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Social Affairs Correspondent @TheSundayTimes Paul Foot Award Winner 2019. Author of Finding Home: Real Stories of Migrant Britain. emily.dugan@sundaytimes.co.uk
Oct 25, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read
NEW: The inside story of the people taking on a British multinational whose Kenyan farm has helped feed the UK’s avocado habit.

thetimes.co.uk/article/on-the… Security guards at Kakuzi are accused of extreme violence against the local community in 79 court claims. I went to Kenya to meet some of their alleged victims who reported being intimidated and coerced into silence

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Oct 11, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
EXCL: A british-owned avocado farm in Kenya that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl has been taken to court over 79 alleged abuses by its guards.

The allegations include raping 10 women and beating to death a young man accused of stealing avocados.
thetimes.co.uk/article/rape-b… I've been in Kenya meeting people who say guards at Kakuzi have subjected villagers in the local community to extreme violence when they pass through their land.
May 8, 2018 10 tweets 3 min read
Exclusive: leaked report from the MoJ reveals explosive testimony from judges who have seen a rise in people facing criminal charges without a lawyer buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/the… #TheLawIsBroken #LegalAid I have been trying to get hold of this report since April last year. Last week I wrote about a 6 page summary which was released to me under FOI. buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/the…