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The ‘hactivist group’ Anonymous have revealed that the BNP have links to American extremist group the American Third Position, a far-right white supremacist party which was founded in 2010.

The chairman of the PCC, Lord Hunt, in his oral testimony to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday revealed plans for a new press regulatory watchdog which, he argues, will be more ‘robust’ and have powers to investigate allegations of misconduct, impose fines and award compensation to victims of media...

The BBC reports that former senior MI6 officer Sir Mark Allen in being sued by two Libyan rebel leaders for the alleged role of the British government in their own and their family’s illegal rendition and torture. From the BBC: “Two men who say they were rendered to Libya with the help of the...

Local paper, the Redditch Standard, reports on an arson attack started outside a mosque in Redditch last week, on Tuesday 24th January. From the Redditch Standard: “Arsonists are believed to have started a fire outside a mosque in Redditch on Tuesday evening (January 24).

The Daily Mail has published an article headlined ‘’Strict Muslim’ raped four women at knifepoint to ‘punish them for being on the streets at night’. An article covering the same case appears in the London Evening Standard titled ‘Muslim raped women for being out late’.

PM David Cameron’s speech to the European Court of Human Rights was covered in the papers yesterday. The PM alluded to the recent ECHR ruling on Abu Qatada saying: “Protecting a country from terrorism is one of the most important tasks for any government.

ENGAGE’s hearing at the Leveson Inquiry is available to view online. Follow the links here for part 1 and part 2. A full transcript can be read here.

MP for Tooting, Sadiq Khan, has a short comment piece in the Evening Standard today on the exhibition on the Hajj which opens today at the British Museum. Khan writes: “Muslims have been performing this pilgrimage for centuries; non-Muslims are not allowed to enter this holy city. An estimated...

The EU Observer published an article on Monday which describes the findings in a report by Human Rights Watch as pointing to “a worrying right-wing shift inside the European Union”. EU Observer states that the HRW report, ‘World Report 2012- Events of 2011’, “pulls no punches in linking...

The BBC reports that the control order system introduced in 2005 under anti-terrorism legislation, which places terrorism suspects under close supervision and tight restrictions, is to end tonight. From the BBC: “The control order regime restricting the freedoms of terrorism suspects is being...