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Published in: 50.50: NewsDeath of 14-year-old triggers protests for abortion rights in Morocco
Moroccan feminists are protesting both online and offline to kickstart stalled reforms to abortion rights and more
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Published in: Home: FeatureRevealed: Police began monitoring ‘social justice’ activity after BLM protests
Exclusively obtained intelligence briefings show police also classed protests against themselves as ‘anti-fascist’
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Published in: Home: NewsSuella Braverman quietly tries to give herself fresh anti-protest powers
Last-minute amendment to Public Order Bill would let home secretary slap injunctions on people ‘likely’ to protest
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow anti-trans activists forced Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre into lockdown
Hounding of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre’s director part of a pattern of attacks on trans-inclusive feminist groups
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureKicked out of court for crying: ‘How the inquest system failed my cousin’
Gaia Pope was failed by the police and NHS – and now by the justice system. Her cousin speaks to openDemocracy
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Published in: Home: FeatureRevealed: How climate crisis is leaving UK gig workers out in the heat
As temperatures reached 40C in July, food couriers had to put themselves at risk or lose vital work
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIl est temps pour le Rwanda de donner une chance à la non-violence
OPINION : Une vieille tradition de recours de la violence pour gagner et conserver le pouvoir a plongé le Rwanda...
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Published in: Home: OpinionA betrayal of Ukraine and the Left
Have socialists like Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn got their history wrong?
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisHow Italian activists are fighting for abortion rights
Italians have marched for abortion rights since the far-Right election win, but their real fight began long before
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsHundreds of firms linked to organised crime based yards from Companies House
Some 950 UK LLPs indicating money-laundering links were registered close to government agency’s HQ, new research shows
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisUN takes important first step to supporting human rights in Russia
The Human Rights Council voted to appoint a special rapporteur, sending a message of support to Russian civil society
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationBrazil’s Indigenous peoples mobilise against encroachment on their lands
As agribusiness, a slow legal system and Bolsonaro’s policies threaten lands, Indigenous peoples are fighting back
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Published in: Home: NewsRights groups back openDemocracy journalism in face of legal threat
Leading media freedom organisations call for libel action against ‘public interest’ journalism to be dropped
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Published in: oDR: OpinionFor Vladimir Putin, Russia’s future is North Korea-lite
The occupied Luhansk and Donetsk regions offer the president a template of brute, military-style governance
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHas Bolsonaro released a flood of guns to overwhelm Brazil’s democracy?
OPINION: Brazil’s president may well lose Sunday’s election, but he has ensured he has plenty of armed supporters
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Published in: Home: NewsColston statue ruling is attack on right to protest, warn leading barristers
The Court of Appeal said today the ‘Colston Four’ should not have been able to use a human rights defence
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Published in: Home: OpinionA very British censorship: How UK law helps oligarchs silence journalists
OPINION: So-called ‘SLAPP’ cases – like the one now facing openDemocracy – have a chilling effect on scrutiny
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill Liz Truss continue Johnson’s assault on rights? Here’s what we know
The new PM promises an authoritarian crackdown on workers, protesters, migrants – pretty much everyone, in fact
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Published in: Home: NewsLegal ‘loopholes’ could block crackdown on oligarchs’ empty homes
Westminster Council has pledged to seize empty homes – but efforts could come to nothing without more help
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Published in: Home: OpinionOn trade, post-Brexit Britain is less transparent than ever
OPINION: Australia deal and Energy Charter Treaty show why we must be able to hold government accountable for trade