MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who...
Today, Parliament voted in favour of declaring China to be committing genocide against the Uyghur population. This is a historic moment; never before has the UK recognised a genocide whilst it has been occurring. To truly learn the lessons of the past, we urge the Government to take concrete...
A recent interim report by the National Trust (NT) found that 93 of its properties had direct links to historical slavery and colonialism. In light of this, the NT has been exploring means of decolonising the current curriculum, encouraging school children to write poems critical of the subject of...
Over the last years, innumerable pieces of evidence have come to light testifying to the inhumane suffering of the Uyghur people in China. The reports of systematic abuse have painted a damning picture that the Uyghur people are facing a genocide, meticulously orchestrated by the Chinese...
On Thursday 22nd April, the House of Commons will debate a motion to declare China to be committing genocide against the Uyghur people and call on the Government to take action. “Re-education camps” Nearly one million Uyghur Muslims have been reported as being held in “re-education...
On Thursday 22nd April, the House of Commons will debate a motion to declare China to be committing genocide against the Uyghur people and call on the Government to take action. Around one million Uyghur Muslims are being held in “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, China. In...
Recent figures show that more white people have been arrested for terrorism offenses than any other ethnic group for the third year in a row. The figures also reveal that Far-Right extremists accounted for one in five of those behind bars for terror offenses in Britain as of 31st December 2020,...
Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) has released its Scottish manifesto highlighting the crucial issues for Scottish Muslims amidst the upcoming Scottish Parliament Election. Policy pledges on key issues, including human rights, education, employment, and COVID-19, have been developed in the...
Whilst the controversial Policing, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill was recently delayed by the UK Government following widespread backlash, it continues to cause concern. The newly unveiled Bill presented numerous alarmingly harmful reforms to the Criminal Justice System, which, if...
UK Employers have today been issued guidelines on the Holy Month of Ramadan Ramadan and Muslim-friendly workplaces. The guidance includes: Accommodating flexible working hours/ shift patterns Consider exchanging a lunchbreak for prayer breaks Accommodate work from home requests Consider annual...
An independent review into the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) led by ex-Court of Appeal Judge Sir Peter Gross, that aims to examine the role of judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in domestic courts, as well as the relationship between the Judiciary, the Executive, and...
