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Sexual assault on sedated partners becoming an organised crime as “truly international” network exposed

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:4 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

Domestic abuse — The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that they have been investigating a “truly international network” of organised sexual abuse and assault in which drugs are used to sedate unwitting victims “often taking place over decades”. Helen Millichap, director of the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, told the Guardian these crimes are: rooted in domestic abuse, controlling and coercive behaviour and sexual offending. Adding that, whilst they are not a ‘new’ offence: the evolving profile reveals how the online and connected nature of the abuse is occurring, the dimensions are changing and therefore…

Lush launches product to resist UK government assault on justice system

Post author:Ed Sykes
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:3 July 2026

Lush is no stranger to standing up for what’s right. And now, it has launched a new product to highlight the dangers of the “constitutional crisis taking place in our courts”. The company will donate “75% of the sale price (minus tax)” to Defend Our Juries, which it says has been working hard: defending our right to protest and to a fair trial. Defend Our Juries has been a vocal organiser against the Labour government’s highly controversial ban of Palestine Action. As Lush states on the web page for its new product: Defend Our Juries is a movement of people dedicated…

Starmer’s ‘child protection’ law is an assault on press freedoms

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:18 June 2026
Post last modified:18 June 2026

Keir Starmer’s new ban on under-16s using social media — just as with the supposed ‘Online Safety Act’ (OSA) — does nothing to protect children. In fact, it will harm many and put others at risk as they try dangerous routes to bypass the ban. Furthermore, it will have an enormous chilling effect on meaningful journalism. It will also chill resistance to the authoritarian state he is building for fascist Reform to inherit. Starmer wages war on journalism How does the ban wage war on journalism? Because it is designed to make anonymity impossible and works hand in hand with Starmer’s…

Raise the Colours’ Ryan Bridge bailed after assault at protest

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:15 June 2026
Post last modified:15 June 2026

Ryan Bridge, the co-founder of Operation Raise the Colours, has been arested and bailed on suspicion of assault. Bridge, alongside hundreds of others, attended a ‘Stop the Boats’ protest in Brighton on Saturday 14 June where there were counter-protestors supporting Carnival Against Fascism. Birmingham Live shared a statement from Sussex Police confirming: A 44-year-old man from Worcestershire was arrested on suspicion of common assault. He has been conditionally bailed until 14 July. The newspaper also published that Ryan Bridge had shared he was arrested in a video circulating online. In it, he’s wearing a t-shirt with blood on it. Speaking on the…

“Who stole the land?” 14yo holds his own against Zionist assault

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:10 June 2026
Post last modified:10 June 2026

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 F̷R̷E̷E̷ P̷E̷O̷P̷L̷E̷ P̷O̷W̷E̷R̷ (@freepeoplepower) One…

Hezbollah and Iran remain unbowed despite US-Israeli assault

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:8 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

The US-Israeli imperial war machine has been hitting Iran and Hezbollah for months. That machine is a vastly superior killing implement – on paper, at least. Yet the so-called ‘axis of resistance’ is still alive and kicking as a potential Pakistan-brokered peace deal edges closer. This all speaks to US decline, but it also outlines a deep Western misunderstanding of how the opposition functions. Faced with a US-provisioned force with a full suite of air-power, artillery, drones and cyber, Hezbollah killed 15 Israelis overnight, reports say: NEW: The US and Israel say that Hezbollah killed 15 Israeli soldiers overnight, which prompted…

Israel shakes fragile Iran-US peace talks with Lebanon assault

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:2 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Israel’s continuing attack on Lebanon has shaken the fragile peace talks between the US and Iran. The settler colonial state has also forced thousands to flee the southern suburbs of Beirut as it pushes into the capital. Drop Site News shared this week how: Hezbollah has framed its operations as retaliation for Israel’s own daily strikes on civilian areas across southern Lebanon, which have killed hundreds of civilians and demolished entire towns and neighborhoods since Israel escalated war on March 2. At the start of the latest Israeli invasion in March, the Canary reported: Israel violated the US-brokered Lebanon 2024 ‘ceasefire’ more…

Eid assault: Israel batters southern Lebanon with airstrikes and artillery

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Israel launched an intense bombardment across southern Lebanon on the eve of Eid. Over 100 airstrikes were accompanied by ferocious artillery bombardments across the south and in Bekaa. Targets included a Palestinian refugee camp. Multiple people were killed. Middle East Eye reported: Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting that the Israeli army has begun a ground operation in Lebanon, crossing the “Yellow Line” demarcation stipulated by the ceasefire deal. According to Israeli Channel 14, Tel Aviv is expanding its military operation beyond the line in the Nabatieh area. Journalist Hala Jaber described horrific scenes: In just hours, Israel has unleashed more than…