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With the Climate Emergency Intensifying & Democracy Crumbling, an Inquiry into Murdoch has Never Been More Urgent
CJ Werleman reports on calls for a royal commission into News Corp in Australia, following James Murdoch’s comments that his father’s media empire ‘legitimises disinformation’
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Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire Evaporates as Putin’s Options Narrow
The conflict between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces continues unabated despite Russia’s resolution attempts, explains Nikola Mikovic
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Looming Brexit Catastrophe for Booming UK Services Sector, Warns Lords Report
One of the UK’s best exports is at risk of being sabotaged through Brexit negotiations, peers claim
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Government Targeted by Fraudsters and Counterfeiters During First COVID-19 Wave, Insider Claims
HMRC is investigating cases of fraud by health equipment importers, a procurement insider suggests
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Inside Berlin’s Anti-Gentrification Rebellion
30 years after German reunification, the country’s capital is experiencing a change in its culture and character, Craig Stennett reports
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The Internal Market Bill is a Legal Wrecking Ball
Stephen Delahunty reports on the concerns of senior public lawyers about the disputed Internal Market Bill
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Heroes & Villains: Witnessing the Assange Hearing
James Doleman reflects on the Old Bailey hearing into the Wikileaks co-founder’s contested extradition to the US for the publication of classified documents
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Mike Pence’s Dangerous Vision for an Extremist Christian America Should Not Be Overlooked
The Vice-Presidential Debate should remind the US electorate that Pence only appears somewhat acceptable in comparison with Donald Trump, argues CJ Werleman
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Sanitising War: How the UK Media Turned Its Back On Syria
In failing to report on individual instances of war’s devastation, the media risks losing sight of the inhumanity of conflict
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To Save US Democracy, American Muslims Must Resist Foreign Interests Backing Trump
Nafeez Ahmed digs deeper into the censorship of an article he wrote attacking those on the left who are boycotting the largest campaign to get Muslims out to vote in next month’s Presidential Election
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Kyrgyzstan Turmoil: Is Russia Losing its Hold on Central Asia?
Nikola Mikovic reports on the third domino to fall among Putin’s allies and questions around the Kremlin’s ability to influence its neighbours
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Chinese University Associated with Uyghur Repression Signs Partnership with Exeter
Academics at Tsinghua University in Beijing have been accused of fuelling China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims by laying the intellectual foundations of the minority’s abuse
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The Brain Drain: Government Plans to Double Cost of Moving to UK for EU Students
In keeping with Boris Johnson’s closed-borders mentality, prohibitive financial barriers now face EU students wanting to move to the UK, reports Sam Bright
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The Death of a Journalist ‘Blame the Russian Federation’
Kseniya Kirollova reports on the death of Irina Slavina, editor of the best known independent newspaper in the Volga region of Russia
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How Trump is Working with Russian Intelligence
Stephen Komarnyckj on reports US Intelligence services are suppressing evidence that the US President is still colluding with Putin’s influence operations
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Mohammad bin Salman Faces Lurking Threats to his Brutal Regime
The Saudi Crown Prince has crushed dissent, yet his position still remains precarious, reports Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
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Rape and Caste Supremacism in India
CJ Werleman argues that the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras is another alarm bell indicating the extent of the human rights crisis in India
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Azerbaijan–Armenia Conflict: Braced for Escalation
Nikola Mikovic reports on the intensification of violence between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as foreign superpowers wait in the wings
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Putin’s Gameplan in the Armenia-Azeri Conflict
Kseniya Kirillova explains the Kremlin’s strategy as conflict mounts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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A Message to the US Media: Biden and Trump Are Not ‘The Same’
The false equivalence awarded to Donald Trump and Joe Biden is grossly misleading and a danger to democracy, argues CJ Werleman
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UK Power Station Pillages North Carolina Forests
Stuart Spray investigates the environmental impact of Drax in North Yorkshire, the world’s largest wood-consuming power station
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Our Land: A Corporate-State Stitch-Up is Crushing Indigenous Communities in Argentina
Carole Concha Bell speaks to indigenous rights activists in Argentina about their battle to reclaim ancestral land
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Putin and Punishment: Gulag Historian Suffers Stalinist Sanctions
A Russian historian devoted to exposing the horrors of Stalinism has just been handed an unexpected new jail sentence, reports Sarah Hurst
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The Kremlin’s French Connection: Five Reasons Why Putin Still Commands Gallic Respect
With support from the Far Right, and distrust of NATO and the US from the left, Tom Miles explains why Russian interference is not the issue in France it is in the UK
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Trump and Putin: Is Naftogaz the Big Prize?
Paul Niland explores the evidence that, with the help of the US President, Ukrainian’s state-owned oil and gas company could be an important asset in Russia’s hybrid warfare
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Modern Day Islamophobia Starts with the US and Israeli Right-Wing but Ends With Saudi Arabia and the UAE
CJ Werleman traces the evolution of a plan to equate Islam with ‘terrorism’ to an ideology deployed by Arab Gulf leaders and autocrats everywhere
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On the Brink of War: Tensions Escalate between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Nikola Mikovic explores the implications of war between the two energy-rich territories and how Russia and Turkey are expected to become more directly involved
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The Paradox of Brexit and COVID-19: Closer to Europe
Jonathan Portes argues that the Government’s EU negotiations and Coronavirus measures are actually drawing the UK deeper into the European mainstream
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‘There is No Alternative to Herd Immunity’: How a Dangerous Fallacy Infected the World
Sam Bright reports on the spread of a dangerous concept that has gained a foothold in public health decisions across the globe
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Half a Million Tibetans Forced into Labour Camps In Disturbing Parallel to Chinese Abuse of Uyghurs
Steve Shaw reports on Chinese Government documents revealing oppressive measures designed to change Tibetans’ lifestyles and remove the influence of their religious beliefs in military-style ‘training’ camps
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Rewriting Victims of Rape into the History of War
A new book by foreign affairs journalist Christina Lamb asserts a shameful truth: that rape is a rule not an exception of war but is the one least spoken of
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Who is the Legitimate Leader of Belarus?
Nikola Mikovic considers the future of the opposition movement in Belarus, after autocrat Alexander Lukashenko was secretly inaugurated for a sixth consecutive term
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‘Cover the Streets of London with Blood’: Did British Intelligence Help Cover Up the Murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher?
Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor report on a new legal case which seeks to uncover the truth behind the London Libyan Embassy shooting in 1984
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How ‘Fortress Europe’ is Complicit in Greece’s Asylum Tragedy
Jonathan Fenton-Harvery reports on the destruction of Europe’s largest refugee camp and argues it exposes the region’s lack of humanity towards those fleeing war
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A Second Coronavirus Wave was Only ‘Inevitable’ Because Johnson Messed Up
With the Prime Minister admitting that new restrictions could last for six months, Mike Buckley explores why the UK is in such a bad position compared to other countries in Europe
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Populism and Ostracism: Living with COVID-19 in India
Sanket Jain reports on how an incompetent Government response, mixed with stigmatising beliefs around the Coronavirus, are leading to a humanitarian crisis
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How Can Liberal Democracy Respond to the Rise of QAnon?
CJ Werleman explores the overlap between those with hard right beliefs and people with a desire to lead alternative lifestyles via the conspiracy theory group which believes Donald Trump is saving the world from cannibals and paedophiles
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How Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement is Changing
Tommy Walker reports on the more nuanced methods of resistance democrats are adopting in the face of repressive new laws
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Voices of the Dispossessed: Uyghur Families Reveal the Persecution of Loved Ones
Tasnim Nazeer investigates the plight of family members of missing Uyghur Muslims persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang
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Genocide Denialism Flourishes in the Social Media Age
CJ Werleman looks at the proliferation of genocide denial, from the Shoah to Bosnia, and how this enables continued killing and repression in Syria and China
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‘Digital prison’: Why It’s Unsafe for Western Companies to do Business with Russia
Kseniya Kirillova speaks to a cybersecurity specialist about how Russia obtains sensitive information from Western companies
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Boris Johnson and the Politics of Perfidy
Alex Andreou looks at the treacherous debasement of British politics as the Government rushes headlong into a trade war with our biggest partner
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The Last Stand of One Nation Conservatism
Sam Bright contends that Johnson’s brand of radical Brexit fanaticism seeks to divide and conquer at the cost of national and even party unity
