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People take part in a Stand Up To Racism counter protest during a protest by people attending a Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures protest outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk, which is housing asylum seekers, September 21, 2025
Human Rights / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026
TAINTED PAST REVISITS PRESENT: Postbank in Berlin / Pic: EmptyTerms/CC
Civil Liberties / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026

JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right

venice requiem
Book Review / 6 March 2026
6 March 2026

MARJ MAYO recommends a lyrical and disturbing account of the tragic suicide in Venice of Pateh Sabally, a refugee from the Gambia

Edinburgh High Court
Scotland / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison, in Yangon, Myanmar, March 2, 2026
Southeast Asia / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
Protesters celebrate outside the High Court, central London, after it rules in favour of Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori's challenge over the ban of the organisation as a terror group, February 13, 2026
Activism / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

Court strikes down Palestine Action ban as government slammed for its promise to fight the decision in appeals

The great Chartist meeting on Kennington Common on April 10, 1848 / Pic: William Kilburn/CC.
Protest / 14 February 2026
14 February 2026

KEITH FLETT looks at the political impact of protest