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A man with shoulder-length brown curly hair, wearing a great sweater, black bomat trousers and brown boots, stands against a grassy background

Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

by Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

On 23 September, climate activist Elliott Cuciurean was sentenced to 268 days in prison. He hadn't committed any crime, but instead had breached HS2's injunction. Denise Laura Baker and Josie Argyle report on the privatisation of protest policing.

Report: Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court

by Simon Childs

If you significantly damage something as part of a protest, you can no longer rely on human rights as a defence, a court has ruled.

Report: Manchester Police Probably Broke the Law With ‘Racist’ Carnival Bans

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Exclusive: Manchester police are investigating whether they broke the law with 'racist' letters that banned alleged 'gang members' from carnival.

criminal barristers stand in a row, wearing wigs and gowns, and holding placards reading 'stop barrister numbers falling' and 'crime doesn't pay'

Opinion: A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System

by Michael Etienne

Criminal barristers deserve better pay, writes Michael Etienne. But paying barristers better won't deliver a justice system that’s actually just.

Israeli police detain a Palestinian protester in Jerusalem.

Opinion: Why Won’t Amnesty Say ‘Colonialism’?

by Nihal El Aasar

Last week Amnesty International published a landmark report concluding that Israel is perpetrating apartheid against Palestinians. The problem is it doesn’t care why, argues Nihal El Aasar.

Novara FM: The Age of Endless War

What if our efforts to make war more humane have also made them unwinnable? Yale professor Samuel Moyn speaks to Aaron Bastani.

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair points at himself

Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism

by Joe Duffy

Not content with having kept the plates of global warfare spinning whilst in office, Tony Blair has spent his post-Downing Street years selling his services to the highest authoritarian bidder and banging the drum for perpetual military interventions.

A group of cyclists signed with Israel Start-Up Nation (then Israel Cycling Academy) pose for a photo in their lycra in 2018

Feature: Cycling, Israel’s Latest Sportswashing Frontier

by Myka Tucker-Abramson

When Chris Froome was dropped by his old team in August, he was swiftly picked up by a new one – a team that, as its name suggests, is about a lot more than cycling: Israel Start-Up Nation.

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

by Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK is rushing to return asylum seekers to the EU before Brexit makes it harder to do so. Data obtained by Novara Media shows the UK made up to 154% more transfer requests to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Denmark this year, an uptick lawyers say has resulted in a catalogue of harmful and unlawful failings. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: Tory Lawyer-Bashing Is a Long-Held Tradition – With Dangerous Consequences

With an alleged far-right extremist recently charged with attempting to launch a terror attack at a solicitor’s firm in London, and Priti Patel’s condemnation of ‘activist lawyers’ appearing to have triggered it, solicitor Fahad Ansari argues that such troubling denigrations are part of a long and reckless Tory campaign against legal professionals in the UK.

Novara FM: After Barbarism: Rosa Luxemburg’s Revolutionary Life

James Butler is joined by Dana Mills, author of a new critical biography of Rosa Luxemburg, to explore Red Rosa's life, thought and many legacies.

Novara Docs: Under Threat: the Sengwer Minority

Kenyan authorities and the EU are now negotiating the resumption of a controversial forest conservation project suspended in 2018 due to serious human rights concerns. The Sengwer, one of Kenya’s marginalised minorities, face eviction from their ancestral land. Despite a moratorium on evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and huge pressure from human rights groups, […]