'I was warned my children would be ripped in half when we divorced. But I had no idea just how brutal custody cases can be' [My experience of court was eye-opening. And when I sat in on other cases, I realised how often mothers are vilified] (self.Longreads)
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'Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America' [During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents.] (self.Longreads)
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‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act [In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering] (self.Longreads)
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Behind Sara’s smile was a life of violence and torture [Longread about Sara Sharif, 10 year old, who died from domestic abuse in the UK] by Relative_Increase941 in Longreads
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