** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Charity Times reports on a stark warning by the Charities Aid Foundation that the new counter-terrorism legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday must not affect the work of charities working in areas affected by conflict. The new Counter Extremism Bill follows on from last...
The UKIP candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, who was banned from standing in the general election and expelled from the party altogether this week after allegations of expenses fraud came to light in March this year, is still sitting as an MEP in the European Parliament in Brussels, The Independent...
Local news site, This is Local London, reports on complaints made to the Metropolitan Police over its handling of the English Defence League protest in Walthamstow earlier this month. The far right organisation announced that it would hold a protest in the east London borough two days after the...
The Guardian front page yesterday reported on the increase in the BME share of the vote going to the Conservative party in the 2015 general election based on survey results by British Future. British Future surveyed 2000 voters from BME backgrounds between May 8 and 14, comparing the vote share for...
BBC News and the Brighouse Echo report on the English Defence league protest in Halifax at the weekend. The far right group announced plans to hold a protest in Halifax town centre last month. It follows a protest by the group outside Calderdale Magistrates Court earlier this year as 25 men from...
The Guardian publishes a letter from the former Culture Secretary, Sajid Javid, protesting at aspects of the counter-extremism speech delivered by Theresa May in March, ahead of the dissolution of Parliament, the bulk of which is expected to be included in the Queen’s Speech setting out the new...
The Express and Star and Birmingham Mail report on the planned protest in Dudley by a newly founded far right group, All Football Fans/Firms March Against Islamisation. The group plan on demonstrating in the town, following in the footsteps of the English Defence League and Britain First both of...
Luton News and Luton on Sunday report on plans announced by the far right group Britain First to demonstrate in Luton on 27 June, a date that falls in Ramadan this year. Jayda Fransen, the party’s failed candidate in the Rochester and Strood by election, explained the purpose of the demonstration...
The Spalding Guardian reports on the outcome of the National College of Teaching and Learning disciplinary panel hearing into allegations of anti Muslim comments by a BNP affiliated high school teacher. ‘Reverend’ Robert West faced a week long panel hearing at the end of which he was found...
In July this year, new life was breathed into the old iENGAGE system. mend was born with an even sharper focus, better message delivery, true grass roots presence and a considerably more powerful social media operation. The story of the last 6 months could take days to tell, however the...
