Sian Norris

Bristol

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy

Senior Investigative Reporter, openDemocracy | Bylines in Observer, Times, the i, Ferret | Bodies Under Siege pub by Verso | Email [email protected]

Articles

How the Bibby Stockholm became a symbol of profit and failur

4 weeks ago | l8r.it | Sian Norris

Levana Coker had recently moved to Dorset, on England’s south coast, when she first saw the advert in her local Job Centre. It was for a housekeeper at a large-scale accommodation site, she said, £11.50 an hour for the first month, rising to £12 per hour after that. Levana was training to become a dog groomer but needed a job to stay afloat until she qualified. She applied, and was duly accepted. It was the summer of 2023.
Men who hate women

Nov 5, 2024 | sianushka.substack.com | Sian Norris

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British soldiers still paying for sex abroad despite ban

Oct 21, 2024 | l8r.it | Sian Norris

The UK military is failing to enforce its “zero tolerance” ban on sexual exploitation abroad, with campaigners claiming soldiers stationed overseas are regularly paying for sex and raping and abusing local young women. An investigation by openDemocracy has found that not a single serving personnel was found to have paid for sex or otherwise “engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse” since it was banned under the military’s Zero Tolerance Policy in November 2022.
EU funds charity that compared abortion to Holocaust

Oct 3, 2024 | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka |Sian Norris |Soita Khatondi Wepukhulu

The European Union has awarded more than half a million euros to a charity that compared abortion to the Holocaust and promotes disinformation about abortion and contraception. The charity World Youth Alliance (WYA) was awarded €572,000 of public money via the Erasmus programme between 2010 and 2022, according to data from the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF).
Outburst Of “White-Ego” Against Non-Whites?| Countercurrents

Aug 13, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Sian Norris |Marwan Asmar |Rima Najjar

Would it be totally correct to assume that only wrong news about the criminal’s identity led to riots in United Kingdom targeting minorities and people of color? This refers to murder of three young girls at a dance event in Southport on July 29 by a British citizen of Rwandan origin, a Christian by birth. Initially, his identity was not revealed but reportedly “news” spread about his being a Muslim leading to riots. In a bid to check such unrest, authorities disclosed his identity.
The UK’s Racist Violence Is Driven By A Dangerous Right-Wing Ideology| Countercurrents

Aug 9, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sian Norris |Chaitanya Davé |Mohammad Momin Khawaja |Bharat Dogra

A coalition of hard-right politicians, commentators, and influencers have empowered this hateful movement to inflict widespread violence against families fleeing fear. Every Saturday night throughout summer, young people gather in Bristol’s historic Castle Park to sit on blankets under the cherry blossom trees, eating ice cream and drinking from cans as reggae, dub, and drum n bass rattle through tinny speakers.
The Ideology Driving Far-Right Riots in the UK

Aug 8, 2024 | truthdig.com | Sian Norris

Every Saturday night throughout summer, young people gather in Bristol, England’s historic Castle Park to sit on blankets under the cherry blossom trees, eating ice cream and drinking from cans as reggae, dub and drum ‘n’ bass rattle through tinny speakers. The music competes with the squawks of the city’s seagulls, the roar of traffic leaving the Galleries mall and the strumming of a guitar.
The UK’s Racist Violence Is Driven by a Dangerous Right-Wing Ideology | Common Dreams

Aug 7, 2024 | commondreams.org | Sian Norris

Every Saturday night throughout summer, young people gather in Bristol’s historic Castle Park to sit on blankets under the cherry blossom trees, eating ice cream and drinking from cans as reggae, dub, and drum n bass rattle through tinny speakers. The music competes with the squawks of the city’s seagulls, the roar of traffic leaving the Galleries mall, and the strumming of a guitar. Teenagers try out circus skills, while bikes whizz along the river toward the bars and clubs of Old Market.
Sian Norris

Aug 7, 2024 | commondreams.org | Sian Norris

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On riots and replacement

Aug 3, 2024 | sianushka.substack.com | Sian Norris

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