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Film, television and entertainmentPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2013: Release of 'Thalaivaa' delayed in Tamil Nadu after threats against cinemas” and “2017: 'Mersal' sparks political confrontation over GST and Digital India”.
11 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Attendance at birthday celebration for Bob Maes, founder of the VMO, and controversy over the collaborationist past” and “Earlier messages about migrants' 'added value' and collective complaint with more than 4,000 signatures”.
10 controversies · 24 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “Cuts to police budgets and staffing during her tenure as Home Secretary” and “'Catgate': misleading example used against Human Rights Act”.
19 controversies · 27 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Remarks about the 'homeopathic dilution' of the Dutch people” and “Essay on women, abortion and euthanasia criticised as misogynistic”.
13 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Massive France Télécom restructuring and elimination of thousands of positions through non-replacement” and “Appointment as Finance Minister and debate over conflicts of interest linked to France Télécom and private directorships”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Resigns from government after nine days over tax irregularities” and “Tax fraud: final conviction with one-year suspended sentence and three-year disqualification”.
7 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2015–2016: non-partisan technocratic Prime Minister and criticism of his command of Croatian” and “January 2016: Minister Mijo Crnoja resigns after six days”.
10 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
British MP and former Liberal Democrat leader (2015-2017).
6 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Speech after invasion of Ukraine: thanks to Russia for reunification and criticism of rearmament” and “Taiwan: call to respect China's 'legitimate security interests'”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Chairmanship of Trillian during "state capture" revelations and Budlender investigation” and “Business links cited in US Och-Ziff investigation into mining bribery in Africa”.
6 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “A380 crisis: Delays, losses and governance crisis under EADS co-leadership” and “Power8: Enders shares responsibility for plan involving 10 000 job reductions”.
8 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Recruitment of Dries Van Langenhove as lead candidate after Schild & Vrienden revelations” and “Statement that private landlords should be allowed to discriminate between prospective tenants”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Australians for Honest Politics: fund established to support legal actions against One Nation and Pauline Hanson” and “Climate change described as "absolute crap" at public meeting”.
11 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Former British Prime Minister and former leader of the Labour Party.
13 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Televised call to file disciplinary complaints against lawyers in Hikari case: bar suspension followed by civil victory in Supreme Court” and “Policy requiring teachers to stand and sing Kimigayo”.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2016–2018: Pension reform and mass demonstrations by civil servants and military personnel” and “2016–2018: Successive labour law reforms criticised over rest days and working-hours flexibility”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Media and journalismPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 20 controversies, including “2006–2011 radio recordings: misogynistic, racist and homophobic remarks made public in 2019” and “"Poorer and dirtier": advertisers withdraw following his comments on immigration”.
20 controversies · 36 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “Past anti-LGBT activism and subsequent public apologies” and “Break with DNC and resignation to support Bernie Sanders”.
21 controversies · 25 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Zacarias Moussaoui's unproven allegations of financial support for al-Qaeda” and “Post-9/11 civil claims accusing him of supporting al-Qaeda, dismissed without substantive finding of liability”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “2009 British arrest warrant and subsequent attempts under universal jurisdiction” and “Proposals for territorial transfers involving Israeli Arab towns and controversy over citizenship”.
3 controversies · 8 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Break with BJP and Government with Congress/NCP Despite Historically Opposing Ideologies” and “Aarey/Kanjurmarg: Metro-3 Depot Relocation, Judicial Block and Subsequent Return to Aarey”.
10 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Gripen purchase and criticism of the aircraft evaluation” and “Defence of offshore companies following the Panama Papers”.
13 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Financing of anti-refugee film Silent Invasion and accusations of xenophobia” and “Public confrontation with Süleyman Soylu over anti-refugee policy”.
13 controversies · 17 sources1 conviction6 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 42 controversies, including “1992–1996 / October 2015: time at Stanford and controversy over how it was presented on her CV” and “2004–2006: abolition of Lower Saxony's blindness allowance followed by retreat after protests”.
42 controversies · 99 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Solidarity transport discount: proposal to withdraw reduction from AME recipients and incorrect figures” and “Navigo pass price increase despite campaign promise to maintain the fare at 70 euros”.
9 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Lalit Modi: letter supporting his UK immigration application and request for confidentiality” and “Lalit Modi: paid charter flight and financial links through her son's company”.
11 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 22 controversies, including “1998: legal aid fees substantially reduced on assessment in R v Mills and Poole” and “Craig Sweeney: public criticism of judge, followed by withdrawal and apology”.
22 controversies · 46 sources
Politics and governmentJustice, police and intelligence
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Le Milon affair: Ministry of Justice maintains request for reprimand despite CSM refusals” and “Édouard Levrault case: administrative investigation launched from Dupond-Moretti's office”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1933: Founding of Nasjonal Samling, a fascist-leaning party that gradually became openly Nazi and antisemitic” and “1935: Quisling's public antisemitic radicalisation”.
8 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Economist, former British Business Secretary and former Liberal Democrat leader.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Salerno waste-to-energy plant: first-instance conviction for abuse of office followed by complete acquittal” and “Antimafia 'impresentabili' list and direct confrontation with Rosy Bindi”.
9 controversies · 11 sources3 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Private tenancy dispute with Alpiq” and “Scandal over abusive methods in gymnastics at Magglingen”.
10 controversies · 10 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Chaotic start to term: series of resignations and dispute over cabinet appointments” and “Paola Muraro: Raggi knew from July that waste councillor was under investigation”.
9 controversies · 12 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “Axovant: high-risk gamble, acquisition of intepirdine and record IPO” and “Intepirdine Phase III failure and collapse of Axovant shares”.
17 controversies · 24 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Removal from University of Belgrade after criticism of 1974 Yugoslav Constitution” and “Disputed 2000 presidential election and Koštunica's refusal to accept second round”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Leadership of Serbian Radical Party and nationalist mobilisation targeted by ICTY indictment” and “Hrtkovci speech calling for departure of Croats, subsequently found to constitute crime against humanity”.
9 controversies · 7 sources4 convictions1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Letter to Kronen Zeitung and SPÖ reversal on European referendums” and “Investigation into advertising funded by public companies, subsequently closed”.
7 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “NUS 2008: Abandonment of campaign to abolish university tuition fees and internal split” and “Open support for private sector to reduce NHS waiting lists”.
12 controversies · 23 sources
Politics and government
Former Conservative Party leader and Foreign Secretary, subsequently a member of the House of Lords.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2004–2011, then 2020: Ngong Forest/Kenya Pipeline land case — prosecuted for fraud then acquitted for lack of evidence” and “2011–2016: International Criminal Court proceedings over 2007–2008 post-election violence, charges ultimately vacated without acquittal on merits”.
13 controversies · 25 sources2 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “1910–1911: Tonypandy — state intervention in miners' strike and enduring accusation of sending troops against workers” and “1911: Siege of Sidney Street — minister's personal presence at armed operation”.
13 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Anti-Immigration and Anti-Asian Rhetoric: Recurring Accusations of Xenophobia” and “Owen Glenn Donation: Parliamentary Censure over Declarations of Interest, Without Fraud Prosecution”.
11 controversies · 23 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “CDU donations scandal: receipt of 100 000 DM envelope from Karlheinz Schreiber, contradictory accounts and resignation as CDU leader” and “2007 counterterrorism doctrine: questioning application of presumption of innocence in preventive measures”.
6 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Coalition with the FPÖ in 2000 and European diplomatic isolation” and “Pension reform and mass strikes”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Secret purchase of 14% of Air France-KLM: €744 million expenditure found irregular by the Court of Audit” and “KLM bailout: five years of pay concessions imposed as a condition of public support”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 28 controversies, including “Personal medical record: nationwide rollout promised for 2007, then project restarted after highly critical audit” and “Minimum transport service: 2007 reform challenged on right to strike grounds”.
28 controversies · 57 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Tens of thousands of national education positions eliminated” and “Relaxation and announced effective abolition of school catchment areas”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 16 controversies, including “May 2019: coalition with Liberals d'Andorra after territorial electoral alliance with PS — 'betrayal' allegations” and “March 2015-October 2016: family banking transactions around BPA intervention and suspicions of insider information”.
16 controversies · 47 sources
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