Burmese refugee speaks from painful experience of Myanmar military persecution
Now living in Salford she fears the current military coup and crackdown will see many more refugees suffering like her family did.
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Greater Manchester, with over £1bn in stock, has largest pension fund fossil fuel investment in UK
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Manchester council lose judicial review over Central Retail Park planning decision
The council says it will appeal the decision, as Trees Not Cars campaigners call for Sir Richard Leese to ‘retire’.
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Burmese refugee speaks from painful experience of Myanmar military persecution
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‘John Cooper Clarke meets Scroobius Pip’ – BODIES release Endless Summer EP
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Moss Side 1981 – riot or uprising?
Prior to John’s keynote speech at an online antiracism rally on Monday 1 March, Ameen Hadi reflects on the reasons this conflict erupted in 1981 and how it can inform the ongoing struggle against racism.
