose the transformative measures required to incentivise nations to move away from new oil and gas production
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There Are No Shelters in the Storm
Caolan Robertson reflects on Russia’s attack on a pizza restaurant hit by missiles in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in which at least 10 people were killed
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Laundering the Lebedevs
How Boris Johnson ushered a ‘former’ KGB agent and his son into the British establishment – while most of the media looked the other way
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The Lecturers’ Union and the Betrayal of the Intellectuals
Many academics in both Ukraine and the UK are horrified by the Putin-enabling posturing of far-left factions within the UCU
