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A WOMAN who exposed “state-sponsored deceit” of female campaigners by undercover police officers said yesterday that she and other victims were still waiting for justice.
Helen Steel, who was tricked into a relationship by a police spy, described a recent apology and compensation from the Metropolitan Police as a “massive victory” but said it was “absolutely not enough” as other women had been abused.
Met assistant commissioner Martin Hewitt admitted last week that the way Special Demonstration Squad officers targeted seven female campaigners was “a violation of the women’s human rights, an abuse of police power and caused significant trauma.”
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
The legacy of socialist feminists such as Alexandra Kollontai challenges us today to confront an uncomfortable truth: framing prostitution as empowerment lets the abusers of the Epstein class off the hook, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
