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Peter Tatchell: ‘We Do Now Have the Right to Love Who We Wish But there Are Still Battles to Fight’
The career of the civil rights activist is celebrated in a new Netflix documentary. To mark its release, he spoke to Adrian Goldberg for the Byline Times Podcast
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NHS Must ‘Urgently Investigate’ Byline Times’ ‘Disturbing’ Figures on Rape and Sex Assault in Hospitals, Says Shadow Health Secretary
Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris expose the frighteningly high levels of sexual violence in spaces designed for safety and care – hospitals
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What Progress? The Ongoing Horrors of Sexual Violence in the British Military
Sian Norris and Iain Overton catalogue the allegations, arrests and convictions of sexual offenders in the British military, a year after its leaders promised change
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REVEALED: Government has Trade Deals with 23 Countries that Criminalise Homosexuality
As football’s record on LGBTIQ rights goes under the spotlight during the World Cup, Sian Norris reports on the Government’s trading agreements with anti-LGBTIQ regimes
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If Elon Musk’s Twitter is All About Free Speech Then What About its Second Biggest Investor?
Mark Frary and Nik Williams look at the perilous position of Saudi Arabia’s 25 million Twitter users, who face imprisonment or even execution for speaking out on social media For all that Elon Musk talks about his belief in free speech, he has chosen some “interesting” bedfellows when it comes to his $44 billion acquisition…
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Unions Warn of Pattern of Algorithm Racism Impacts Uber Eats Drivers
An Uber Eats courier claims he was blocked from the app after failing its ID verification, but he is not the first says the IWGB Union. Sian Norris reports
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‘A World Cup Like No Other’
The whiff that lingered at the announcement that Qatar would host the 2022 tournament has never faded, writes Gary Gowers
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‘I Saw Many Prisoners Led Away to be Hanged’: A Britain Pensioner Inside an Egyptian Prison
As COP27 continues in Egypt, Duncan Campbell talks to Charles Ferndale, sentenced to death in Cairo in 2013
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Putin’s Toxic Masculinity and Satanic Conspiracies
Sian Norris considers the Russian President’s use of aggressive and violent masculinity to justify his invasion of Ukraine, and how it links to his Satanic conspiracy theories
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Universities are the Latest Battleground for the Anti-Abortion Movement
Students across the world have become a target for the tactics and messages of those opposed to a woman’s right to reproductive healthcare, Sian Norris reports
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Being An Employer of Your Own Care
Penny Pepper has spent more than 20 years balancing the books, hiring and firing, and eyeing up spreadsheets – like many disabled people, all in the name of ‘Direct Payment’
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Cost of Living Crisis Forcing Women to Remain with Abusers
The cost of living crisis is putting women’s and children’s lives at risk, as victims and survivors of domestic abuse are forced to choose between safety and destitution, Sian Norris reports
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‘Climate Change is Not Gender Neutral’
Energy action goes hand in hand with gender equality – which is why female climate change representatives as speakers, panellists and thought leaders at COP27 is imperative, writes Rabina Khan
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US Christian Right Groups Spent $20 Million in Africa Since 2015
A two-month investigation today exposes how US Christian Right groups are spending millions of dollars in Africa, at a time of heightened anti-LGBTIQ feeling in the region. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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US Christian Right Spend $75 Million Globally on Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTIQ Activism Since 2015
In a two-month investigation, Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris tracked the spend of leading US Christian Right organisations in Europe, Russia and Africa
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‘It’s Worse Than Any Time Before’: Egypt Clamps Down on Activists as COP27 Begins
Far from turning a new page, the Egyptian Government have continued their repressive measures of random detentions and mistreatment of environmental campaigners
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Voter ID: ‘It’s Far Worse than Any US State’
Josiah Mortimer reports on fresh voter suppression claims facing the Government – including the impact on young people – ahead of a rushed roll-out of mandatory voter ID for next May’s local elections
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‘Misogyny in the Police is Why I Did Not Report’
Another day, another damning report has been released about misogyny and men’s violence in policing – is it any wonder women like me don’t report, asks Sian Norris
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The Devastating Scale of Pregnancy Loss Linked to Domestic Abuse
An exclusive investigation exposes the scale of miscarriage linked to men’s violence against women – but the concerning findings are the tip of the iceberg
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A New Wave of ‘Silence or Suppression’ in Saudi Arabia
CJ Werleman speaks to the son of a prominent Saudi preacher condemned to death as part of an intensifying crackdown on human rights in a kingdom mired in controversy
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‘Government Can’t Ignore Child Sex Abuse Inquiry Recommendations Without Looking Like It Doesn’t Care about Safeguarding Children’
Abuse survivors insist that the Government cannot ignore the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s recommendations to ensure young people are protected from ‘a national epidemic’
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Women to No Longer Face US-Style Anti-Abortion Tactics at Clinics
After years of campaigning, and an increase in tactics learned from US-based anti-abortion groups, buffer zones will be introduced in England and Wales
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Meloni’s Victory Shows Italian Fascism Never Truly Died
Angelo Boccato speaks to experts about the electoral success of Brothers of Italy
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Who Will Care for the Carers Left Without Government Support?
Politicians should take an approach to health and care that considers the needs of the families of disabled people – but instead seem content to continue the creeping withdrawal of state support from the people who need it most, writes Saba Salman
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‘People Know If they Give Up there Will Be Another Massacre’
More than 150 protestors are estimated to have been killed by state security forces in Iran following the death in morality police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahminiyline. Adrian Goldberg spoke to human rights activist Nasrin Parvaz, who fled to the UK from Iran in 1993, for the Byline Times Podcast
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Bogged Down with the Eternal Fight for the Perfect Convenience
Why is it still not widely understood that disabled people have the right to decent toilet facilities just like anyone else? asks Penny Pepper
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Braverman and the Zombie Policy that Lets Rapists Walk Free
During Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Suella Braverman raised the issue of anonymity for rape defendants – a policy that blocks women’s access to justice, Sian Norris reports
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The Wrong Man for the Job? Concerns Swirl Around New Met Police Commissioner
Sascha Lavin explores whether the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner has what it takes to root out systemic racism, corruption and misogyny in Britain’s biggest force
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The Men Who Want a ‘Paper Abortion’
Discussions of so-called ‘financial abortions’ – to cut ties with unwanted children – are on the rise in men’s rights circles. But what is this weird trend and what does it tell us about misogyny? Sian Norris reports
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More than Half of Incels Support Paedophilia, Finds New Report
Research by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found widespread acceptance of sexual violence against children in ‘incel’ communities
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‘I Could See the Last Seconds of My Life’: Iranians Speak of the Terror of Protest
Guy Taylor speaks to a former political activist from Iran and hears the shocking stories of people currently on the ground
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‘Ministers Can Make it Mean Anything they Want it To’: The Realities of Citizenship-Stripping in the UK
Faima Bakar speaks to experts about the Government’s removal of citizenship without notice and its disproportionate impact on British Muslims
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Kwarteng Rewards Wealthy Men While Punishing Poorer Women
The mini-budget is another worrying sign that the new Government is downgrading the importance of women’s rights, reports Sascha Lavin
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Met Officer Guilty of Sharing ‘Grossly Offensive’ Misogynistic and Racist Messages Still Receiving Full Salary
PC Jonathon Cobban is still on the Metropolitan Police’s payroll, reveals Sascha Lavin
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Winds of Stagnation: What a Far-Right Victory in Italy Would Mean for Women and LGBTIQ Rights
Francesca Visser speaks to activists about the forthcoming elections and how a far-right coalition could lead to stalling progress on human rights
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Twenty-Seven Cardigans and Still Not Enough: A Torturous Style Journey
Penny Pepper reflects on her relationship with fashion – and how punk took her into disability activism and feminism
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Sweden Democrats Latest Far-Right Party to go Mainstream in Europe
The electoral success of a formerly neo-Nazi party in Sweden – which has ties to the UK Conservatives – is part of a Europe-wide pattern where the extreme has become mainstream politics
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‘My Allegiance is to These Islands, Not the King’
Adrian Goldberg speaks to Paul Powlesland, who was threatened with arrest for suggesting that he may write ‘not my King’ on a sign
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Seven Decades of Social Progress – But is the UK Heading Backwards?
The Byline Intelligence Team digs into the story of the past 70 years in data
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Not Appointing a Women’s Minister Reflects Truss’ Approach to Equalities
For the first time since Harriet Harman took on the role in 1997, there will be no minister responsible specifically for women – with a man taking on the role of Equalities Minister
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A New Cabinet: A New Fight for Abortion Rights
The promotion of MPs who have voted against abortion rights is a worrying precedent, as is the closeness of the new Government to reactionary US think tanks, argues Sian Norris
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‘More Girls are Being Married Off Young due to Climate Change’
Salma Zulfiqar examines how the climate emergency is causing desperation around the world, particularly for women and girls, while people lack common knowledge of the crisis
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The UK-Rwanda Partnership: A Timeline
The controversial Rwanda scheme has rarely been out of the headlines. The Byline Intelligence Team, in partnership with the Action On Armed Violence charity, takes a look at the story so far
