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Why domestic violence support services must not be handed to companies like G4S

#NoSisterIsIllegal — The private and public spheres are merging, an ideologically driven move to transfer power and profit into corporate hands. The UK is now the second largest outsourcing market in the world. But there's a human cost to allowing private companies like G4S to run services that are relied on by some of our most vulnerable citizens.

  • Activism
  • Sarah Silver

“I felt the terror of being completely helpless” - Brazil’s violent crackdown on protest

Police beat the shit out of peaceful protestors in São Paulo — Journalist Luciana Nanci watched anti-coup demonstrations brutally repressed by police with tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. This is what she saw.

  • Activism
  • Luciana Nanci

#WearWhatYouWant: Protest in London over French burkini ban

What happened to Liberté? — In response to the Islamophobic ban on burkini wearing in many parts of France, women protested at the French Embassy in London to call out the prejudice.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

Ukraine in flux: A photographer digs beneath the surface

Capturing tides of change — As Ukraine marks 25 years of independence against a backdrop of unrest, photographer Adam Hinton reflects on a country still coming to terms with its identity.

  • Photography
  • Cian Traynor

The National Union of Students will support student rent strikes across the UK

This is just the start — The National Union of Students has just announced it'll be helping organise and supporting rent strikes across the United Kingdom. It's a radical move that could see hundreds of thousands of students withholding tens of millions of pounds. If successful, the impact of organised rent strikes succeeding could be huge on and off campuses.

  • Culture
  • Michael Segalov

Why I organised a Big Gay Kiss In at a London supermarket this weekend

Here, queer, snogging by the beer — This weekend, hundreds of people descended on a London supermarket for a Big Gay Kiss In, in response to a homophobic incident earlier in the week. Huck News Editor Michael Segalov organised the protest that got East London puckering up in the aisles.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

Unseen Rio: Independent photojournalists reveal the darker side of the Olympics

Protests, prostitutes and police violence — Featuring citizen journalism collective Mídia Ninja, the Real Game project shows the Rio Olympics in a way you won’t see in the mainstream media.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Exploring division and conflict in São Paulo through virtual reality

A polarised Brazil, a city in uproar — As protests against the Olympics and corruption have exposed Brazil’s ruptures for the world to see, a pioneering collaborative art project between British and Brazilian artists digs into São Paulo’s dividing lines.

  • Art
  • Alex King

The poet-turned-hero fighting for her country's future

Speaking up for silenced voices — Ketty Nivyabandi was a little-known Burundian poet until she led a dangerous protest against her country's president. But becoming an unlikely leader meant having to flee for her life. Now she's campaigning from afar.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

Black Lives Matter activists #shutdown Heathrow Airport in London

We shut shit down — Black Lives Matter campaigners have shut down roads leading down to Heathrow Airport and other city centres in the UK this morning in a day of action.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

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