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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood delivers a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), in Westminster, London, March 5, 2026
Human Rights / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

Labour peer Alf Dubs calls on incoming PM to country’s Britain's borders with a ‘commitment to basic rights, and compassion for those who are in time of greatest need’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Thonon-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026
Human Rights / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

Repealing Britain’s most dangerous Bill must be the first act of whoever replaces Keir Starmer, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

A recue carried out in the Mediterranean Sea by SOS Mediterranean [Pic: Marcel Beloqui Evardone / SOS Humanity]
Human Rights / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026
Police detain protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, during a hearing where Palestine Action activists were due to be sentenced over over a break-in at the UK base of an Israel-based defence firm, Elbit Systems site near Bristol on August 6 2024
Authoritarianism / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026
Protesters outside the Law Courts in Liverpool where they gathered to listen to the judgement regarding the appeal of the proscribing of Palestine Action, June 15, 2026
Protest / 15 June 2026
15 June 2026

Campaigners and MPs blast Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold Palestine Action ban

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Isra
Gaza Genocide / 15 May 2026
15 May 2026
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT: At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis Baraa Heikal mourns over the body of his brother Fadi Heikal, killed in an Israeli strike, May 10 2026
Policing / 14 May 2026
14 May 2026

The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE

Students march against the military dictatorship, 1966
Features / 9 May 2026
9 May 2026

Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports

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Book Review / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026

RUTH AYLETT recommends that this mixture of memoir, diary and poetry by a young Gazan writer be read as widely as possible

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Security Command vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Sunday May 3rd, 2026
Asylum / 3 May 2026
3 May 2026