(Middle East Eye) A UK-based Muslim charity has called on the Charity Commission to end its statutory inquiry into the organisation after police confirmed that funds confiscated from it last year were donations and perfectly legitimate.
The money was seized by UK Border Police at Heathrow Airport on 9 July 2019 from Human Aid UK’s workers while they were en route to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Human Aid UK had repeatedly asserted that the donations were lawful and for charitable purposes and should never have been taken.
Nur Choudhury, the [organisation’s] chair, said: “Human Aid UK has worked hard to pursue the funds entrusted to it and we are pleased to have finally retrieved the donations after 10 months.
“We can now take steps to make sure the funds reach the besieged people of Gaza.”
