ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
A shocking pattern of abuse revealed
Brook House inquiry: Evidence of gut-wrenching abuse and mistreatment inside ‘hell-hole’ detention centre must serve as warning against Tory plans to ramp up detention, BETHANY RIELLY argues
Campaigners outside Home Office in London, protesting against the conditions inside Brook House immigration removal centre
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
AS THE Tories push ahead with their anti-refugee laws, an overlooked public inquiry has been unravelling some of the worst abuses inside Britain’s detention regime.
Concluding earlier this month, the Brook House inquiry into alleged mistreatment at the removal centre near Gatwick laid bare a shocking pattern of abuse against detainees by those responsible for their care.
Chaired by Kate Eves, the probe painted a disturbing picture of a chaotic and dangerously understaffed facility, then run by security firm G4S, where a culture of racism and the dehumanisation of detainees was allowed to flourish unchecked thanks to the indifference and inaction of senior management.
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