Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a 62-page report titled ‘No Questions Asked’ in which it says that the governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom cooperate ‘with foreign intelligence services in countries that routinely use torture.’ From the EU...
ENGAGE has written to Theresa May on the recent decision by the Home Secretary to invoke an exclusion order against Dr Zakir Naik. Read our letter here.
ENGAGE has received a reply from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Near East Group to our letter condemning the storing of the Gaza aid flotilla by Israeli commandos in international waters which killed nine humanitarian activists late last month. The response can be read here.
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.
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...
