Covid 19 is not making everyone feel equal; it is magnifying inequalities
We are not all suffering in the same way, and we are not all united: rich and poor; able bodied and disabled; weak and strong.
Language of war may deter people seeking mental health support
Lockdown can replicate the circumstances of the original trauma: feelings of powerlessness, loss of control or indeed of feeling trapped or imprisoned. It can feel unbearable.
‘We haven’t learned’ – The potential Pandemic on our plates
Although wet markets are not common in the west, industrial livestock farming is – and may carry just as a great a risk.
Insurers face litigation in relation to business interruption claims
After paying thousands in insurance premiums over the years, many businesses are being told that their insurance policies do not provide cover for pandemics.
“Rough sex gone wrong” defence could rise during lockdown
The campaign group We Can’t Consent To This said that at least 60 women have been killed by men who claimed their sexual partners gave consent to the violence that resulted in their deaths.
In times of crisis, I will continue to be another angry voice
The convenient taboo of talking about the dead is creating rigid political conformity.
Could coronavirus unwittingly help block a common tax evasion practice?
Lockdown could result in businesses being forced to reveal where their “mind and matter” really is.
Ex-detainees write to Priti Patel pleading Covid-19 makes immigration detention inhuman
Freed Voices is made up of people who have experienced immigration detention in the UK, and are now committed to speaking out. Between us, we have lost over 20 years of our lives to detention, and we have written this urgent letter to the Home Secretary.
