In an exclusive investigation, BETHANY RIELLY looks at how the state targeted leading politicians and campaigning groups — labelling many well-known figures 'extremists' and 'subversives' for attempting to hold the police to account
Bethany Rielly


On September 4, 16 Eritrean asylum-seekers were arrested at a protest against their country’s dictatorship and its supporters here. Since then, questions have been raised about whether the British authorities are doing enough to protect activists and asylum-seekers from the ‘long arm’ of the regime in Asmara

Bethany Rielly speaks to Jenin Freedom Theatre’s artistic director AHMED TOBASI about his friend Zubeidi’s ongoing legacy as a symbol of Palestinian liberation and cultural resistance

UNHCR says the Home Secretary's plans will cause ‘significant suffering’ to people seeking refuge in Britain

Campaigners call for closure of camp after judge rules in favour of six residents
Front-line medic ‘would have been denied entry’ under new policy

Campaigners stage Downing Street protest as Johnson rolls out the red carpet for far-right Orban

Only 353 people fleeing war and conflict were resettled in Britain in the year to March 2020

Hours after the Leicester factory protest ends, Palestine Action announces it has occupied another Elbit site in Tamworth

IDF attacks al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestine ceasefire begins

The British government has licensed more than £400 million worth of arms to Israeli forces since 2015, including drones, missiles and warplanes, according to Campaign Against the Arms Trade

The activist said she was very vulnerable as a result of recently leaving her abusive ex-husband

Still no inquest after ‘spat-at’ rail worker died with Covid

70 MPs warn against the measure as PM Boris Johnson announced that there will “definitely” be a role for Covid-19 passports for Britons travelling abroad

Around 50 rallies are due to take place against government plans to hand police more powers to restrict peaceful protest

Listed stakeholders say they were never consulted

Report denies cops at Clapham Common vigil were ‘heavy handed’

Spellar urged to clarify whether he assisted Tories as an EETPU official – Bethany Rielly reports

Footage appears to show officers in riot gear beating participants with batons and shields

Survey into the experiences of child offenders found less than half felt cared for in their establishment

Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti ‘ashamed’ she couldn’t persuade peers of the ‘dangers of granting advance immunity for criminal actions for a whole raft of state agents’

Labour to lead parliamentary motion to cancel universal credit cuts and extend free school meals

Generation Rent calls on government to reinstate full eviction ban on court proceedings and bailiffs

New analysis shows the cuts have cost Scottish pensioners £40m this year

Crisis warns that without a concerted effort by ministers, England could see a 90% rise in rough sleeping over the next decade