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Leicester’s ‘Open Secret’ has been Spilled by the Coronavirus Pandemic
The abuses in Leicester’s fast fashion factories were known for years before COVID-19 highlighted them again. So why was nothing done?
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Myanmar’s Shadow Industry Costs More Lives – As Aung San Suu Kyi Turns Another Blind Eye
Steve Shaw reports on Myanmar’s jade industry, which operates in secrecy and has helped finance the country’s decades-long ethnic conflicts
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COVID-19 Conspiracies Aside, China Poses A Threat to Peace in Asia
CJ Werleman considers how the Coronavirus crisis has given Beijing further motive to assert itself militarily in the Indo-Pacific region
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Belarus Elections: Is Europe’s Oldest Autocrat in Danger?
Once dubbed ‘Europe’s last dictator’, President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election in August might well be his last, reports Nikola Mikovic
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Recruitment Firm Defends £18 Million PPE Contract
Stephen Delahunty reports on the Government handing a contract for personal protective equipment to a company which appears to have just £322 net assets
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Raab’s Red Herring to Distract from Russia Report Release
There was little substance to Dominic Raab’s statement on Russian interference, explains Henry Dyer.
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How Johnson and Trump Transformed Their Countries From World Health Leaders into Coronavirus Disaster Cases
Paul Niland explores how a sudden, wilful populist destruction of institutions dragged the two top-rated countries for global health emergencies to the bottom of the pile
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Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Obliterate the Last Frontier in Privacy – Our Biological Selves?
COVID-19 is accelerating the attempts of big tech companies to harvest our data, writes Tanya O’Carroll.
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The Dual Blow of COVID-19 and Brexit Part One: The Coronavirus Hit an Already Ailing Economy
Mike Buckley considers how the country’s economy has ended up in such a perilous state and where it goes from here
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SAGEGATE: Government Still Chasing ‘Long-Term Herd Immunity’ Through Recurrent Waves of COVID-19
Analysis of new documents from the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies shows that the quest for herd immunity, through several waves of the Coronavirus over a number of years, has not gone away
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UK Deal to Share DNA and Fingerprints Evades Parliamentary Scrutiny
David Hencke reports on how the Government has broken David Cameron’s promise to protect British databases by the backdoor route of another obscure legal mechanism
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Modern Slavery is Never Out of Fashion: Child Labour in the Clothing Industry
As part of his regular series on modern slavery, James Melville looks at how many of the garments we wear rest on a supply chain of child exploitation and misery
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Record of Disaster: England and Wales has Second Highest Coronavirus Health Worker Deaths in the World
New figures further expose the UK Government’s failure on health worker deaths as Boris Johnson tries to pin the blame on their profession
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The Latest Battle for the Future of Romania’s LGBTIQ Community
Romania’s proposed bill to ban mention of ‘gender identity’ across education is the latest assault on an already vulnerable community’s rights
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Poland, Mustard Gas, & the Rule of Law: The Battle for Illiberal Democracy
Blaise Blaquiche reports on how a coverup over missing chemical weapons reveals the importance of this weekend’s Polish presidential elections
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Consulate Cables Leak: Documents Show Chinese Communist Party Justifying Brutality Against Uyghurs
CJ Werleman reveals Beijing’s propaganda efforts to cover-up its repression of millions of Chinese Muslims
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The Great Escapegoats
When it comes to the Coronavirus crisis, the Prime Minister is making sure the buck doesn’t stop with him – backed by a lifetime’s experience in deflection
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Another Strange Contract: The Loophole Allowing the Government to Avoid PPE Procurement Rules
Stephen Komarnyckyj investigates the Brexit effect and how Britain bypassed normal calls for competition in its extraordinary purchasing binge
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British PR Firm Founded by Ex-Bell Pottinger Employees Snaps Up Contract to ‘Relaunch Hong Kong’
As the Chinese Government continues to clamp down on civil liberties for those living in the city, its leaders have turned to a UK company unafraid to step where others do not
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Where is Kajol? Bangladesh’s Suppression of Journalists Continues
Stephen Delahunty reports on a controversial law which critics believe is being used by the Bangladeshi Government to silence dissent
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Can Joe Biden Break the Deadlock Over Palestinian Statehood?
Alain Catzeflis looks at the chances that the Democratic Party US Presidential hopeful will find a path forward in the intractable Israel-Palestine question
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Like Father Like Son: Putin’s Clamp Down on Truth-Tellers Continues
Sarah Hurst reports on another worrying arrest of a journalist as the Russian state becomes increasingly autocratic and the President secures an extension of his power
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Putin’s Power Trip: How the President Has Cemented Russian Autocracy and Granted Himself Lifelong Legal Immunity
Zarina Zabrisky explains how the Russian President’s reforms to the Constitution have turned the country into an ethnostate and his rule into a dictatorship
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‘A Major Global Scandal’: The Collapse of Wigan Athletic
Adrian Goldberg reports the murky background as the Championship team goes into administration in the ‘casino culture’ of the modern game
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Conservative Members Turn Against Scandal-Hit Minister Jenrick
Will dire new polling figures on the Housing Secretary’s popularity make Boris Johnson think twice about continuing to support him?
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‘Invasive Power’: Lords Condemn Attempts to Wrest Controls from Scottish Parliament
David Hencke reports on how a dispute over the distribution of payments to farmers is leading to a wider clash between Holyrood and Westminster
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The Last Protests? Has Beijing Finally Stifled the Flame of Freedom in Hong Kong?
Tommy Walker reports with eyewitness accounts of this week’s demonstrations in the former British colony and explores what Boris Johnson’s offer of refuge means to the residents of Hong Kong
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Remote Tribes and Indigenous Communities Face Genocide In Brazil
Monica Piccinini investigates the impact of COVID-19 and President Bolsonaro’s policies on the indigenous peoples of Brazil
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Did Trump Cover-Up a Russian Conspiracy with the Taliban to Kill US Troops?
Kseniya Kirillova talks to intelligence experts about the likelihood the US President ignored evidence of GRU bounties paid to target troops in Afghanistan
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Boris Johnson is Build, Build, Building No Hope in Wales
The Prime Minister has made a miscalculation in his plans for an economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis which is entirely focused on England, writes Gareth Roberts
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From Bean to Brew — The Hidden Cost of Coffee Slavery
In a further report in his series on Modern Slavery, James Melville looks at the exploitation behind the coffee industry
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Touching but Untouched: Visiting Joey
Stephen Unwin’s first reunion in months with his severely disabled son under strict conditions of isolation reveals what we all should hold dear
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Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Hidden History of Islamophobia
Iggy Ostanin unearths troubling new evidence of anti-Muslim racism in a rediscovered personal blog of Britain’s Prime Minister
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‘Lazy, Slapdash, Badly Organised’: The Backbench Grumblings on Boris Johnson’s Future Have Begun
Adrian Goldberg speaks to Conservative insiders about how the Prime Minister is viewed by his own MPs and his chances of leading the party into the next General Election
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‘We Are Moving Towards a Human Rights Apocalypse in Kashmir’
CJ Werleman speaks to Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United Nations about India’s Hindu nationalist ambitions in the disputed region
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The Daniel Morgan Murder: Lead Detective Became a Scapegoat for Scotland Yard
As the Channel 4 true-crime series finishes, Byline Times looks at the extraordinary five police investigations into the only Metropolitan Police officer the Morgan family ever trusted
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‘A Hard Rain’: Johnson, Gove and Cummings Drive Britain Towards Elective Dictatorship
David Hencke reports on the radical moves to undermine parliamentary democracy by Boris Johnson’s chief advisor and the Cabinet Office Minister
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Behind the Red Wall: A Former BNP Councillor to Become Mayor of Stoke on Trent
Adrian Goldberg reports on how a cross-party deal with the Conservatives has brought back the spectre of the hard-right to a divided town
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Automated Social Control: the Biases of the Algorithms
Almaz Ohene reports on how real-life structures of oppression are being replicated online through automated moderation and censorship
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On the COVID-19 Frontline in India
Saniya More speaks to health workers in Kolhapur to find out how they are preventing community-wide Coronavirus infections with little money
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‘National Crime Agency Officials Investigating Me Are Brexiteers’, Claimed Brexit ‘Bad Boy’ Arron Banks
Byline Times reports on claims made by the businessman that the UK’s specialist law enforcement organisation was politically compromised in its dealings with him and his Brexit campaign group
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COVID-19: A Testing Time for Us All
Ivor Gaber’s experience of the UK’s testing regime suggests that complexity and contamination may be suppressing Coronavirus numbers more than containment.
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Black People are Dying in the West due to COVID-19 – How Can Africa Avoid the Same Fate?
With black people being disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus in the US and the UK, African governments must be proactive in protecting their populations and prevent the virus’ damaging social side-effects
