** 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,...
In the latest of a history of racist and inappropriate comments, Boris Johnson MP has once again attracted controversy, having compared Muslim women who choose to wear the Burka to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”. In his article in The Telegraph, Johnson rightfully criticises Denmark’s...
In September 2017, in the aftermath of the atrocities at Manchester Arena and a subsequent 500% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham established the Greater Manchester Tackling Hateful Extremism and Promoting Social Cohesion Commission. On 30th July...
On August 1st 2018 IPSO announced a new “compulsory” element to its arbitration scheme. This is the third version of the scheme which still fails to meet the Leveson Report’s requirements on arbitration and has not been used by a single claimant. Commenting, Hacked Off Director Dr Evan Harris...
Last week, we reported that Steve Bannon, founder of Breitbart News and former advisor to Donald Trump, had explicitly expressed support for the “Free Tommy Robinson” campaign, a movement of right-wing activists who are demanding the release of the English Defence League founder from prison....
A new YouGov Poll shows that Britons are slowly tilting towards the far ends of the political spectrum amid discontent with Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit deal. With chaos ensuing just forty-eight hours after the Chequers summit – which saw May’s cabinet lose David Davies,...
A prominent American organisation has spent a five-figure sum to pay for Tommy Robinson’s court defence, The Guardian reports. The Middle East Forum, a neoconservative think tank headed by Daniel Pipes, has taken it upon itself to fuel the fire of the ‘Free Tommy Robinson’ campaign, which has...
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author, has come under strong criticism from the Twitter community for posting content largely perceived as Islamophobic. Mr Dawkins, 77, posted a photo of himself sitting near Winchester Cathedral, with the following caption: “Listening to the lovely...
The Edinburgh News reports on how a Nazi sympathiser and avid Islamophobe has been found guilty of terrorism after a house raid found a “bomb in construction”. Peter Morgan, 35, resident of Taylor Place, Edinburgh, was found guilty by Edinburgh High Court of two offences under the Terrorism Act...
The United Nation (UN)’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, Professor Joseph Cannataci, has added his voice to the chorus of UN representatives raising concerns over PREVENT, recommending that the UK Government quickly investigates the impact of the counter-terrorism strategy. The...
The UK is bracing itself for one of the most controversial visits by a head of state in recent times. Mr Trump, the 12th US President to make the trip, arrived yesterday, Thursday 12th, for a two day-visit to England, before setting off for a weekend of golfing in Scotland. Friday’s agenda...
