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Cameron’s promise to small business falls flat
A promise to offer SMEs access to empty government properties has yet to deliver.
Health Committee: Hidden trial data should be opened up
Government’s health committee calls for publication of all pharmaceutical trial data.
Possible crimes against humanity in southern Sudan
HRW report on potential crimes against humanity in Nuba, Sudan.
The Marikana massacre in the words of the victims
Witness testimonies conflict with the official explanations for the massacre.
Unmasking the nominee directors who help keep thousands of transactions secret
The Guardian, BBC Panorama and the ICIJ dig into offshore company ownership.
Torture history exposed
Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture highlights the blood on British hands.
Arrests and intimidation plague victims of Marikana massacre
The Marikana massacre inquiry is meant to heal wounds. But is it adding insult to injury?
Secret Justice: the dark corners of the British legal system
The Bureau looks at in the inner workings of the UK justice system.
South African massacre was the tip of an iceberg
The shooting of miners shocked the world- but what led up to the protest?
Amnesty International workers on strike for their own rights
Disputes over redundancies lead hundreds of staff to strike.
Doctor’s detention puts UAE justice in the spotlight
Imprisonment of 77 year old South African shows the risks of being a foreign doctor in the UAE.
UN agencies have no access to desperate people in Nuba, despite al-Bashir’s promises
Up to a quarter of a million people on brink of starvation denied food aid in Sudan.
Global Shell Games. Testing the money launderers’ tools
New report reveals ease with which anyone can set up a ‘corporate veil’ shell company.
Why Big Pharma is bad for your health
Goldacre’s latest book unpicks the pharmaceutical industry with blood-boiling results.
Babies behind bars
A special investigation by the Independent explores the rising number of women in prison.
Judgement rules indeterminate sentences violate human rights
European court ruling based on lack of prisoner access to parole.
‘We have lost our moral indignation at torture’
UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez speaks at Chatham House.
Kenyan women forcibly sterilised for having HIV
New report charts stories of 40 women who were coerced or forced into sterilisation.
