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Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions

Keir Starmer's report on rape allegations tells us more about their nature than their number

By Ally Fogg - 14 March 12:46

The CPS review of false rape allegations doesn't offer any clear answers.

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Bedrooms classified as "spare" will result in a loss of housing benefit.

Bedroom tax: pushing those “getting by” over the edge

By Frances Ryan - 13 March 11:40

Despite the concessions made by Iain Duncan Smith yesterday, the bedroom tax will still hit thousands of disabled children and adults, and those fleeing domestic abuse, argues Frances Ryan as she speaks to some of the families affected.

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So… Why does the Daily Express hate the EU?

By Scott Bryan - 13 March 10:05

The Daily Express doesn’t like The EU.

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A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from

Why is Douglas Murray smearing me to distract from this damning UN report on Israel in Gaza?

By Owen Jones - 12 March 13:01

Owen Jones made the same error as the Telegraph, Mail, Haaretz, Guardian, Sun, Washington Post, Human Rights Watch and Spectator. If Douglas Murray wants that to be addressed, he also knows that Israel could be guilty of committing war crimes. So why the silence?

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Should feminists lay off Rihanna?

By Sarah Ditum - 11 March 11:20

The pop star gets criticised for her hypersexual persona - and for returning to the man who abused her. But before you attack her choices, work out what you'd do if someone you actually knew was making the same mistakes.

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A Syrian women and her son wait for help to erect their tent

Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey: The Syrian refugees at Europe's gateway

By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi - 08 March 17:40

A letter from the border.

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That's what she said: the experiences of women in "lad culture"

By Kelley Temple - 08 March 15:55

We have all been complicit in this everyday sexism, and now it's time we all changed.

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Feminist activists protest at Parliament Square for women's rights

Ten ways to survive as a woman on the left

By Rosie Rogers - 08 March 13:32

We’re supposed to be the good guys, so let’s get it right on gender equality.

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Sanaa's Old City. Photograph: Getty Images

Young, behind bars and in peril in Yemen

By Belkis Wille - 07 March 15:40

“Nothing is worse than life in a Yemeni prison.”

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Why are some university debating societies havens of misogyny?

By Willard Foxton - 07 March 15:31

The heckling experienced by female debaters at Glasgow University Union is an unwelcome reminder of a previous age where personal insults were fair game. And anyone who disagrees is a dickless baboon.

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BBC Broadcasting House. Photograph: Getty Images

What can be done about the BBC’s raw deal for migrants?

By Martin Plaut - 07 March 15:11

Welsh and Scottish Gaelic have their own language broadcasts as well as the English output, but communities like British Somalis receive nothing, despite paying the same license fee.

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A pug at Crufts in 2011. Photograph: Getty Images

Crufts: Making dogs suffer for "beauty"

By Mimi Bekhechi - 06 March 15:21

Competitions like Crufts encourage breeders to manipulate dogs' bodies as if they were modelling clay. Even dogs who will never set foot in a show ring suffer because of it.

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Leaving a home for a home

By Simon Parkin - 06 March 10:57

When Simon Parkin's grandfather moved into a nursing home, his grandmother was left alone in her cold house. Who has it worse, he wonders?

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The problem of female genital mutilation in Britain

By Sophie McBain - 06 March 10:23

Campaigners are worried that cuts will mean organisations working with women and children will close down.

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Palestinians wait to board a bus in Qalqiliya in the West Bank. Photo: Getty

Segregation and echoes of apartheid: Israel launches Palestinian-only buses

By Rachel Shabi - 05 March 9:41

Separation and discrimination is a numbing fact of life for Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Bahraini Shiite attend the funeral of a man killed during the 2011 crackdown.

In Bahrain, British diplomacy is an insult to real democrats

By David Wearing - 04 March 17:31

Without taking definite steps to promote democracy in Bahrain, Britain will, to all intents and purposes, have sided with the oppressor.

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The Rain Room exhibition at the Barbican.

Britain's peculiar fascination with the weather

By Rosalind Goates - 02 March 15:36

The Barbican's Rain Room exhibition is a reminder of how the weather defines our nation’s character.

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Myfyrdod adeg Gŵyl Ddewi

By Olivia Williams - 01 March 9:19

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Rod Liddle and friends, a word in your ear about harassment

By Ally Fogg - 28 February 16:28

There's a difference between flirting over the photocopier and being a groper. So even if you think you're Don Draper, you might be Uncle Monty.

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Greek pensioners demonstrate outside the Labour Ministry in Athens

Greek government makes extraordinary and undemocratic attacks on free speech

By Yiannis Baboulias - 27 February 14:50

While no one is looking, the Greek government goes on a rampage.

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A woman walks passed an electoral information banner at a polling station

Italy’s elections and the European “misunderstanding”

By Andrea Mammone - 27 February 9:40

Does the political return of Berlusconi represent a realistic danger for Western democracy?

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Julian Assange addressing members of the media and supporters

My film doesn't "abuse" Julian Assange. But in a story about Wikileaks, facts matter

By Alex Gibney - 26 February 10:59

A response to John Pilger from Alex Gibney, director of "We Steal Secrets: the Story of WikiLeaks".

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We have a problem with a lack of women following STEM careers.

Since when were science toys just for boys?

By Tricia Lowther - 26 February 9:56

Every time a girl sees a shelf of science-related toys under a sign that says "boys", she is being told that the world thinks science is not for her.

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Demonstrators throw fire bombs at riot police during violent protests in central

Greece: "A promise from the army has been obtained to not intervene against a civil uprising"

By Leigh Phillips - 24 February 13:01

Explosive revelations from a former Greek diplomat.

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Pistorius granted bail, but when are the rich a flight risk?

By Sophie McBain - 23 February 13:32

It's easier for a millionaire to disappear than anyone else, but it still isn't a walk in the park.

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Are the police institutionally transphobic?

By Jane Fae - 23 February 12:55

After the violent arrest of a trans woman in Soho, Jane Fae looks at the police's interactions with the trans community.

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A still from the Yale Law School film "The Worst of the Worst" about the prison

The impossible injustice of Talha Ahsan’s extradition and detention

By Ian Patel - 21 February 15:53

Talha Ahsan was extradited to the US in 2012 after spending six years in high security prisons in the UK. Like Gary McKinnon, he has Asperger Syndrome, and is now in a supermax prison in Connecticut. Ian Patel explains how this was able to happen.

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