South Korean Citizens hold a Candlelight tribute to the victims of the Itaewon disaster during the Halloween Festival in Seoul
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The decision to move the Stasi files into the German national archive has sparked debate of how memories of life before reunification should be handled.
St George’s Hall in Liverpool, marking the outcome of the Hillsborough inquest which ruled that 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed.
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As Senegal mourns the victims of the Demba Diop football stadium crush and searches for answers, it is to be hoped that lessons are learned, and consequences are swift.
Those responsible must be held to account.
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Two inquests, millions of pounds, 27 years, 96 dead, one verdict: that police failures led to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, and police lies tried to cover it up.
The home secretary, Theresa May, has announced a major independent inquiry into claims that for decades, accusations and evidence of child abuse were dismissed, ignored and mishandled by many of Britain’s…
Liverpool and Manchester City pause to remember the dead of Hillsborough.
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It is the 25th anniversary of the worst sporting tragedy in the UK: the Hillsborough football disaster, where 96 Liverpool fans died at an FA cup semi-final game against Nottingham Forest. As a mark of…
Police lead away members of the Drax coal train protest group.
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The news that a group of environmental protesters who stopped a train carrying coal to the Drax power station in 2009 have had their convictions overturned should give us pause for thought about the current…
Families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster have never given up their campaign for justice.
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The release of Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report into the death of 96 football fans at the 1989 FA Cup Semi Final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest is not just a landmark in British history…