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Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1999 student protests: recording in which he claims personally to have beaten demonstrators” and “2003 student protests: claim that he secured permission to enter dormitories and open fire”.
11 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Public defence of stoning as punishment under Iranian law” and “Defence of corporal punishment and death penalty against international criticism”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Resignation as Culture Minister in 1992 under conservative pressure over the press and arts” and “1998 chain murders: Intelligence Ministry agents implicated during his presidency”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Monarchies and royal familiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Removal as Crown Prince and disputed allegations concerning health” and “2020 detention amid allegations of conspiracy and corruption without public trial”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Princess Shamsa: British High Court finds in civil proceedings she was abducted in England on father's orders” and “Pegasus: British court finds telephone surveillance of Princess Haya and her lawyers”.
12 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Montenegrin mobilisation and war around Dubrovnik” and “1992 referendum on union with Serbia: Boycott and allegations of a biased vote”.
6 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1999–2002: $100,000 peace prize received with Terje Rød-Larsen without formal notification to ministry, followed by Juul returning her share” and “2001–2002: Juul recommends $80,000 Norwegian grant to Peres Center after receiving prize from it”.
11 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Indicted for corruption linked to former son-in-law's employment at Thai Eastar Jet” and “Controversial pardon of Park Geun-hye ahead of 2022 presidential election”.
10 controversies · 23 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Final conviction for rape and other sexual offences, upheld by Supreme Court” and “Parole after approximately five years of seven-year sentence”.
3 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and governmentBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Saham agricultural insurance agreement: conflict of interest suspicions and suspension” and “Al Barid Bank: conflict of interest suspicions surrounding insurance tender”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “1983–1985 military regime: authoritarianism, detentions and "War Against Indiscipline"” and “Economic policy: exchange controls, border closures and recessions”.
13 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2012 claim that Morocco had no "prisoners of conscience"” and “Statements following homophobic assault in Fez: accusation of victim-blaming”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Detention during 2017 anti-corruption campaign and settlement exceeding one billion dollars” and “GPT / Saudi National Guard: British trial over £9.7 million in alleged payments to Saudi officials”.
4 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1985: Mikhasevich case — Hryb takes over investigation after series of miscarriages of justice” and “1993: active advocacy for Belarus joining the Collective Security Treaty”.
11 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Filmed bathing a naked disabled teenager in front of cameras” and “"100-million-won skincare salon" controversy: police investigation establishes spending of 5.5 million won”.
10 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Conservative Party Chairman, co-founder of YouGov.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and former Conservative MP.
10 controversies · 21 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Remarks about young Muslims during national identity debate” and “Responds to racism allegations by mentioning her 'Black friend' and culinary preferences”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Formation of 2021 coalition after breaking an explicit electoral pledge” and “Public expenditure and disruption linked to use of private Ra’anana home as Prime Minister's residence”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “ABCD de l'égalité: central target of controversy over alleged 'gender theory'” and “Prostitution: support for criminalising clients despite criticism from frontline associations”.
15 controversies · 28 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1991: Tiananmen Square protest and Chinese allegation of breaking the law” and “2002–2009: Controversy over Pelosi's knowledge of CIA interrogation techniques”.
11 controversies · 15 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “5 October 1795: Suppression of royalist uprising of 13 Vendémiaire in Paris” and “1798: Egyptian expedition — invasion of Ottoman territory and French colonial administration”.
18 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Qatargate/Moroccogate: response to allegations of Moroccan influence in the European Parliament” and “Western Sahara: CJEU invalidates EU-Morocco trade agreements”.
4 controversies · 8 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 22 controversies, including “Historical allegations of secrecy and 'sect-like' operation against Lutte ouvrière: mixed judicial outcomes” and “Gaza compared to 'open-air concentration camps': public condemnation by UEJF”.
22 controversies · 29 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Support for State Secrets Act despite press freedom concerns” and “Support for 2015 security legislation despite Komeito's pacifist identity”.
5 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 20 controversies, including “Asghar Khan/Mehrangate affair: allegation of ISI funding during the 1990 elections” and “1993 presidential dismissal for corruption and mismanagement overturned by Supreme Court”.
20 controversies · 27 sources4 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “2017: expulsion from FMLN following ethics proceedings linked to dispute with Xóchitl Marchelli” and “9 February 2020: enters Legislative Assembly surrounded by armed soldiers to pressure lawmakers over security loan”.
19 controversies · 33 sources
Politics and government
Former House of Lords member and former British Labour peer.
6 controversies · 12 sources2 convictions
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe and turn to armed struggle/sabotage against apartheid” and “Reconciliation and economic compromises of transition: contemporary criticism of an insufficiently transformative "deal"”.
6 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Former British Deputy Prime Minister and former President of Global Affairs at Meta.
12 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 31 controversies, including “2012 presidential election: campaign accounts approved following substantial accounting adjustments” and “Syria and Russia: support for closer ties with Moscow and for Assad's Syrian state against ISIS”.
31 controversies · 56 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 32 controversies, including “1995 Balladur campaign and Karachi affair: political role scrutinised, then Sarkozy cleared” and “'Clean up with a Kärcher' in the Cité des 4 000: tougher security rhetoric and accusations of stigmatisation”.
32 controversies · 56 sources3 convictions1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “March 2013: Cyprus bail-in and reversal over deposit haircuts” and “2013–2020: expansion and subsequent abolition of 'Golden Passports' programme”.
13 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 33 controversies, including “Dulwich College: numerous former schoolmates accuse him of racist and antisemitic remarks, Farage disputes allegations” and “Offshore trust on Isle of Man: Farage acknowledges creating it, then calls it a 'mistake'”.
33 controversies · 54 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Personal and family-business tax arrears revealed during gubernatorial campaign” and “Confederate flag: Initial defence as heritage symbol followed by reversal after Charleston shooting”.
11 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 22 controversies, including “1999: criminal conviction as Oragir editor for defamation and insults, sentence subsequently made non-custodial” and “2008-2022: post-election protests — seven-year sentence, favourable ECtHR ruling and subsequent acquittal on cassation”.
22 controversies · 50 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “'Skopje 2014' project: Cost, architectural nationalism and highly centralised governance” and “'Phoenix' investigation into 'Skopje 2014' monument contracts”.
15 controversies · 19 sources3 convictions5 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2022–2023: break with DISY and independent presidential candidacy” and “2023: gender parity and renewal promises only partly fulfilled in first government”.
13 controversies · 22 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Electoral bonds: FIR for extortion and conspiracy subsequently quashed, with appeal rejected by Supreme Court” and “Rafale / HAL: allegations of misleading Parliament about confidentiality and HAL orders”.
12 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Purti Group: disputed investor companies, tax investigations and controversy over a loan in CAG report” and “37 hectares of land acquired for a dam subsequently leased to a trust linked to Gadkari”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Break with 17-Year BJP Alliance Following Narendra Modi's Rise” and “Jitan Ram Manjhi: Nitish's Chosen Successor Subsequently Ousted in Internal Crisis”.
13 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “COVID lockdown tobacco sales ban: measure ultimately found invalid and unconstitutional” and “Sarafina II: controversial public contract, unauthorised expenditure and Parliament misled”.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “IPOB and Radio Biafra: separatism, inflammatory rhetoric, alleged violence and terrorist designation” and “Arrest in Kenya and forcible return to Nigeria: rendition ruled unlawful, unfair and oppressive”.
4 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Donations from the Dental Federation and controversy over payments routed through the LDP” and “After Fukushima, comparison of the anti-nuclear movement to "mass hysteria"”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Chernobyl: defamation conviction concerning Pierre Pellerin followed by victory before ECtHR” and “2002 presidential election: confrontation with Lionel Jospin over nuclear power and threat not to endorse him”.
7 controversies · 13 sources2 convictions
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Bosasa: Zondo Commission, alleged benefits and recommendation for investigation/prosecution” and “"War on Leaks": budget escalation and SIU investigation into programme contracts”.
6 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Challenge to and rerun of the second round of the 2016 presidential election” and “Threat to exercise presidential powers more actively during the 2016 campaign”.
9 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Secularism debate: remarks describing constitutional discussion as "natural", followed by clarification” and “"The judiciary is linked to the President": judicial independence controversy followed by clarification”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
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