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A woman photographs a #spycops poster in the display window of a Lush store in London
AN UNDERCOVER officer has admitted that his bosses were aware of spycops having sex with their targets but “turned a blind eye,” a public inquiry heard today.
The former cop, who used the cover name Graham Coates while infiltrating protest groups in the 1970s, said that managers were present when officers joked and made “gross” comments about having sexual relationships with female campaigners.
Coates, whose real name is restricted by an anonymity order, was speaking at the public inquiry into undercover policing today.
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
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year