The voluntary sector publications, Third Sector, and Civil Society Media draw attention to the publication of the report by the Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Although the paper, UK Humanitarian Aid in the Age of Counter-Terrorism: Perceptions and Reality,...
Manchester Evening News and BBC News cover the protest by the English Defence League in Manchester at the weekend at which ‘hundreds’ of far right supporters gathered and were met by counter protestors mobilised by anti-racism group Unite Against Fascism. Days before the far right protest,...
The Scotsman and Glasgow Evening Times both report on the planned protest by Pegida-Scotland in Edinburgh on March 21 and the prospect of a protest by the group in Glasgow later in the year. Pegida-UK held its first protest against the “Islamification of Europe” in Newcastle on 28 February...
The Government has reiterated its position on religious slaughter in a response to a question put to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Frank Field MP. Field tabled the question days after a parliamentary debate on the subject was initiated following a petition...
The Pew Research Center released its annual report on trends in religious restrictions and hostilities last week. The report is based on two different indices. The Government Restrictions Index which measures government laws, policies and actions that restrict religious beliefs and practices, and...
The Blackpool Gazette reports on the court appearance of a woman found guilty on charges of racially aggravated threatening behaviour in January for her role in harassing and abusing a Muslim family on holiday in Blackpool. Nicole Lloyd, 23, denied three offences of racially aggravated...
A new report by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has questioned the future of the BBC Trust and the “anachronistic” way in which TV licence fee payment is enforced. The committee’s report argues the BBC Trust is not impartial and calls for greater inspection of the public service...
Over the past few days there has been plentiful coverage in the media of the press conference last week by civil rights campaign group CAGE at which they disclosed their communications with the killer nicknamed ‘Jihadi John,’ who US media have named as Mohammed Emwazi, a Londoner of Kuwaiti...
The Bolton News relays information on race hate crime in the Greater Manchester area following a Freedom of Information request to the local police force requesting figures for 2014 broken down by area divisions. According to the figures “There were 310 hate crimes relating to race in 2014 in...
