Chinese police refuse to release activist who campaigned against child abuse
Officials say Ye Haiyan intentionally injured three women in a fight and insist case is nothing to do with her campaign Chinese police have refused ...
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Mary Myers obituary
Psychiatrist who was one of the great early advocates for people with learning disabilities Mary Myers, who has died aged 82, often recounted how, as ...
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Burma's Rohingya people: a story of segregation and desperation | Rushanara Ali
The international community must put pressure on Burma to protect Rohingya Muslims and end segregation in Rakhine state How desperate and distrustful ...
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Anthony Gifford
In 1970 my law centre showed how legal aid could be transformative. Now the system we built is in danger In my early years at the bar there was truly ...
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Syria is bleeding to death and the west stands by | Nick Cohen
Apart from William Hague's Foreign Office, the western leadership is shamefully indifferent to the abuses committed by Assad ...
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Fragile peace in San Salvador as youth gangs trade weapons for jobs and hope
Since a ceasefire in Ilopango killings fell from 117 in a year to 62. Now it is the first area in San Salvador declared free of gang violence ...
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Ten things to know about foreign policy under Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott
Or … nine things that would change, and one that would stay the same if the Coalition win the September election In a detailed interview with ...
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Istanbul protesters in violent clashes with police over park demolition
Tensions escalate as riot officers disperse tear gas to control demonstrators seeking to preserve green space in city centre ...
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Osborne disturbs Cameron's holiday and Duncan Smith wields the hatchet
When sacrifices need to be made, the secretary of state for work and pensions is your man – and watch out Boris, Coulson's back ...
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UN drone investigator expecting 'dramatic' decrease in US strikes
Ben Emmerson tells the Guardian drone use likely to be curbed in coming months as program shifts from CIA to US military ...
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