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How We Won: The Activists Who Put a Stop to TUI’s Deportation Flights

by Sophie K Rosa

After just over a year of organising, a group of activists successfully ended airline TUI’s involvement in Home Office deportation flights. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Home Office Faces Legal Challenges Over New Detention Centre

by Tommy Greene

Derwentside Removal Centre’s alleged failure to provide in-person legal advice has led both a charity and a current detainee to take legal action against it. Tommy Greene reports.

The UK Government Has Left 89 Tamil Refugees Stranded on a Remote Island for Five Months

by Jacob Goldberg

Exclusive: The British government claims the disputed Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia as an overseas territory. Yet it has failed to resettle 89 Tamil refugees who were shipwrecked there in October. Jacob Goldberg reports.

Peter Limbourg (Director General, Deutsche Welle, Germany) and Salil Shetty (Secretary General, Amnesty International) pictured at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2017

German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge

by Rivkah Brown

Deutsche Welle employees say the firing spree reflects the organisation’s increasingly hardline pro-Israel stance. Rivkah Brown reports.

A Daily Mail front cover from 2018 with Emine Sinmaz's byline

The Guardian Hires Daily Mail ‘Wreathgate’ Journalist Who Claimed Corbyn Paid Tribute to Terrorists

by Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani

In 2016, Emine Sinmaz wrote that Jo Cox’s murderer may have been motivated by a fear of losing his home to immigrants. Now, she’s landed a job at a newspaper once seen as one of the most progressive in the world.

Traders In, Developers Out: The Fight for Ridley Road

by Charlotte England

An east London community has defeated plans to evict market traders and build luxury flats on their iconic site in Dalston’s Ridley Road market. Charlotte England reports.

People line up and salute in the Burmese jungle

Outgunned and Unsupported, Myanmar’s Resistance Isn’t Giving Up

by Ben Dunant and Zar Ni

A year after the military seized power in Myanmar, peaceful protests have given way to armed resistance. Ben Dunant and Zar Ni spoke to those on the frontlines of the fightback, determined to win.

A protester gives a V finger sign while being handcuffed by workers on a crane

After Years of Campaigning Against an Israeli Weapons Factory, It Was Direct Action That Shut It Down

by Rivkah Brown

On Monday, Elbit Systems announced the sale of its Oldham factory. Over years, local activists had been gradually building momentum for the campaign – until a direct action group turbocharged it. Rivkah Brown reports.

Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

by James Greig

The Met’s recent drug-busting operation in Shoreditch has drawn widespread criticism. But what should you do if you are approached by police? James Greig finds out.

Sheffield Food Couriers Are Waging the Longest Strike in the History of the Gig Economy

by Callum Cant

For the last ten nights, delivery drivers in Sheffield have been picketing McDonald's branches over a Christmas pay cut. Callum Cant reports on the longest strike to ever hit the UK gig economy.

With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides

Uber is blaming a driver shortage for costly fares, long wait times and multiple cancellations. Drivers, however, say the root of these problems is the company’s exploitation of its workforce. Polly Smythe reports.