Amnesty International has released its report on the state of human rights across the globe in 2010. The report contains disturbing inadequacies in human rights protection in Europe. The report states: ‘Member states of the EU continued to block a new regional directive on...
Douglas Carswell MP for Clacton has a question tabled at Prime Minister’s Questions next week. It will be the first question ever asked to David Cameron in his capacity as Prime Minister.
Ofcom has upheld a complaint of unfair treatment made by Islam Channel relating to BBC Radio 5’s breakfast programme in September 2009 which included a discussion on whether ‘Britain’s foreign policy was likely to lead to terror attacks in the future.’ According to...
It emerged today that the English Defence League (EDL) are discussing the prospect of holding a demonstration in Walsall next month. The location of their protest remains unclear, though some reports indicate it may be outside a mosque. This week, the EDL was featured in a BBC Three programme,...
In an exclusive interview with Islam Channel on Friday 21 May 2010, Secretary of State for Security Baroness Neville-Jones signaled radical proposals for a shake up of Anti-terror laws and a complete review of the controversial Prevent programme. Baroness Neville-Jones said the government...
Details have emerged today of the coalition deal struck between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in what has been described as a ‘historic document in British politics.’ Speaking at the unveiling of their coalition policy programme, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg,...
ENGAGE has written to Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, about voluntary-aided faith schools and the active promotion of a political ideology within their ethos. Read the ENGAGE letter here.
Yesterday’s decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) that two Pakistani students allegedly involved in an al-Qaeda plot cannot be deported to their home country, Pakistan, has ignited a debate on human rights and civil liberties. The Home Office circulated a...
Two Pakistani students who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids, but later released without charge, have today won their appeals against deportation. Abid Naseer and Ahmed Faraz Khan, both 23, were among 11 men who were arrested in April last year as part of Operation Pathway on...
A woman has today appeared in court accused of attempting to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms in east London. Twenty-one year old Roshanara Choudhary of East Ham is accused of stabbing Mr Timms at one of his surgeries last Friday. When the story first broke on Friday, there was no mention in...
