7 h. ago Euan McColm: Tolerance of prostitution or pretending it is a choice is turning a blind eye to abuse and criminality

Men who pay for sex are conspirators in the destruction of lives. Shouldn’t they be considered criminals?

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3 d. ago Former NI Secretary rejects reports he ‘turned a blind eye’ to IRA crimes

Lord Reid said the transition from war to peace is ‘not always easy’.

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7 d. ago I don't doubt sincerity of assisting dying campaigners. I simply cannot bring myself to support their position

In a very personal column, Euan McColm argues politicians should focus on the need for people to have the best possible lives

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8 d. ago Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder

Attacker who left Salman Rushdie blind in one eye has been jailed for 25 years for attempted murder

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8 d. ago Salman Rushdie's knife attacker is jailed for 25 years for shocking assault that left the Satanic Verses author blind in one eye

The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.

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8 d. ago Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for frenzied stabbing at lecture that left author blind in one eye

A New York jury deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Hadi Matar of trying to kill celebrated author Salman Rushdie

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9 d. ago How Britain's wokest prison has been taken over by paedophiles who prey on white collar criminals in reign of terror

An investigation into HMP Five Wells dubbed 'HMP Woke' has revealed that the state-of-the-art jail has been overrun by rapists and child abusers.

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1 week ago Rights groups say migrant workers are dying on Saudi job sites as kingdom prepares for World Cup

Two rights organizations have accused Saudi Arabia of turning a blind eye to labor abuses of migrant workers and preventable deaths

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2 w. ago Billy Woods: Golliwog review – one of the most engrossing, unnerving records you’ll hear this year

(Backwoodz Studioz)The New York rapper confronts trauma and state-sanctioned terror with his latest release, pulling out innumerable images of inhumanityGolliwog has the ambience of a horror movie: dissonant strings, like nails on a chalkboard, form the basis of the track Star87; agonised screams are sampled throughout; every so often, an ominous drone will fill a song to the point of overwhelm. On that level alone, New York underground icon Billy Woods’ latest album would be a feat of sound design, and one of the year’s most engrossing, unnerving records. Of course, this being a Billy Woods record, that’s just scratching the surface.Golliwog’s horror aesthetics are a counterpoint to its tales of real, everyday nightmares. Through samples, guest verses and his own lyrics, Woods unearths innumerable images of inhumanity: stories of CIA torture methods, “12 billion USD hovering over the Gaza strip”, a class of professional “zombies” willing to turn a blind eye to the working class tha...

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV 'looked the other way' when confronted with child sex abuse allegations against priest in his Chicago church

The first American pope is accused of turning a blind eye when priests under his wing were accused of sexual abuse.

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2 w. ago Salman Rushdie to appear at Hay Festival in UK first since stabbing

The author was left blind in one eye after being stabbed at an event in New York, and will make his first public appearance at the Hay Festival since the attack

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2 w. ago Jury selection begins in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial

At the trial, prosecutors will cast the entertainer as a criminal sexual deviant who exploited his fame to abuse women at gatherings held far out of public view

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2 w. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial to begin in New York

At the trial, prosecutors will cast the entertainer as a criminal sexual deviant who exploited his fame to abuse women at gatherings held far out of public view

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3 w. ago Gender ID: Apologies from political leaders really are in order this time, writes Euan McColm

Feminist campaigners also need to see some evidence that Swinney, Sarwar, Starmer et al actually understand the consequences of their past decisions

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4 w. ago Why Epstein's FAR from the only one to blame for Virginia Giuffre's death: BRYONY GORDON

Virginia Giuffre's death should force us all to ask an uncomfortable question: why are so many victims of sexual abuse left not just unsupported, but treated as criminals themselves?

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4 w. ago Virginia Giuffre is dead – the powerful men she accused shamelessly breathe easier now

For the past two decades, this case has taken me across the world - from New York courtrooms to Caribbean islands, from the streets of Paris to the stately homes of England - tracking down those who enabled billionaire Epstein, those who turned a blind eye

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