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Colombia: 50 years of human rights abuses – in pictures
Photos by Simon Murphy Introduction by Billy Briggs Colombia is a benighted land ravaged by civil war where…
Scottish prisons fail to protect inmates at risk of suicide
Scottish prisons have failed to protect vulnerable prisoners at risk of suicide due to a number of serious breaches of official policy, an investigation by the Scottish Inquirer can reveal.
Exposed – human trafficking for the sex industry in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso in West Africa has one of the worst human trafficking problems in the world with hundreds of victims forced into prostitution. Many young girls and boys are destined for Europe's sex industry but the authorities are ill equipped to deal with the problem and corruption is rife.
Meet the women fighting for Africa’s food future
This article was first published in June 2014. Africa is at a tipping point – soon the scale…
Revealed: the £1.4 billion that the public sector pours into pollution, tobacco and weapons
More than 430 public bodies in Scotland are investing over £1.4 billion in pollution, tobacco and weapons despite the dangers posed to the planet, human health and life around the world.
Exposed: the dirty beaches given prizes for being clean
Eight beaches across Scotland officially condemned as "poor" because their polluted bathing waters make people sick have been given prizes for "good water quality" by the government-backed charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Revealed: the government’s plan to play down Fukushima
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima…