Government & Politics

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

UK’s charity regulator urged to investigate Policy Exchange over ‘anti-Muslim agenda’ Complaint to Charity Commission accuses think tank of Islamophobia over report in which David Cameron said Muslim critics of Prevent were 'enabling terrorism'

May 11, 2022   

(Middle East Eye) The UK’s charities regulator is being urged to investigate the Policy Exchange think tank for alleged racism and Islamophobia, over a report in which it accused Muslim critics of the government’s Prevent strategy of “enabling terrorism.” In a letter […]

Government & Politics

Conservative senator demands to know why man linked to terrorist group is allowed to live in Canada 'The Trudeau government has a lot to answer for as their pledge to fight antisemitism appears to be nothing more than cynical politics'

May 4, 2022   

(National Post) A Conservative senator grilled the governing Liberals Tuesday about why a man the Israelis say is a “high-ranking member” of a designated terrorist organization has been allowed to live in Vancouver. Last week, the National Post’s Terry Glavin wrote about […]

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Intelligence agency needs to keep a closer watch on extremism in prisons, report says Authors of internal review call out ‘lack of coverage’ of people convicted of terrorism

April 29, 2022   

(CBC) Canada’s spies could be doing a better job of investigating extremism in the prison system, says an internal report. The document, obtained through an access to information request, emerged from a behind-the-scenes review of how the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the […]

Government & Politics

French government calls UK advocacy group Cage ‘Islamist militants’ Anti-radicalisation body accuses organisation of supporting terrorists and seeking to smear France

April 28, 2022   

(National-UAE) UK advocacy group Cage, which has a focus on Muslim detainees, has been labelled “Islamist militants” by the French government’s anti-radicalisation body. The Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalisation has published nine tweets accusing Cage, founded by former […]

Government & Politics

Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year ordeal of detention and torture Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian who lived briefly in Montreal, was haunted by a phone call asking for 'tea and sugar,' which interrogators claimed was code.

April 23, 2022   

(Toronto Star) A former Guantanamo detainee, whose story of detention and torture was featured in a best-selling memoir and Hollywood film, is going to court to try to force the Canadian government to reveal its role in his ordeal. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, […]