Government & Politics

UN official withdraws from Montreal conference featuring Canadian leader of Samidoun terror group An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference has removed Albanese's name as the keynote speaker on Saturday evening

(National Post) United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has withdrawn from a Montreal conference featuring Charlotte Kates, the founder of Samidoun, a designated terror group. An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” […]

Legal

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife tells court it was a ‘foolish idea’ to have someone with his ‘skillset’ in prison Khalife, 23, is giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court, where he denies all of the charges against him.

(Sky News) A former soldier has told a jury his escape from Wandsworth prison to avoid being held with sex offenders and terrorists showed his “skillset.” Daniel Khalife, 23, who was being held accused of passing secrets to Iran, said he was […]

Demonstrations

When does free speech cross the line into breaking U.S. anti-terrorism laws? Former federal officials say the FBI should open a criminal investigation into a New Jersey native who leads a pro-Hamas nonprofit group. Civil rights advocates say she’s engaged in political speech.

(NBC) Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Over the last […]

Legal

Victims of 2016 terrorist attack disappointed by final hearing The judgment on the compensation of the victims of the 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels and Zaventem came to a close in a five-minute hearing yesterday.

(VRT) The hearing yesterday to deliver the final judgment on the compensation of the victims of the 2016 terrorist attack in Belgium came to an end almost as soon as it had begun. The court chose not to read the 600-page report […]