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Ben van der Merwe

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  • Digital Investigations Journalist, Sky News
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As seen in: Sky News, The Times, VICE UK, The New Statesman, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Cherwell, HOPE not hate, Byline Times, Manx Radio, MKFM 106.3 FM, three.fm and
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INSIDE GENERATION IDENTITY UK

INSIDE GENERATION IDENTITY UK

During the five months Ben van der Merwe was inside GI UK he attended their yearly conference and passed HOPE…

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Exposed: London eugenics conference's neo-Nazi links

Exposed: London eugenics conference's neo-Nazi links

An annual eugenics conference at University College London, the London Conference on Intelligence, is dominat…

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Great Boers

Great Boers

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Right-wing dark money comes to Oxford student politics

Right-wing dark money comes to Oxford student politics

A reactionary American group with millions of dollars from undisclosed donors is branching out to the UK. Che…

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University's visa advice to student a potential breach of immigration law

University's visa advice to student a potential breach of immigration law

A St Hilda's student was advised by the University to travel to the UK on a tourist visa, a potential breach …

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It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously

It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously

Today's white nationalists and neo-Nazis make extensive use of racist pseudo-science to bolster their politic…

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Inside Lebanon: Strikes, displacement and Israeli troops

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By Alex Crawford Verified, Ben van der Merwe Verified, Michelle Simon
| Sabras Sound Verified
Israel says those displaced from southern Lebanon will not be allowed back to their homes until the IDF has dismantled Hezbollah's infrastructure in the region. The latest round of violence erupted on 2 March when the group launched missiles into northern Israel in support of its ally, Iran, which had come under US-Israeli attack four days earlier. Israel responded with full force, launching hundreds of strikes across Lebanon, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon.
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Inside Lebanon: Strikes, displacement and Israeli troops

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By Alex Crawford Verified, Ben van der Merwe Verified, Michelle Simon
| V2 Radio Verified
Israel says those displaced from southern Lebanon will not be allowed back to their homes until the IDF has dismantled Hezbollah's infrastructure in the region. The latest round of violence erupted on 2 March when the group launched missiles into northern Israel in support of its ally, Iran, which had come under US-Israeli attack four days earlier. Israel responded with full force, launching hundreds of strikes across Lebanon, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon.
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Ruskin College accused of ‘victimising’ trade union reps

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By Ben van der Merwe Verified
| Cherwell Verified
Photo Credit: Sadie Robinson, journalist at the Socialist Worker http://socialistworker.co.uk/ Ruskin College have been accused of ‘victimising’ trade union representatives after a University and College Union (UCU) branch officer was fired in mysterious circumstances, and four others are due to be made redundant.
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Awards

Paul Foot

2018 - Young journalist of the year