The modern country has endured years of oppressive rule, yet no one has ever been held to account. Now that could be about to change
Lucy Connolly is no hero, but her words shouldn’t be a crime
Lionising a woman who stirred up racial hatred is a moral failure of the right
Hundreds of protestors have been charged with terrorism
One of the biggest mass arrests in modern British history threatens to clog the courts – but the Home Office is doubling down
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock
The ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being tried in absentia as she refuses to leave India. She is in other trouble too
Pardon me? Ghislaine Maxwell may seek deal with Trump
There is speculation that Trump could issue a pardon to the convicted sex trafficker. It would be a huge risk
Age checks meant for children have sparked a free speech row
Most Britons support the policy, even if it appears to be ineffective
The human impact of the Post Office scandal will go down in history
More than 10,000 people are estimated to have been affected by the miscarriage of justice
The long walk to freedom
Pious Keku escaped forced labour in Ghana and human traffickers in the UK only to spend the next three years in detention
Britain’s newest terror threat is a protest group
Yvette Cooper’s proposed legislation would put Palestine Action in the same category as Isis, Hamas and al-Qaeda
Threat of US sanctions over Gaza forced me out, says ICC lawyer
Andrew Cayley oversaw the ICC’s investigation into Israel and Hamas. As he gathered harrowing testimonies, he began to receive threatening phone calls
Hunger-striker’s plea: free my son from Cairo prison
The great unmuzzling: Banning workplace NDAs
Workplaces have used NDAs to cover up harassment, discrimination and abuse
Two crisis-hit prisons get a ‘Scandi beige’ conversion
The quiet hero who exposed the grooming gangs
He was stonewalled by police and local councils. But victims found in him an adult they could trust
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