The Waltham Forest Guardian reports on the ban imposed upon members of the English Defence League from demonstrating in east London after 53 members were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. While the Met Police has resisted calls to support a ban on the...
There is coverage in the papers today (Daily Telegraph, Independent and Guardian) of the trial of three Muslims from Birmingham charged with terrorist offences. The men are alleged to have plotted ‘the British version of 9/11’. From the Independent: “The ringleaders of a home-grown terror...
The Daily Telegraph on Saturday reported on Friday’s debate in the Lords on the Arbitration and Mediation Services bill introduced by Baroness Cox. During the debate, one peer, Baroness Donaghy, stated that ‘mutuality’ in the context of consenting to the use of Shari’ah arbitration...
The Scottish Sun has published a column by lawyer Aamer Anwar on the double-standards exposed by the government’s decision not to extradite Gary MacKinnon to the US just weeks after five other men, including Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan, were extradited. Anwar writes: “So Home Secretary...
The Law Society Gazette has published an interview with Labour MP for Tooting and Shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan. In the interview, Khan muses on the role of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Act; the Government’s proposals for ‘secret courts’, and his identity as...
The Daily Mail has published a feature article which looks at the frightening ascent of the neo-Nazi far-right in Greece whose best known face is Golden Dawn. The party, whose racism and xenophobia is explicit and outspoken has seen a staggering rise in popularity in recent months. From the Daily...
Journalist Christina Odone has written an article for the Daily Telegraph in which she lambasts Muslims leaders for not being more outspoken against the suffering of some women in Muslim communities. Odone begins by stating several recent cases which have made it into the media- one of an Afghan...
The Leicester Mercury has reported on the sentencing of a man who waved a knife and hurled abuse at worshippers outside a London mosque. The judge handing down the sentence said it was ‘remarkable’ that the Crown Prosecution Service did not prosecute the crime as racially aggravated given that...
The Daily Telegraph and the Times (£) have reported on warnings from the Independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, that the US is deeply concerned by the future of intelligence sharing between the two countries in light of the public disclosure of US intelligence which...
The Independent today takes a brief look at some of the candidates running for the post of Police and Crime Commissioner in police constabularies across the UK, ahead of the release of the final list of candidates tomorrow. From the Independent: “A group of fading politicians, a clutch of...
