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You can stop the Rwanda raids. Here’s how
3 May 2024 @ 8:20 am
As people face raids and deportation to Rwanda this week – we must be there for them, like the UK was there for me
Revealed: ‘Wild West’ for personal data undermines UK human rights
1 May 2024 @ 1:24 pm
Asylum seekers and trafficking victims among individuals hit by failures to provide copies of personal data
openDemocracy South American reporter wins prestigious Uruguay press award
30 April 2024 @ 2:00 pm
Angelina de los Santos won national press award for reporting on police failures to investigate cases of missing women
MPs urge action over ‘woeful lack of transparency’ in universities
30 April 2024 @ 12:42 pm
Politicians call for an end to secret donations, following an investigation by openDemocracy
UK professor condemns own university over collaboration with oil giant
30 April 2024 @ 9:27 am
Southampton University slammed after openDemocracy uncovered its involvement in Exxon’s ‘greenwashing’ project
‘Infringing our rights’: Nigerian nurses sue over effort to stem ‘brain drain’
29 April 2024 @ 1:18 pm
New guidelines require newly trained nurses to work in Nigeria for two years after 42,000 left country since 2021
Nigerian woman faces jail for giving tomato paste bad review on Facebook
25 April 2024 @ 12:14 pm
Chioma Okoli was arrested after claiming puree had too much sugar – raising fears over freedom of speech
Threat of Israel-Iran war fades – but danger is unchanged for Gazans
24 April 2024 @ 12:01 pm
Attention has returned to atrocities Israel is inflicting on Palestinians, but Biden still won’t call for ceasefire
The fate of LGBTIQ+ Ghanaians is in the hands of a court they don’t trust
23 April 2024 @ 12:02 pm
Lives of queer communities in Ghana hang in the balance as they await Supreme Court’s ruling on draconian new bill
Cubans face endless misery amid dire food and power shortages
22 April 2024 @ 2:35 pm
Protests and mass exodus reveal Cubans’ mistrust of Communist rulers – and highlight revolution’s failure