With the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections coming up on Thursday 6th May, we spoke to Simon Lepori, Lib Dem candidate for GM Mayor, about his priorities and plans should he be elected. During our conversation, expertly hosted by Sanaa, one of our Manchester volunteers, Simon discussed his...
Following MEND’s action alert, which prompted hundreds of complaints to the BBC about its biased and inaccurate portrayal of Israeli violence in Palestine, generic BBC responses to these complaints have overwhelmingly failed to address any of the concerns raised, instead providing only...
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Charlie Hebdo cartoon being used in a year 9 religious studies class at Batley Grammar School has concluded that the materials should not have been used and that the sensitivities of the children should have been taken into account. At the...
MEND has called upon the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to formally take action in investigating Islamophobia in the Conservative Party following the publication of the Singh Investigation Report. Despite initially supporting the Singh Investigation and submitting evidence of...
Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), the UK’s largest grass-roots Muslim advocacy organisation, has called upon the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to formally take action in investigating Islamophobia in the Conservative Party following the publication of the Singh Investigation...
On the 25th of March 2020 – exactly a year ago today – George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight by the then police officer, Derek Chauvin. To some, Floyd was just the latest victim to the structural racism that has pervaded every socio-political structure to the detriment of all minority...
The controversial Conservative MP Michael Fabricant recently came under fire for describing pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashing with police as “primitives” in a tweet on 16 May, which was later deleted. Whilst much criticism of Fabricant emanated from social media, there has been silence...
While the ceasefire in occupied Palestine is welcome, today’s attack on Masjid Al-Aqsa reiterates Israel’s continued breaches of international law and human rights violations against the Palestinian people. This includes: Forced erasure of Palestinian communities; Depriving Palestinians of...
Whilst the Black Lives Matters movement over the last year has reinvigorated efforts to dismantling structures of oppression, effective systematic change within educational spaces remains pending. Within universities, the persistent absence of BAME academics from curricula and reading lists, have...
Leading UK civil society groups have united to challenge plans to block those without ID from voting, in a landmark joint statement. Groups including Stonewall, Liberty, ERS, Operation Black Vote, NUS, Silver Voices and more say the government’s proposals for mandatory voter ID are a...
