Section: News
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On board Life Support, an NGO ship fighting to save migrants in the Mediterranean
Thousands of lives are lost here every year, and NGOs say the situation has worsened since Italy passed legislation that makes rescues more difficult
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Pro-Palestine groups call for widespread cultural events boycott
Campaigners are targeting major music festivals, theatres and art galleries across the UK and Europe
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How the student occupy movement came back for Palestine
As hundreds of protesters are violently arrested on US college campuses, in the UK students are staging lengthy sit-ins in solidarity with Gaza
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French payment app for Muslims to launch in the UK
Halal fintech Musc-Pay has already signed up 10,000 European customers in six months
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Humza Yousaf resigns as first minister of Scotland
SNP leader’s decision to step down follows the collapse of coalition agreement with Scottish Greens
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The enduring myth of the no-go zone
The idea of urban areas where law, order and state power have broken down has long been used against marginalised groups — but in recent years it has taken on a powerful anti-Muslim quality
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Voter rights groups issue warning over photo ID laws ahead of local elections
Pro-democracy organisations say citizens from ethnic minority communities, including Muslims, could be turned away from ballot stations on 2 May
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‘My conscience would not allow me to carry on’: local councillors on why they left Labour
Dozens have resigned since October, citing the party’s stance on Gaza and a toxic culture under Keir Starmer. Five of those who quit tell us why
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Community groups remind the world about Sudan’s forgotten war
Overshadowed by other international conflicts, an ongoing humanitarian disaster has been widely neglected by western governments and media outlets
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How doulas are helping to tackle inequality in maternity care
Research shows Muslim women are more likely to face discrimination during childbirth
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‘It causes us so much suffering’: are attitudes finally changing around period shame?
Many menstruating women grow up in households where periods are still seen as shameful. But a new generation is pushing back against the stigma
