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How American mental health procedures failed the late Sandra Bland

Perjury charge exposes failings — A jury has indicted Sandra Bland's arresting officer for perjury, and the federal response to her depression speaks to a country-wide problem in the treatment of mentally ill individuals by police.

Written by: Adam White

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DIY radio station Follow Me are bringing independent music to Russia's unsuspecting ears

The Digital Radio Duo — Russian radio DJs Tatyana Andrianova and Mihail Rezvan are championing new independent music in Moscow and beyond.

Written by: Tom Fenwick

Activism

Activists and growers are fighting Canada’s corporate cannabis takeover

Corporate Growth — Canada’s friendly neighbourhood marijuana grow-ops are about to get a corporate takeover. Huck meets the growers, investors, lawyers and activists who are dealing with a new top-down system where bottom lines, not blazing, rules supreme.

Written by: Rob Boffard

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The celebrity dog that could land you in prison

Insult Thailand's royal dog. Go directly to jail. — The mythic fame of Thailand's Tong Daeng: the rags-to-riches mongrel who stole the hearts of a nation and is now at the forefront of a new wave of state censorship.

Written by: Adam White

Activism

Young, British and angry? The government thinks you're a terrorist

Start of a police state? — A London children's safeguarding board has warned parents that distrust of government policy and the mainstream media could lead to potential extremism.

Written by: Adam White

Reportage

In Pictures: On eve of climate talks, Beijing faces worst-ever pollution levels

Best of Instagram — While UN climate talks open up in Paris, Beijing is in the midst of an environmental health crisis, with levels of pollution literally off the charts.

Written by: Adam White

Film

Into The Deep with Finland's Greatest Freediver

Finlandia x Huck — He’s almost 50, he's got asthma, he’s about 235 pounds, and he's also a world-class athlete. Meet 'Kraken', the sea monster – a Finnish freediver who only realised he had the makings of a national champion in his late 30s.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Film

The secret recipe of London's iconic Blue Plaques

Family Business — Huck meets the family who make London's famous Blue Plaques - which mark where famous figures lived across the capital, in our latest short film.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Photography

Fourteen days on the refugee trail from Kos to Vienna

Europe’s Border Crisis: The Long Road — Over two weeks, documentary photographer and filmmaker Adam Patterson travelled with refugees making the harrowing journey across Europe to shoot a powerful new documentary.

Written by: Alex King

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Life inside the Calais Jungle refugee camp

24 hours in Calais — Huge public pressure has forced European governments to respond to the global refugee crisis. But for the three thousand people living in deplorable conditions in The Jungle, relief is a long way off.

Written by: Alex King

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