** 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,...
BBC News, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph all reported last week on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community report on unemployment amongst ethnic minority women. The report, which looks specifically at women of Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage, follows a five-month...
The Nottingham Post reports on the arrest of a thirteen year old boy in connection with five racist attacks in Bingham, including an incident where a cross wrapped in ham was left outside the home of a Muslim family last month. The family has now been the target of another hate attack with the...
1. Assaults or attacks on persons of Muslim Background Woman jailed over racist assault in Glasgow play park, BBC News, 31st December 2012 EDL supporters plead guilty to racist offences following protest, Islamophobia Watch, 10th December 2012 Thug, 34, admits punching 16-year-old girl unconscious...
BBC News, the Guardian, Daily Mail and Daily Express have all reported on the findings of a report on Children and Young People in Custody, published jointly by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Youth Justice Board. The findings are based on a survey of 926 young men and 25 young women in...
The Guardian has published details of a memo sent to national newspaper editors following their meeting last week to draft industry proposals on Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations regarding press reform. Whilst it has been reported that editors have backed the majority of the recommendations,...
The Guardian and Daily Telegraph have both reported on the killing of four teenage boys in a village in Afghanistan during an operation allegedly led by British forces. Lawyers working for the victims’ families have written to the Ministry of Defence calling for an investigation into the...
Geoffrey Bindman QC, barrister and chair of the British Institute of Human Rights, writes a comment piece for OpenDemocracy in which he sets out the numerous reasons why Britain’s extradition laws are in need of reform. He addresses, amongst other things, the US’s advantage under the extant law...
There is widespread media coverage today – see BBC News, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express and The Independent – on Newham Council’s decision to reject the planning application for the Riverine Centre, what some in the media have dubbed the ‘mega-mosque’....
The Times (£) has reported on a session held in Parliament by the Home Affairs Select Committee on Localised Child Grooming, in which a reporter at The Times, Andrew Norfolk, accused the police, CPS and social services of being afraid of ‘treading into this cultural minefield’ and...
A public consultation on the government’s controversial Schedule 7 stop and search powers which are used at British ports, airports and other borders, closes tomorrow. As you may be aware, Schedule 7 powers have had a disproportionate impact on the Muslim community and this opportunity to raise...
