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26 June 2025

Cathy Newman: Follow the Abuser. John Smyth and the Church of England

Cathy Newman talks about the exhaustive Channel 4 News investigation into John Smyth, the most prolific serial abuser in the Church of England. Her investigation, with her colleagues on the investigation team, started with a letter from a source, and took Channel 4 News journalists to three different countries.

3 July 2024

Election Integrity: The Indian Electoral Bonds Scam

The Electoral Bonds scheme was introduced by the Indian government as a tool to make political donations through banking channels. It was subsequently used by individuals within that government, according to Poonam Agarwal's investigation, to take bribes in the form of donations.

29 June 2023

José María Irujo: How the CIA Spied on Assange

José María Irujo, senior staff writer and investigative reporter for El País, comes to London and the CIJ to deliver the annual Gavin MacFadyen memorial lecture. He will detail his explosive allegations about the CIA’s alleged capture of a private security firm whose job was to protect the Ecuadorian Embassy and Assange himself.

30 June 2022

Gavin MacFadyen Memorial Lecture: Meera Jatav

Meera Jatav, a journalist based in Uttar Pradesh in India comes to London and the CIJ to deliver the annual Gavin MacFadyen memorial lecture. The co-founder of the award-winning, grassroots feminist media organisation Khabar Lahariya, Jatav has won a reputation for her courageous investigations into gender-based violence and caste in India.