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Reform just tried (and failed) to get the Good Law Project’s suit against it thrown out

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Reform just tried (and failed) to get the Good Law Project’s suit against it thrown out

Today, 19 June, the High Court comprehensively ruled against Reform UK’s bid to throw out the Good Law Project’s (GLP) legal action against it. Back in 2024, before the general election, the GLP challenged all political parties to come clean about the data they held on members of the voting public. The action β€” backed by thousands of supporters β€” was part of the non-profit legal organisation’s #stoptargetingme campaign. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it’s a legal requirement for political parties to list and/or delete personal data when requested. And, with the GLP’s help, 1746 people did just…

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Israel’s illegal war against Lebanon leaves 250k without proof they owned their destroyed homes

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Israel’s illegal war against Lebanon leaves 250k without proof they owned their destroyed homes

As Israel’s brutal expansionist campaign in Lebanon continues with absolute impunity, Lebanese officials warn the destruction could leave up to 250,000 people unable to prove they own homes that have been – or will likely soon be – demolished. Aerial imagery over Bint Jbeil has fuelled this growing alarm, appearing to show the destruction of sites holding civil records and land deeds – effectively erasing β€œthe paper infrastructure of a city’s legal existence.” The Intercept report that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) targeted attacks have left Bint Jbeil without a notary. Government buildings have been razed to the ground, and Lebanese…

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Haiti coach: we must be proud of our historic performance against Scotland despite the loss

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Haiti coach: we must be proud of our historic performance against Scotland despite the loss

SΓ©bastien MignΓ©, the Haiti national team coach, emphasized that his players should feel proud of their performance against Scotland, despite the 1-0 loss in their opening match of Group C in the 2026 World Cup. Following the match, MignΓ© told Reuters that his side displayed strong character and competed until the final whistle, stressing the importance of maintaining faith in their ability to reach the knockout stages, despite the disappointing result. The match held special significance for Haiti, marking their first World Cup appearance since 1974β€”a 52-year absence from the world’s biggest football stage. While Haiti previously participated in the 1974…

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Thunberg speaks out against EU’s deportation bill before Parliament vote

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Thunberg speaks out against EU’s deportation bill before Parliament vote

Greta Thunberg took to social media to condemn the EU-wide deportation plan, calling on citizens to rally against it. The European government and institutions are pushing through a law which the far right celebrated as the start of the era of deportations, she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg) European Parliament is planning to vote on it next week, the activist said on Friday, slamming efforts to pass the law “quietly and quickly.” She slammed European politicians for fueling wars and climate catastrophes and then unleashing detention on people who flee from them. The…

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First war crimes complaint against UAE-backed Sudan paramilitary filed in Kenya

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First war crimes complaint against UAE-backed Sudan paramilitary filed in Kenya

The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of genocide, massacres and sexual violence. Sudan’s civil war has raged for three years with the backing of foreign and regional powers. Now survivors have filed the first war crimes complaint in Kenya. Twelve victims backed by a Swiss legal NGO urged Kenya’s chief of prosecution to pursue the case. Associated Press (AP) reportedΒ on 9 June: It is the first attempt to prosecute members of the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, the paramilitary group fighting against the Sudanese military for over three years, outside Sudan. Adding that: The group, which has been…

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β€œWho stole the land?” 14yo holds his own against Zionist assault

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β€œWho stole the land?” 14yo holds his own against Zionist assault

A 14-year-old activist stood up to an Israel supporter’s aggression during an assault in Montreal, Canada yesterday, 9 June 2026. The aggressor was a woman known as Sandra allegedly associated with white supremacist media. The Canadian government continues to support Israel’s genocide. Embarrassment in Montreal As the young man filmed the assault, the woman tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to grab his phone and intimidate him. Uncowed, he turned his attention to her companions, embarrassing one man enough to have him claim that he is “no bloody Zionist”: View this post on Instagram A post shared by FΜ·RΜ·EΜ·EΜ· PΜ·EΜ·OΜ·PΜ·LΜ·EΜ· PΜ·OΜ·WΜ·EΜ·RΜ· (@freepeoplepower) One…

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Students occupy Gherkin foyer in protest against fossil gas insurance

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Students occupy Gherkin foyer in protest against fossil gas insurance

Activists occupied the Gherkin’s foyer in protest against insurance company Swiss Re’s refusal to rule out liquefied natural gas projects in the Coral Triangle on international Coral Triangle Day. Protesters chanted: “Protect our oceans, protect our future!” and “Swiss Re, you can’t hide, don’t insure this ecocide!” The Coral Triangle spans much of South East Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. When the protesters tried to deliver a letter to Swiss Re, they were refused. Security guards man-handled young people and dragged a scientist participating in the protest to the revolving door, where…

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Orientalism β€” What Edward Said can teach us about the US-Israeli war against Iran

Orientalism β€” What Edward Said can teach us about the US-Israeli war against Iran

The illegal US-Israeli war on Iran can, of course, be discussed in terms of imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism. But there is a more specific and often overlooked dimension to the conflict. It connects to the ideas of the prominent Palestinian thinker Edward Said and his theory of Orientalism Since the war began on February 28, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed victory and insisted that Washington has reached its goals. In reality, the war for Trump has become a quagmire, shaped by a series of miscalculations by him and his advisors. Large-scale military attacks, heavy sanctions, and political threats did…

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US spy agency using Anthropic AI tech for cyberwar against China and Iran

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US spy agency using Anthropic AI tech for cyberwar against China and Iran

The US National Security Agency (NSA) is allegedly using Anthropic software to wage cyberwar against Iran and China. The AI war firm is currently locked in a legal battle with the Trump administration to stop certain military uses. Anthropic bosses previously complained when their tech was used in the 3 January Venezuela raid. The NSA is the US equivalent of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Its remit includes surveillance and cyberwarfare. The Financial Times (FT) reported on 4 June: Anthropic is helping the US National Security Agency deploy its powerful Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations, embedding engineers inside…

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Heathrow Five lose appeal against convictions for planning protest that never happened

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Heathrow Five lose appeal against convictions for planning protest that never happened

Five Just Stop Oil supporters who have served prison sentences of up to 15 months for planning an action at Heathrow airport that never took place have had their convictions upheld by the Court of Appeal. Rosa Hicks, Adam Beard, Sean O’Callaghan, Sally Davidson and Hannah Schafer were among eight Just Stop Oil supporters convicted of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance after standing trial before Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown Court in March 2025. A ninth supporter was acquitted and another pleaded guilty before trial. Of the nine convicted, five were given jail terms of up to 15 months, while…

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More claimants join test case against Elon Musk’s AI over demeaning sexualised content

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More claimants join test case against Elon Musk’s AI over demeaning sexualised content

Labour MP Jess Asato has announcedΒ that she has initiated a legal test case against Elon Musk’s xAI. The case will take to task Grok AI’s creation of fake, pornographic and derogatory content seen in January. Attracting particular condemnation is the fact that the AI tool produced a demeaning, offensive and frankly, dangerous video which showed the MP: being chloroformed and prepared for sexual assault. Grok AI and its prolific creation of sexualised content, including of young children, has prompted widespread anger as it became clear the business model was happy to make money out of the most abusive and sinister views…

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SΓ‘nchez must act against Spanish police after brutal attack on pensioner protester

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SΓ‘nchez must act against Spanish police after brutal attack on pensioner protester

Spanish PM Pedro SΓ‘nchez has a solid record of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But he must now show emphatic action against Spanish police after another brutal attack on peaceful protesters. In late May, police in Bilbao launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on volunteers of a humanitarian flotilla as they returned from abduction by Israel as they tried to reach Gaza. Now, as teachers were peacefully protesting in Valencia for public education and better pay, a 68-year-old retired teacher was cold-bloodedly shoved over from behind without warning. The 31 May 2026 attack slammed the woman’s face into the road…

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Reform’s Zia Yusuf thinks targeted prostate cancer screenings are racist against white people now

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Reform’s Zia Yusuf thinks targeted prostate cancer screenings are racist against white people now

On 2 June, the Department of Health and Social Care announced a Β£200m boost to the Transform prostate cancer treatment trial. However, Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has chosen to get himself in a tizz about the fact that the potentially life-saving trial is targeting Black people. You know, because Black people suffer from a far higher risk of prostate cancer than white people. But the far-right home affairs spokesperson isn’t letting that little fact stop him. Following party leader Nigel Farage’s current talking point, Yusuf branded the trial as evidence of a “two-tier system” creating a systematic disadvantage for white people.…

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Consortium representing child refugees speaks out against Labour’s AI plans

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Consortium representing child refugees speaks out against Labour’s AI plans

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) has spoken out against government plans to access asylum seekers’ age using AI. On Friday 29 May, the Home Office announced plans to use AI in cases when an asylum seekers’ age is in dispute. However, the RMCC warned that the scheme could lead to yet more wrongful detentions of vulnerable children in adult facilities. The news follows April’s revelations from the independent Humans for Rights Network, which exposed the fact that the Home Office routinely detains so-called β€œage-disputed children” as adults. Of the 76 age-disputed detainees at the time, 26 had been β€”…

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Prosecutor denies case against Trump rape accuser being pursued

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Prosecutor denies case against Trump rape accuser being pursued

Content warning: this article features graphic discussion of rape and sexual abuse.Β  A US federal prosecutor has denied opening a case against a woman who claims Donald Trump raped her. But a source had told the legacy press that such a case is being pursued. It would be the latest of many sexual abuse scandals centering on the US president. Writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of “raping her in the mid-1990s”. Trump and Carroll have already contested two cases heard in court. Carrol is a former columnist for Elle Magazine. CBC reported: The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied on…

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Ian McKellen to lead protest against anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Commonwealth

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Ian McKellen to lead protest against anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Commonwealth

Actor and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner Ian McKellen will launch a march in central London on Saturday 30 May.Β It will protest against the criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people in 29 Commonwealth member states under colonial-era laws originally imposed by the UK. The march starts at 12 noon, outside the Nigerian High Commission, 9 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BX. LGBTQ+ people still at risk in Commonwealth Six Commonwealth countries have a maximum sentence of life in prison. In Uganda, Brunei and northern Nigerian states, same-sex relations can carry the death penalty. Many of those attending the protest are LGBTQ+ refugees who have fled persecution…

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US drops charges against Israeli whose illegal biolab left neighbours β€˜deathly ill’

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US drops charges against Israeli whose illegal biolab left neighbours β€˜deathly ill’

The US government has dropped all federal charges against Ori Solomon, who is now free to leave the US and return to Israel. Solomon’s hidden, illegal biolab in a rental lock-up left neighbours and the police who entered it “deathly ill”. However, the only charges he now faces relate to illegal waste disposal. The official story now is that the lab was making unlicensed “medical testing kits”. Those, however, do not commonly make people “deathly ill”. US operates revolving door of impunity The US has a track record of turning a blind eye or dropping cases in order to allow Israelis…

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Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners

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Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners

A dangerous and rapidly escalating outbreak of the skin disease scabies is again sweeping through Israeli occupation prisons. This is causing huge suffering to the many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners who, for the past few years, have intentionally had the worst conditions ever inflicted on them. Abdullah al-Zighari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, told the Canary: The Israeli occupation system is carrying out acts of retaliation against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, by denying them the necessary medical care, posing a serious threat to their lives. “Intentional health catastrophe” and deliberate deprivation of treatment for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli…

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