Victims of rights violations will suffer from law targeting investigative journalism and NGOs offering legal assistance ...

By abandoning its left-wing values, Labour has lost many supporters. Taking action to help Gazans could win them back ...

Left-wing councils were waiting for a Labour government to turn the money back on, but help isn’t coming. So what now?

In need of capital to rebuild, Syrian men are staying in neighbouring countries to work while their wives head home ...

Nigel Farage’s party now has the resources and momentum to capitalise on mass disillusionment with both major parties ...

Residents tell of anger over government's plans to flood villages to build reservoir to increase water for the canal ...

Women who call police to help deal with abusive partners are being criminalised for assaulting emergency workers ...

For many years, politicians have sold the public a simple story: The answer to undocumented immigration is a strong, fortified border. This story has a seductive, common-sense reasoning — but it ...

Growing up, Anna* always knew she was a lesbian. She also knew that her life would be at risk if anybody found out. Anna lived in Georgia, where she says “most [people] are homophobic”.

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