Investigations

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Investigations
Evidence gathered in preliminary probes fell below acceptable standards. Can state-led investigative commissions and televised trials redress injustice?
Andrea Glioti
Ward Ibrahim
09 March, 2026

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Although the court ruling was dismissive of racist motivations, the far-right played a role in unseating the Bangladesh-born mayor of the east London council.

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15-month-long investigation sheds light on how the EU is spending money to protect the same birds that are being gunned down in Egypt.

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Cyprus has been unlawfully detaining Syrians for years. With the EU’s support, it started deporting them too.

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While DW fires journalists over antisemitism allegations, a leaked internal complaint shows it fails to apply the same standards in instances of Islamophobia.

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Almost two years have passed since the 2023 earthquakes. Turkish authorities have been clogging legal proceedings while victims have lost hope in justice.

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Israeli settlers resort to multinational nonprofit status and crowdfunding to purchase military equipment that is used against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Despite its reluctance to reform, the EU border agency improved its Freedom of Information processes after an intervention from the EU Ombudsman.

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For the record

German government and Max Planck Society have ties to Israeli centre involved in research behind AI tech used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.

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CEPOL, the EU police training agency, is collaborating with the Arab League’s political extradition body in spite of its human rights obligations.