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More than 20 years ago, ministers promised they wouldn’t use the Terrorism Act to target direct action. But if the powers to suppress dissent are there, it’s only a matter of time before the state uses them, says Martha Spurrier.

Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.

When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down. With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar Standards Board.

Nigel Farage is using attacks on women to stoke his anti-migrant agenda, while turning a blind eye to the real crisis of violence against women in the UK. We’re fighting back.

The idea of free speech has been misused, tortured and weaponised. But we need the freedom to speak back at power more than ever, says Laurie Penny.

The Prosperity Institute supports Trump, fossil fuels and ‘independent and sovereign’ nations. But it’s funded by a shadowy network based in tax havens.

Councils rushing to put policies on school bathrooms in place leave trans children facing confusion, distress and the risk of being outed.

We’ve looked at a year’s worth of the rightwing TV channel’s output and uncovered unhealthy obsessions that paint a distorted picture of modern Britain. Take a deep dive into the looking-glass world of GB News.

Nigel Farage took £40,000 to speak at a conference helping wealthy people gain citizenship abroad. Now he’s stoking fears that entrepreneurs are ‘fleeing all over the world’.

Convicted fraudster George Cottrell, Nigel Farage’s right-hand man, has launched a polling company, but we can’t find any staff, any media coverage, or much polling data. So is it just a vehicle for dark money?  

EHRC says it will use AI to review consultation responses, instead of reading them.

Supporting Palestine Action’s right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action. It’s time for Keir Starmer to remember why human rights exist, says Clive Stafford Smith.

The rightwing channel keeps broadcasting anti-trans views with nobody in the studio to push back. It’s up to us to stop them.

Faced with the prospect of a judicial review, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland withdrew advice on toilet usage. But it’s still breaking the law.

The Gender Recognition Panel is refusing to legally recognise trans people’s affirmed gender if they’re trying to conceive children. But that breaches their human rights.

The judgment by the Supreme Court in For (Some) Women Scotland might breach the EU Withdrawal agreement – we are litigating to find out.