** 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 Weston Mercury reports on disturbing accounts of revenge attacks on a taxi company in Weston and Somerset after rumours began circulating of taxi drivers asking passengers to ‘remove poppies’. Apple Central Taxis, owned by businessman Iftikhar Ul-Haq, has been confronted with rumours...
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The Daily Express reports on a letter jointly issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, and the Community Security Trust to Leaders of Local Authorities concerning “Offensive and detrimental material”. The letter is prompted, it makes clear, by the...
The Star on Sunday draws attention to Neo-Nazi activists organising secret hate camps allegedly in preparation for a race war. The paper notes fears that the camps are being used to prepare for a wave of anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic attacks noting that anti-terror police are monitoring the Sigurd...
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The Huffington Post relays the story of a former member of far right group and political party, Britain First, who has denounced the group’s anti-Muslim behaviour and started on a new journey of bridge-building. Matthew Lester, 25, joined the group six months ago but has since grown disillusioned...
The British Youth Council launched a report yesterday urging a lowering in the voting age to 16. The report is the product of an inquiry, led by the Youth Select Committee. Members of the British Youth Council (BYC) identified the issue of lowering the voting age as a priority at the annual BYC...
The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Sky News all report on the Prime Minister David Cameron’s stated desire “to hear that title ‘Prime Minister’ followed by a British Asian name.” The PM was speaking during the GG2 Leadership Awards ceremony, which shortlists...
Professor Roy Greenslade in the Guardian’s Media blog draws attention to the emperor’s new clothes in the press industry’s answer to Lord Leveson’s recommendations for a beefed up regulator. In a blog exploring the similarities between the former Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and the...
The Star and Sheffield Telegraph report on the English Defence League’s plans to hold yet another protest in Rotherham and Leeds this weekend in the wake of the report into the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal. The EDL announced a ‘split demo’ starting in Leeds and moving on to Rotherham on...
