** 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 Daily Mail has published a feature article which looks at the frightening ascent of the neo-Nazi far-right in Greece whose best known face is Golden Dawn. The party, whose racism and xenophobia is explicit and outspoken has seen a staggering rise in popularity in recent months. From the Daily...
The Law Society Gazette has published an interview with Labour MP for Tooting and Shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan. In the interview, Khan muses on the role of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Act; the Government’s proposals for ‘secret courts’, and his identity as...
The Independent today takes a brief look at some of the candidates running for the post of Police and Crime Commissioner in police constabularies across the UK, ahead of the release of the final list of candidates tomorrow. From the Independent: “A group of fading politicians, a clutch of...
The Daily Telegraph and the Times (£) have reported on warnings from the Independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, that the US is deeply concerned by the future of intelligence sharing between the two countries in light of the public disclosure of US intelligence which...
The Leicester Mercury has reported on the sentencing of a man who waved a knife and hurled abuse at worshippers outside a London mosque. The judge handing down the sentence said it was ‘remarkable’ that the Crown Prosecution Service did not prosecute the crime as racially aggravated given that...
The Guardian and the Independent today both report on the resignation of Andrew Brons MEP from the British National Party. Brons is one of the two BNP members elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections. From the Guardian: “Divisions that may spell the end of the far right British...
Last week’s Spectator cover story explored the subject of female conversions to Islam particularly among Christian women. Entitled, ‘Till faith do us part’ Spectator columnist Melissa Kite argued that ‘more and more Christian women are converting to marry’, and questioned the ‘wisdom’...
There is some coverage in the papers today (Guardian, Daily Telegraph) on the report published by the Foreign Affairs select committee on the FCO’s Human Rights and Democracy Report 2011. The report assesses the FCO’s record on human rights and democracy promotion. From the key conclusions, by...
Electronic Intifada draws attention to an upcoming session in the European Parliament in which approval will be sought for the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA). The ACAA would “remove barriers to trade in pharmaceutical and industrial products...
Shadow Justice Minister Sadiq Khan MP tweeted yesterday that he has written to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, seeking an explanation for the inconsistency in the Government’s handling of the extradition cases of Gary MacKinnon, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan. May yesterday announced that the...
