The Dewsbury Reporter and the Yorkshire Evening Post have both reported that a protest by the English Defence League and counter-protest by Unite Against Fascism on Saturday passed off largely without incident, however five people were arrested for minor incidents. From the Yorkshire Evening Post:...
The Press Association and The Times (£) reported over the weekend on new research which finds that British people from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to identify with ‘Britishness’ than their white peers. The research finds that of all groups, Muslims are the most likely to...
The Independent today reports that former PM Tony Blair could be called to testify in the cases brought by Abdel Hakim Belhadj and Sami al-Saadi against Jack Straw and Sir Mark Allen, on charges of complicity in their torture and rendition to Libya. From The Independent: “Tony Blair could be...
BBC News and the Guardian have covered a report published by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC on ‘The Terrorism Acts 2011’. His report looks at the operation of the Terrorism Act 2000 and Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 in 2011. In his report, he criticises...
The BBC Trust has published a report on ‘the impartiality and accuracy’ of the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring. The report states that the Trust chose to look at this particular topic “because of its importance and because the complexity of deciding how to organise impartial coverage in a...
The Bolton News, the Lancashire Evening Post and the Daily Mail have all reported on the sentencing of a group of English Defence League supporters charged with racially aggravated public disorder offences. The offences were carried out at a string of anti-Islam ‘flash demonstrations’ last...
The Daily Mail reports that the online book-seller, Amazon, has allowed the sale of offensive, racist and ‘potentially dangerous’ literature through its ebooks platform, which allows any self-publishing author to upload ebooks for sale without content passing through the normal screening...
The Guardian yesterday featured an article by its editor, Alan Rusbridger, on what he argues is an ‘overwhelming case for plurality’ in the media. Rusbridger reflects on the degree of power enjoyed by Murdoch over the UK’s media before the phone-hacking revelations and ensuing outcry brought...
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that local campaign group, We Are Waltham Forest, have vowed to make the London borough a ‘no-go area’ for the English Defence League after the EDL announced plans to demonstrate in Walthamstow in August. From the local paper: “Campaigners opposed to a...
The Daily Mail today reports that a veiled Muslim woman from Manchester was turned away from attending parents evening at her son’s school because the school’s security policy requires all faces to be visible, for identification purposes, whilst indoors. Maroon Rafique, who wears the niqab, was...
