11 h. ago Voices: Lord Woodley’s intervention on IPP will only get prisoners’ hopes up

Lord Woodley is right that it’s time IPP prisoners were released, writes Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform – but his intervention won’t change the government’s mind

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4 d. ago Belarus keeps up crackdown on dissent even as authorities free some prisoners, rights group says

Authorities in Belarus continue their crackdown on dissent even as they release some of the prisoners

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2 w. ago ‘He’s moving at a truly alarming speed’: Trump propels US into authoritarianism

A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide towards autocracy has come quicker than critics fearedIt reads like a checklist of milestones on the road to autocracy.A succession of opposition politicians, including Alex Padilla, a US senator, are handcuffed and arrested by heavy-handed law enforcement for little more than questioning authority or voicing dissent. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Boy George embroiled in social media dispute with ‘bored rich bully’ JK Rowling over trans rights

Singer criticised author’s relentless campaign to preserve women-only spaces

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4 w. ago Southport killer Axel Rudkubana's life in prison as he gets 'legal minimum rights'

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for life with a minimum of 52 years in January after he killed three children in a knife attack at a workshop in Southport, Merseyside

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last month Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison deal

A coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador

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