Category Archives: Crime and Justice

Don’t be cynical about news, by a cynical news hack

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Samira Ahmed

  Last night I went on Newsnight to debate whether news is bad for us and what would make it better with Alain de Botton and ex hack turned spin doctor now writer, Alastair Campbell. You can watch the discussion … Continue reading →

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Dodging the censors and the draft: Extras on John Waters’ American journey

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

My special interview with director John Waters  for Radio 3  is here. And I’ve  posted some of the things that stood out that I had to leave out of the BBC Online news piece I wrote. Most of it should … Continue reading →

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Why you need to look at Acid Survivors

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

  I’m doing the Radio 4 Appeal this weekend for the Acid Survivors’ Trust. It’s the only organisation dedicated to ending acid violence and is focussed on helping women and girls who’ve been attacked. The chances are you already know about acid violence. … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Italy’s Mafia Republic

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

Every weekend when I was 10 years old, I had to write an English composition for homework. It was 1978 and drawing on the daily news on my TV screen for source material I wrote one  imagining I was the … Continue reading →

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But it’s news… Some questions about Woolwich coverage

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

 I’ll be discussing questions about BBC TV’s news coverage of the horrific Woolwich street murder of a young soldier on Newswatch with the head of the BBC Newsroom, Mary Hockaday on Friday May 24th. This blog post lays out some … Continue reading →

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Troublesome slags: What Rochdale reveals about our attitudes to teenage girls

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

Heywood, Rochdale (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA) A provisional multi agency report into the scale of sexual abuse of young girls in Rochdale published today admitted there were issues about the legitimate sexual “consent” of 13 year old girls that the … Continue reading →

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No Children of Ours: Rochdale and conveyor belt grooming

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

Posted 2012 15 years ago the renowned filmmaker Peter Kosminsky made No Child of Mine, a controversial drama about a teenage girl in care who’d ended up being passed around by men for sex. The phenomenon was called “conveyor belt … Continue reading →

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Mea culpa: But only after making the money

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

Sir Mervyn King’s recent admisson that he should have been “shouting from the rooftops” about the dangers of the banking system before the 2008 crash seems to add to my theory, written for The Big Issue about the number of … Continue reading →

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Women and the Arab Spring

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

Here are some good links on the speakers at the Women Of The World (WOW) Arab Spring panel discussion 3pm Saturday March 10th it the Purcell Room in London’s Southbank Centre. I’m chairing.  Whether you are coming or not, the … Continue reading →

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Robocop policing: A warning about future riots

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

The  former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Brian Paddick gave me an interview for The World This Weekend on Radio 4 in which he issued a warning about a fundamental breakdown in the police’s social contract with the … Continue reading →

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