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Politics and governmentIdeologies, militancy and activism
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2019: 'America deserved 9/11' and vulgar attack on Dan Crenshaw's war injury” and “2021: Seven-day Twitch suspension over use of 'cracker' and debate about what constitutes a racial slur”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1999 student protests: security speech threatening "saboteurs" with severe penalties” and “2003–2005 nuclear negotiations: controversy over suspension and continuation of work at Isfahan”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Tweets about "positive aspects" of colonialism: political sanction, Public Protector report then judicial reversal” and “Expression "education refugees" for pupils from Eastern Cape”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Household Tax Affair and Investigation into Administrative Handling of the Case” and “Sale of a Stake in DONG Energy to Goldman Sachs and SF's Departure from the Coalition”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Controversial search of the BVT and crisis involving domestic intelligence” and “Controversy over the phrase 'concentrated in one place' concerning asylum seekers”.
11 controversies · 27 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Career in KGB and leadership of Soviet Azerbaijan: Security apparatus and patronage system” and “Return to power in June 1993 following fall of elected President Abulfaz Elchibey”.
13 controversies · 19 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1935–1937: Command of Kwantung Army military police and rise within Japanese apparatus in Manchuria” and “1937–1938: Kwantung Army chief of staff during expansion of war in China”.
11 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Final conviction for electoral law violation and loss of parliamentary seat” and “Closure of Jinju Medical Center despite strong opposition”.
11 controversies · 21 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2007 extramarital affair and internal struggle for CSU leadership” and “Pkw-Maut / 'Ausländermaut': flagship CSU pledge invalidated by European court”.
10 controversies · 21 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Near-permanent state of emergency, police torture, arbitrary detention and prolonged restrictions on opposition” and “2005 and 2010 elections: restrictions on opposition, allegations of fraud and overwhelming NDP victory”.
7 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Diplomatic career closely linked to Quds Force and Qasem Soleimani in regional policy” and “Removal as Deputy Foreign Minister in 2016 and controversy over regional disagreements with Zarif”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “EU listing under sanctions regime concerning IRGC nuclear and ballistic programmes” and “Public statements calling for Israel's political disappearance and threatening a war of elimination”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Politics and governmentAuthoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocities
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “15 July: questions over general staff's response to prior warning and refusal to give oral testimony” and “Russian S-400s: defence of acquisition despite exclusion from F-35 programme and US sanctions”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 22 controversies, including “Absence from final same-sex marriage vote and allegation of religious pressure” and “ScotRail performance crisis under his transport portfolio”.
22 controversies · 36 sources
Politics and government
British Conservative MP, former Conservative Party leader and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
19 controversies · 37 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Disclosure of periods without national pension enrolment and withdrawal from DPJ leadership race” and “Proposed "grand coalition" with Prime Minister Fukuda: internal revolt, resignation announced then withdrawn”.
6 controversies · 12 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Presidency of Curafutura and accusations of lobbying for insurers” and “Joining pro-gun organisation ProTell during his candidacy”.
10 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Milan's 1973 'Black Thursday': attended MSI demonstration, investigated then cleared” and “Mussolini bust and fascist memorabilia at home: recurring controversy”.
11 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 31 controversies, including “2003 presidential election and dynastic succession: Manipulated campaign, violence and post-election repression” and “2005 parliamentary elections: Executive interference, media bias and counting irregularities”.
31 controversies · 66 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “PAM: image as a party close to the palace and direct confrontation with the PJD” and “Allegations of irregular financial transactions made by PJD leaders”.
6 controversies · 5 sources
Politics and governmentSport
Documented profile covering 30 controversies, including “Admission of ball tampering with a bottle top during cricket career” and “Defamation case brought by Ian Botham and Allan Lamb: court victory”.
30 controversies · 44 sources4 convictions3 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “€600,000 Galapagar house and internal vote on whether she should remain in leadership” and “"Nanny case": investigation into alleged use of staff to look after her children, dismissed for lack of evidence”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Investigation into 2013 Labour leadership campaign financing closed for insufficient evidence” and “October 2023 remarks about responsibility of "an entire nation" in Gaza cited in international proceedings”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “COVID care-home non-transfer protocols and 7,291 deaths: general complaint dismissed without endorsement of the policies” and “Mask contract linked to her brother: €55,850 commission, anti-corruption and European investigations closed”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 25 controversies, including “1986–1995: participation in system assigning municipal employees to couple's private service” and “7 May 1996: sentenced to fifteen months' suspended imprisonment in municipal employees case”.
25 controversies · 24 sources3 convictions3 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Historic traffic conviction for driving while licence suspended” and “Investigation into political appointments at Agriculture Ministry: police recommendation followed by closure for lack of evidence”.
11 controversies · 15 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Historical convictions for incitement to racism and support for a banned terrorist organisation” and “Visits and prayers at Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa challenging religious status quo”.
12 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction
Politics and governmentCelebrities, influencers and social media
Documented profile covering 20 controversies, including “Trump SoHo: criminal investigation into allegedly misleading sales figures ultimately dropped” and “Aquazzura accuses her brand of copying several shoe designs”.
20 controversies · 24 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2018–2019: Abandons general capital gains tax following Tax Working Group report” and “2018–2019: KiwiBuild misses initial targets and abandons goal of 100,000 homes”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2011: Alipay transferred to Jack Ma-controlled company without alleged prior approval from Yahoo and SoftBank” and “2013: Remarks attributed to Jack Ma describing Tiananmen crackdown as 'most correct' decision”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Former Leader of the House of Commons, former Minister for Brexit Opportunities and former Conservative MP.
11 controversies · 21 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 23 controversies, including “Schabir Shaik: judicial finding of a "generally corrupt relationship" with Jacob Zuma” and “Removal from the deputy presidency following Schabir Shaik's conviction”.
23 controversies · 32 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Income tax for everyone, 'even 1 euro': Matignon rules out proposal” and “Baccalaureate crisis: call for sanctions against striking teachers”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “€5 reduction in housing benefit: defence of deeply unpopular measure and controversy over its origin” and “Declaration of interests showing '0 euros' income and acknowledged omission”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Warning of possible Chinese invasion of Australia” and “Sharia, terrorism and burqa: remarks broadly associating sharia supporters with extremists”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Visa refusal by India and dispute over Sikh activism” and “Speech at 2015 Sikh separatist rally featuring militant imagery”.
11 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Former Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary, and former Chairman of the Conservative Party.
8 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Attendance at a Sint-Maartensfonds meeting and remarks on collaborators' motivations” and “Role at a 1996 discussion meeting with Jean-Marie Le Pen”.
9 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “January 2017: appointment as Donald Trump's senior adviser and controversy over anti-nepotism law” and “2016–2017: Russian contacts, request for a secure communication channel and meeting with Sergey Gorkov”.
11 controversies · 30 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2015 claim that Iran "doesn't imprison people for their opinions" strongly contested” and “Accusations of "treason" and confrontation with ultraconservative MPs during JCPOA negotiations”.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “2021: unattributed reproduction of passages in several columns — plagiarism allegations” and “2021–2023: promotion of CoinX before fraud complaints and investigation into platform”.
18 controversies · 37 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Disqualification from the Rajya Sabha for holding an "office of profit" upheld by the Supreme Court” and “Order to register an FIR over alleged omission of assets from an election affidavit”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 16 controversies, including “2016–2024: from fierce Donald Trump critic to running mate and leading political heir” and “2021–2024: 'childless cat ladies', pro-parent taxation and proposal to give parents additional votes”.
16 controversies · 32 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Éric Dupond-Moretti's conflicts of interest: recusal decree issued after several months” and “Second lockdown: closure of 'non-essential' shops and revolt by mayors”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Promise to abolish GST followed by retention of the tax” and “'Shawinigan Handshake': physical restraint of protester and charge subsequently quashed”.
12 controversies · 21 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Sings Béarn anthem in National Assembly chamber to protest local security problem” and “39-day hunger strike at National Assembly over Toyal factory; agreement secured but effectiveness disputed”.
10 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Migrant training association: conviction for handling proceeds of misuse of corporate assets linked to fictitious job” and “MNEF affair: six-month suspended prison sentence and €20,000 fine”.
7 controversies · 11 sources3 convictions
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Regional alliance with Front national to secure PACA presidency” and “Grand mosque project: initial municipal lease annulled as unlawful subsidy”.
10 controversies · 17 sources1 conviction
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