Britain’s foreign secretary, William Hague, is currently in Afghanistan to attend the Kabul International Conference, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. William Hague will be joined by ‘representatives from around 70 partner countries, international and regional...
The far-right Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, has said he is forming an international ‘freedom alliance’ to spread his message to Britain in a bid to ban immigration from Muslim countries. From the Guardian: ‘Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom party, told the Associated...
A shopping centre in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has installed new ‘squat’ toilets for customers after bosses reportedly went on a cultural diversity training course. Two of Rochdale’s Exchange shopping centre’s fourteen toilets have been converted into nile pans.
Former Guantanamo Bay detainees can proceed with lawsuits in which they accuse Britain of complicity in torture overseas, according to a High Court ruling yesterday. The government had attempted to ask the judge to direct the six men to halt their lawsuits and instead enter into talks to reach...
It has emerged that the government’s £60m Prevent programme is to ‘be dismantled after a widespread loss of confidence in it within Muslim communities.’ From the Guardian: ‘While the tabloids complained that the [Prevent] programme was funnelling millions of pounds to...
The government ‘plotted to send UK citizens to Guantanamo’ Bay, reports the Guardian. Previously classified documents disclosed in the High Court and handed to lawyers representing six men, who allege that Britain was complicit in their detention, show that Foreign Office officials...
On the eve of Bastille Day marking the French republic’s secular narrative, French MPs voted 335 to one in favour of a law outlawing the burka and niqab from French streets. The vote, which must be backed by the Senate in September before coming into effect, means France is the second...
Schools in Stoke-on-Trent have been issued with guidance on Ramadan with the overriding consideration that ‘children do not feel disadvantaged in school activities because of their religious activities.’ The guidance, produced by Stoke-on-Trent City’s Standing Advisory Council...
ENGAGE has received a response from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Near East Group to a letter sent last month to the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, on his comment piece in the Times ‘The clock is ticking. Iran must come to the table’ (11 June 2010) and his defence in...
The Jewish Chronicle reports that ‘communal organisations‘ are lobbying the government to ‘change‘ the law on universal jurisdiction to ‘prevent the arrest of visiting Israelis.’ From the JC: ‘Jeremy Newmark, Jewish Leadership Council chief executive...
