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Arrests and intimidation plague victims of Marikana massacre

The Marikana massacre inquiry is meant to heal wounds. But is it adding insult to injury?

UN team to investigate civilian drone deaths

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Expert condemns Obama's failure to establish effective monitoring.

Secret Justice: the dark corners of the British legal system

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The Bureau looks at in the inner workings of the UK justice system.

Senior European judge warns UK over prisoner voting rights

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Europe’s most senior judge: UK infringes human rights by barring prisoner voting.

Latest Stories

Parents of British man killed by US drone blame UK government
March 15, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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In an exclusive interview, the parents of Mohamed Sakr speak out about his killing.

Fears for prisoners left behind after Afghan withdrawal
January 3, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Fears over mistreatment of UK-captured prisoners.

Tory MEPs vote against EU resolution condemning human rights abuses in UAE
December 7, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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EU resolution criticising UAE human rights record opposed by Tory MEPs.

Life in jail for poet who dared insult Qatari leader
November 30, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
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Fears of human rights clampdown in the wealthy monarchy of Qatar.

Profiting from injustice? The complex law suits that cost poor countries dearly
November 28, 2012 | by | 1 Comment
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Lawyers fuel cases pitting multinationals against poor nations, report says.

Secret justice contravenes human rights, says government watchdog
November 1, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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HRC concludes that proposals contravene centuries-old traditions of open justice

Britain’s highest court brands US rendition ‘unlawful’
October 31, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
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Rendition of a Pakistani man to detention facility described as a possible war crime.

Arrests and intimidation plague victims of Marikana massacre
October 29, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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The Marikana massacre inquiry is meant to heal wounds. But is it adding insult to injury?

Home Office condemned over plans to deport Syrian activist
October 25, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Britain is the only EU country returning asylum seekers to Syria.

Amnesty International workers on strike for their own rights
October 17, 2012 | by | 3 Comments
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Disputes over redundancies lead hundreds of staff to strike.

Doctor’s detention puts UAE justice in the spotlight
October 11, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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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
October 5, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Up to a quarter of a million people on brink of starvation denied food aid in Sudan.

A stain on the law: Imprisonment for Public Protection exposed
September 18, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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System forcing over 1,000 prisoners to serve twice their sentence examined.

Burberry pulls out of China factory following concerns about conditions
September 18, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Darling of London Fashion Week makes changes in China.

Judgement rules indeterminate sentences violate human rights
September 18, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
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European court ruling based on lack of prisoner access to parole.

Sandhurst took £3m Bahrain gift after regime’s crackdown
September 2, 2012 | by | 6 Comments
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King of Bahrain gives Sandhurst £3m to build a new sports facility.

Israel kicks out migrants – by changing their nationality and sending them to another country
August 18, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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Confusion over nationality has led to Sudanese migrants being removed from Israel.

Pussy Riot: the cat’s out of the bag
August 17, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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The latest sentencing is just one of many wrongs in Putin’s Russia.

Ethiopian journalist faces life imprisonment
June 28, 2012 | by | 3 Comments
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Human rights groups fear draconian laws silence political dissent in Ethiopia.

UN officer jailed under draconian Ethiopian anti-terror laws
June 22, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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150 arrested on terrorism-related charges including politicians, academics and students.

Get the data: The families moved out of their boroughs
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Councils increasingly move homeless outside their borders.

Get the data: Where councils move their homeless
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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See where London councils are housing their homeless.

Get the data: The millions spent on short-term housing
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Unpicking the cost of the housing crisis in the UK's 12 largest cities.

Britain’s housing crisis: The impact on children
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A-star students fail to make the grade when they are moved away, say teachers.

Forced exodus: London’s homeless pushed to suburbs
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Benefit claimants should not be able to live in areas others can't afford, says housing minister.

Latest from the Bureau

Yemen: reported US covert actions 2013
January 3, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Dataset: US resumes targeting of alleged militants within days of the year's start.

Emma Slater wins New Journalist of the Year
December 5, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Winner described as 'big issue journalist' for her Bureau investigations.

A statement by the Bureau’s Trustees
November 25, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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An inquiry into the nature of the Bureau's involvement in a Newsnight programme.

‘OK, fine. Shoot him.’ Four words that heralded a decade of secret US drone killings
November 3, 2012 | by | 10 Comments
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Tenth anniversary of US covert programme which has killed thousands.

Britain’s highest court brands US rendition ‘unlawful’
October 31, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
Yunus Rahmatullah

Rendition of a Pakistani man to detention facility described as a possible war crime.

Arrests and intimidation plague victims of Marikana massacre
October 29, 2012 | by | Comments Off
South African police- Screengrab/ Guardian video

The Marikana massacre inquiry is meant to heal wounds. But is it adding insult to injury?

UN team to investigate civilian drone deaths
October 25, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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Expert condemns Obama's failure to establish effective monitoring.

Home Office condemned over plans to deport Syrian activist
October 25, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Britain is the only EU country returning asylum seekers to Syria.