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Ministers blocked my questions on why they let a warlord sue a journalist

LIAM BYRNE: The government must be transparent about its decision to waive sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin

Whistleblowers pay the price for speaking up. A new law could protect them

People who speak out about wrongdoing in the workplace can often face blacklisting, harassment and legal action. Proposed legislation aims to change that

Putin’s warlord planned new legal attack on BBC with UK government help

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads the notorious Wagner army, sought to attack the BBC two months before the Ukraine invasion

Invading Iraq is what we did instead of tackling climate change

OPINION: Instead of launching a war, the US and UK could have weaned us off the fossil fuels that pay for the brutal regimes of dictators

The Iraq War 20 years on: End of the US’s post-9/11 neoconservative dream

OPINION: The 2003 Iraq war led to huge numbers of civilian deaths, and continuing insurgencies in the Middle East and Africa

Iranian nuclear deal threatened by political turmoil in Iran and Israel

OPINION: Anti-government protests in both countries jeopardise already shaky deal to limit Iran’s nuclear programme

How spying on campaigners became mainstream in the UK

Many of the UK’s most prominent institutions are using private intelligence firms to snoop on activists