ENGAGE has received a reply from the Department for Education, Redbridge Local Authority and from the Chair of Governors for King Solomon High School (Redbridge) on the matter of state-funded Jewish schools promoting Zionism within their ethos. The response can be read here.
Philip Hollobone (pictured), Conservative MP for Kettering, who has previously compared niqab and burqa wearers to ‘the religious equivalent of going around with a paper bag over your head’ is to reportedly ask parliament to restrict the use of burqa in the UK. Northamptonshire...
Home Secretary Theresa May has extended 28-day detention without trial for terrorism suspects for the next six months, adding that the coalition government would review the limit as part of a review of counter-terrorism legislation. The review into 28-day pre-charge will look into evidence...
The Council of Europe has passed a resolution that says there ‘should be no general prohibition on wearing the burqa and the niqab or other religious clothing.’ MPs from forty-seven countries voted unanimously that a general ban on veils would deny women ‘who genuinely and...
The Guardian reports that Rangzieb Ahmed, a man from Manchester whose fingernails were ripped out during detention in Pakistan allegedly with the knowledge of UK security service personnel, is to appeal against his conviction for terrorism offences. The MI5 has previously been accused of...
ENGAGE has written to David Miliband MP about an article he wrote for the Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) titled ‘Working for Peace in the Middle East.’ Read the letter here.
The government’s consultation on the use of body scanners at UK airports closed yesterday (see the ENGAGE submission here) and the EU Observer today carries news of the privacy weaknesses in the use of security scanners in Europe compared to the US. Mary Ellen Callahan, head of privacy and...
ENGAGE has provided a comprehensive consultation response on the use of advanced imaging technology (security scanners) in an aviation security environment. The Department for Transport has had an open consultation on the current code of practice, with the deadline for submissions ending on 21...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has warned that in many of the Council of Europe’s forty-seven member states, ‘Muslims feel socially excluded, stigmatised and discriminated against; they become victims of stereotypes, social marginalisation and political...
ENGAGE has sent out a parliamentary briefing on ‘The Gaza blockade, Israel and the storming of the Mavi Marmara and Gaza aid flotilla’ to all MPs this month. The briefing follows an Emergency Cross Party Meeting regarding the freedom flotilla on the 2nd of June 2010 organised by...
