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...
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...
Switzerland has become the 8th European country to outlaw the wearing of the burqa and niqab in all public spaces after 51% of Swiss citizens voted in favour of the initiative led by the right-wing Egerkingen Committee. Given the fact that less than 40 women wear the full-face veil, the referendum...
Recent events in Scotland have highlighted the progression in combating racial and religious inequality. However, is Scotland undermining its own progress? Despite such advancements, concerns remain around the growing threat of Islamophobia, and the lack of diversity within Scottish political...
On Monday 22 March 2021, during a year 9 Religious Studies class, the topic of ‘Blasphemy’ was taught by a teacher at Batley Grammar School. Parents have stated that the RS teacher displayed a caricature of Prophet Mohammad ﷺ illustrated by French publication, Charlie Hebdo. The...
This week saw the second anniversary of the Christchurch attack in which a gunman motivated by far-right and Islamophobic conspiracies massacred 51 Muslim women, men and children across two different mosques amidst Friday prayers. While this tragic incident may now be in the past, the dangerous and...
Amidst reports of heinous abuses being committed against Uyghur Muslims in China, Parliament currently has an opportunity to say “never again” and take decisive action against countries committing genocide. On the 22nd March, Parliament will be voting on the Lord’s Genocide Amendment to the...
Racial and Religious Equality Commit to adopting the definition of Islamophobia produced by the APPG for British Muslims: “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”, and apply this definition in conjunction with the...
Crime and Policing Commit to an independent root and branch review into structural racism and Islamophobia within the Greater Manchester Police, including the application of policies such as stop and search against Muslim and BAME communities. Commit to developing mandatory unconscious bias...
