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British Greenpeace activists return to UK from Russia
Five Britons arrested in Russia as part of the Greenpeace “Arctic 30” group arrive back in Britain after being granted an amnesty.
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MPs recommend prisoners to get the vote
A cross-party joint parliamentary committee recommends giving prisoners serving under a year the right to vote, against a strong swell of opposition.
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Nelson Mandela: icon of reconciliation and forgiveness
The world’s most revered statesman, who became a symbol of hope and justice after leading South Africa out of the apartheid era, has died at the age of 95. Channel 4 News looks back at his life.
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Can you tackle terrorism with community projects?
Hatred-motivated terror attacks could be prevented by more work on community cohesion says a government taskforce. Too woolly or can it work?
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Porridge 2.0: prisoners’ software reboots jail canteen
A software programme coded behind bars in Oklahoma has revolutionised prison meals – and raises some awkward questions for the prison food supplier.
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An alien invasion? A secret installation? Or just Google…
Two giant barges have popped up in bays on opposite coasts of the United States, prompting fevered global speculation about what they might be.
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Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second of four groups to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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Unsafe, violent and drug ridden: government’s ‘model’ prison
The UK’s largest and newest privately run jail, described by the justice secretary as a model for prisons, is condemned as unsafe, violent, with very poor offender management and health service.
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Coping with life in prison: should we ban smoking in jail?
As the Prison Service considers a pilot scheme banning inmates from smoking in all areas of jail, Channel 4 News asks what impact a ban could have on prisoners.
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Prison board ‘fearful’ about Wormwood Scrubs
One of the UK’s biggest prisons is getting “steadily worse”, the monitoring board chair tells Channel 4 News, with a 50 per cent increase in the use of force on inmates and a staff recruitment freeze.
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Julio Iglesias and George Harrison on ‘torturer’s playlist’
40 years after Chile’s military coup, a study says songs by the Spanish crooner and the ex-Beatle were used by General Pinochet’s jailers to “inflict psychological and physical damage” on prisoners.
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Behind the politics, the cost of Syria’s civil war
International politics and diplomacy have masked the reality of torture, sexual violence and death for people living amid the carnage of Syria’s civil war.
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Bristol arson attack linked to anarchist terror network
An anarchist cell linked to a Europe-wide network of “insurrectionists” claims to have struck again in Bristol – Channel 4 News can reveal their history of sabotage and arson attacks in the UK.
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Six charged over Belfast Loyalist riots
Police have charged six of the seven people arrested during riots in Belfast on Friday evening but tensions remain high over an IRA commemoration.
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‘Mindless anarchy’: 56 officers hurt in Belfast violence
Northern Irish police vow that “prisons will be bulging” with those responsible for violent clashes on Friday night that left 56 police officers and two civilians injured.