Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping ...

Climate-focused think tank InfluenceMap has uncovered that industry influence appears to have led to the delay and dilution ...

Exclusive: Investigation reveals the extent of child domestic abuse victims, and systemic failures to protect them ...

Criollos abusan de niñas y adolescentes wichí en el norte argentino mientras el Estado no investiga y sostiene la impunidad ...

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Donald Trump has gone fully in on Israel’s war aims. That decision may yet come back to hurt him – and Keir Starmer ...

Donald Trump’s decision to allow “two weeks” to decide whether the US will join in Israel’s assault on Iran may be an effort at conflict resolution via diplomacy, or may have more to do ...

Labour has quietly dropped legal fight over unlawful crackdown on protest. But what about those already arrested?

This bill ignores vital safeguards. From my frontline experience, I see how it will increase suffering, not ease it ...

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The anti-trafficking movement has long been divided into factions. All groups agree that no one should endure trafficking, ...

Women will no longer face prison for ending a pregnancy. There are two reasons why this reform was urgently needed ...