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crime and justice Articles

Don’t stand by this Holocaust Memorial Day

Between June 1942 and February 1943 a small group of university students in Munich organised a peaceful campaign of resistance against the Nazi regime. Appalled by the Nazi killing of Jewish people and disabled people, and disgusted by the war crimes and atrocities...

Courting trouble

During the summer the Tory government, the so-called party of law and order, announced that it was consulting on plans to shut down 91 courts and tribunals across England and Wales. In the midst of the Labour leadership contest, this consultation was commented on by...

Time for Labour to step up on PCC campaigning

Discussions of May 2016 as the first real test of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour party focus on local council elections but rarely mention another election taking place on the same day: that of the country's police and crime commissioners. Andy Burnham's...

IWD: Scrapping the HRA is another coalition attack on women

Today International Women's Day, a day in which we celebrate inspirational women and reflect on the inequalities women still face at home and abroad. At home a vital protection for women, the Human Rights Act, is under threat. The Conservatives have claimed that they...