** 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 Sunderland Echo covers the trial of six men who pleaded guilty to offences relating to an anti-mosque protest in Sunderland last October. Police charged 13 men with public order and racial harassment charges earlier this month. The local paper reports: “Stephen George Brown admitted a public...
Local paper, the Rotherham Advertiser, reports on the arrest of two members of the British National Party at an anti-mosque protest in the town over the weekend. The paper reports: “About 40 [people] turned out for the far-right party near the B&Q roundabout to protest plans for a replacement...
The Independent on Saturday published a feature article interviewing the parents of Mohamed Sakr, a British-Egyptian citizen who was stripped of his British citizenship and subsequently killed in a drone attack in Somalia last February. The paper earlier published the findings of a Bureau of...
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Independent on Sunday published a comment piece by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, on the ‘four vital tests’ that have to be met before we again embark on intervention in another state’s affairs. The Deputy PM writes: “The...
The Sun newspaper reports on another attempt by the Scottish Defence League to exploit a tragic incident to further racial divisions in Glasgow. The paper reports that the SDL and National Front planned to lay a wreath in commemoration of the murder of teenager Kriss Donald, who was...
Local paper, the Skegness Standard, reports on the work of an anti-fascist, animal rights group which has spoken out against the BNP’s exploitation of the animal rights agenda to further their anti-Muslim politics. The East Midlands Anti-Fascists (EMAF) issued a statement ahead of a planned BNP...
The Daily Mail, Independent, Guardian, Metro, The Sun and BBC News all cover the discovery of pork DNA in ‘halal’ chicken sausages supplied to a primary school in west London. Tests conducted on school meals following the horsemeat scandal found that the presence of pork DNA in chicken sausages...
The Independent today covers the speech delivered by Security Minister, James Brokenshire MP, yesterday at the launch of the report, ‘A Neo-Nationalist Network: The English Defence League and Europe’s Counter-Jihad Movement’. Speaking about the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy,...
Chris Blackhurst, the editor of The Independent, writes a column in the paper today explaining why he, along with the editors of the Guardian, and Financial Times, Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber respectively, have broken ranks with other editors to push for statutory underpinning to press...
Local paper, the Tameside Reporter, reports on a point of consideration raised in Parliament by the MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, following an English Defence League demonstration last month, asking whether such protests, which cause disruption, require significant policing resources, and which...
