News: Europe
Greater Manchester fire service ‘unprepared’ for terrorist attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
Virus and migrant worries spur EU to toughen border rules
(AP) The European Union on Tuesday launched a major revamp of the rules governing the movement of people and goods into and around Europe as coronavirus restrictions and fears over a “hybrid attack” from Belarus using migrants are placing increasing strains on […]
Clerics & Preachers
France targets mosque for closure after ‘unacceptable’ preaching
(AFP) France’s interior minister said on Tuesday he had launched a procedure to close a mosque for up to six months because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching. Gerald Darmanin told the Cnews TV channel he had “triggered” the process […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police ‘blamed others’ for bomb response failings
(BBC) Police “abjectly failed” to co-ordinate the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Families of those killed said Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had tried “to blame others” for its mistakes. The public inquiry into […]
Crime
Police find ‘no evidence’ of anti-Muslim slur during Oxford Street hate incident (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Ex-Danish minister convicted over 2016 asylum ruling Inger Støjberg’s policy on separating married asylum seekers ruled illegal.
(Politico) Inger Støjberg, a former Danish immigration minister and high-profile government figure during Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday after an order she issued in 2016 was ruled illegal. Støjberg had said that if a […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s punch ‘could have been red flag’
(BBC) Salman Abedi punching a female student after a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a red flag to his radicalisation, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, hit the girl […]
Health & Medicine
Asad Bhatti: Terrorism jury discharged as defendant catches Covid
(BBC) A defendant in a terrorism trial has been taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma with Covid-19, a court has heard. The trial of Asad Bhatti started at the Old Bailey last week. The 48-year-old financial analyst from Redhill, […]
Legal
This week in court: Families of terrorists follow Belgian police in search for answers
(Radio France) There was another shift in the atmosphere at the special criminal court in Paris this week. The televised evidence from anonymous Belgian police investigators came to an end, and real witnesses once again appeared at the bar. They were no […]
Crime
Channel crossings: Smugglers are using ‘death trap’ boats, agency says
(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]
Children & Teens
Belgium: Up to 70 per cent of ‘child’ migrants given age tests turn out to be adults
(Breitbart) Sammy Mahdi, Belgium’s secretary of state for asylum and migration, has stated that up to 70 per cent of “child” migrants submitted for age testing by the government turn out to be adults. Mahdi commented this week on the situation regarding […]
Legal
Paris attacks court asks relatives of dead terrorists to explain what went wrong
(Radio France) There is a problem. Now that the families of the deceased terrorists and other accused are giving evidence at the Paris attacks trial, the court is faced with the emotional dilemma of fathers, brothers, sisters who must condemn the barbarous […]
Crime
Arrested migrant trafficker on list of terror suspects
(Kathimerini) A 39-year-old Iraqi who was arrested in central Athens on Tuesday on migrant trafficking charges is on a list of Islamic terrorism suspects, state officials have confirmed to Kathimerini. Mohammed T. was arrested with an Egyptian, nicknamed “Abu George,” in an […]
Children & Teens
Somali refugee wins second case against Norway over forced adoption Mariya Abdi Ibrahim won another case at Europe’s human rights court in 2019 over the forced adoption of her son, which resulted in Norway changing some of its regulations around adoption.
(Courthouse News) Norway violated the human rights of a Muslim refugee from Somalia when authorities removed her child from her care and placed him with a Christian family, Europe’s top rights court held Friday. The European Court of Human Rights found that […]
Legal
Alleged terrorist group leader planned 2017 attack, ISIS gun trafficking, says prosecutor
(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects former Hofstadgroep member Samir A. of asking terrorist organization ISIS for explosives or weapons for an attack in the Netherlands in 2017. That became clear in the court of Rotterdam on Friday. The 35-year-old […]
Law Enforcement
German police foil terror plot in Hamburg A man with Islamist connections was arrested before he was able to carry out a planned attack. Police found material that could have been used in a potentially deadly bomb.
(Deutsche Welle) German police revealed on Friday that they prevented a planned Islamist attack in the northern city of Hamburg over the summer. Andy Grote, top security official for the city, which like the cities of Berlin and Bremen is a state […]
Legal
The Abaaoud family, collateral victims of the violence of a terrorist son
(Radio France) At the Paris terror trial, the Belgian police on Thursday finally came to the end of this phase of their evidence, leaving the bar to [family] members of the dead terrorists, and other accused who are prepared to testify. The […]
Government & Politics
Macron calls for EU emergency response system to control borders
(Reuters) The European Union needs an emergency response mechanism that a member state can trigger when the bloc’s external borders are under threat, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Migration crises along the EU’s eastern flank this autumn underlined Europe’s need […]
Legal
Dangerous Manchester man had ‘colossal’ amount of extremist propaganda on computer and phone
(ITV) A “dangerous” man who was found to have a “colossal” amount of extremist propaganda on his computer and phone has been jailed for terrorism offences. Counter-terrorism police believe the material owned by Wissam Tariq Mahmoud Ziad, which supported extremist group Daesh […]
Children & Teens
Police: We have foiled seven ‘late-stage’ terror attacks since start of pandemic (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
TV channel that referred to Hamas killer as ‘martyr’ reported to Ofcom and the police (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
BBC interviews ‘we love death’ activist on tackling Jew-hate (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Court probes the backgrounds of two minor Paris attacks players
(Radio France) Wednesday’s session of the Paris terror trial was devoted to Belgian police evidence on the backgrounds of Abdellah Chouaa and Ali Oulkadi, two of the accused who are not in police custody and who sit near, but not inside, the […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Hashem Abedi ‘more influential’ than bomber
(BBC) Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for his part in the Manchester Arena attack, was probably “more influential” than the bomber, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who is serving a life sentence, helped organise the attack his brother Salman carried out in […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania to pay migrants to return home
(AFP) Lithuania said Thursday it would offer migrants a greater cash incentive to return home, as the Baltic state struggles to repatriate thousands who crossed into the EU member from Belarus. Each migrant who voluntarily opts to go back to their country […]
Government & Politics
Flagship immigration reforms clear the Commons amid chaotic scenes (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Trial over 2016 Brussels bombings to open in October 2022
(AFP) The trial of 10 men accused of involvement in bombing attacks in Brussels that killed 32 people in 2016 will begin in October next year, a Belgian court said Wednesday. Six of the suspects, including French-Moroccan Salah Abdeslam, are already on […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Salman Abedi was immature student, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber was an “immature” student whose conduct raised concern but could not obviously be linked to extremism, an inquiry heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Law Enforcement
Abdeslam lawyer mocks Belgian police, insists on her right to criticise incompetence
(Radio France) At the special criminal court in Paris where 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the November 2015 terrorist killings, Tuesday’s hearing featured the resumption of Belgian police evidence from Brussels. The careers of two of the […]
Law Enforcement
France foils Christmas knife attack plot: sources
(AFP) France has charged two men aged 23 with terror offences after arresting them over a jihadism-inspired plot to attack crowded public spaces with knifes during the Christmas period, sources said Wednesday. France’s domestic intelligence service, the DGSI, detained the pair in […]
Crime
Smugglers who made a hefty profit from transporting migrants jailed
(Radio France) Three people smugglers were handed between one- and four-year jail terms by a court in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the north of France on Monday. According to the France [Bleu] Nord news site, the three smugglers were handed jail terms for their […]
Government & Politics
Belarus denies aggravating migrant situation at Polish border
(Reuters) Belarus on Tuesday said its security services did not aggravate the migrant situation at the border by throwing firecrackers or taking other actions as Poland claimed the previous day. The Belarus State Border Committee rejected the allegation by Polish Border Guard […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber attacked girl at college, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber attacked a female student while he was studying at a college, an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. The inquiry into the […]
Crime
Police release new images of anti-Semitic attack on Oxford Street (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
On Polish-Belarus border, migrant crossings decrease but tension remains
(Reuters) Fewer migrants are trying to cross the frontier between Poland and Belarus, but the Polish Border Guard told journalists visiting the previously off-limits border zone on Monday that it still faces provocations from Belarusian forces. Reuters was among a group of […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: No sign of Abedi’s extremism at school, teacher says
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s former head teacher has told an inquiry there was no sign of his extremism while he was at school. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Crime
Barber told woman he wanted to make her a ‘perfect Muslim wife’ and then treated her like a dog (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Asad Bhatti: Redhill financial analyst had explosives, jury told
(BBC) A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom,” the court […]
Children & Teens
Sisters repatriated to Switzerland from Syrian prison camp
(Swiss Info) The Swiss authorities have negotiated the release of two half-sisters, aged 15 and nine, from a Kurdish-controlled camp in Syria back to Switzerland. They were taken from Geneva to Syria by their mother in 2016 when she joined the Islamic […]
Law Enforcement
This week in court: Belgian TV, protests and the mystery of the absent artists
(Radio France) This was another week of televised testimony from Belgian police investigators, with five of the accused still refusing to leave their cells in protest at the fact that the witnesses from Brussels are being allowed to testify anonymously. And then […]
Children & Teens
Germany: ‘Allahu Akbar’ migrant knifeman threatened to slaughter children
(Breitbart) An Eritrean migrant has been convicted of attacking two men with a knife while also threatening to kill children in the car park of a local shopping centre in the German city of Dresden. Eritrean migrant Ismail M. approached a number […]
Children & Teens
Police treated us like criminals, say families of girls trafficked to Islamic State in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Francis hits out at EU migration divisions at start of Greek visit
(AFP) Pope Francis on Saturday blamed the EU’s nationalist divisions for a lack of coordination on migration as he began a landmark trip to Greece, aiming to improve complicated relations with the country’s Orthodox Church. Francis said that Europe was “torn by […]
Law Enforcement
The flimsy case against a man caught in a web of contradictions
(Radio France) If there is no doubt about the central part played in the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Oussama Atar, the role of his brother, Yassine, remains much less clear. On Friday, a Belgian police officer presented as much evidence […]
Books
Extract from Shoah revisionist’s hate book posted by Islamophobia adviser (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings: UK offer to patrol French beaches ‘still on table’
(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or […]
Government & Politics
Immigration hardliner Nehammer to take over as Austrian leader
(Reuters) Austria’s ruling conservatives on Friday picked the current interior minister, an immigration hardliner, to lead them and the nation after a wave of resignations by senior officials set off by their fallen star Sebastian Kurz. Karl Nehammer, 49, succeeds Kurz as […]
Immigration
Many more Afghans seek EU asylum after Taliban takeover Citizens of Afghanistan were by far the biggest group of people applying for asylum in the EU, Switzerland and Norway in September 2021.
(Deutsche Welle) Over 17,000 Afghans filed asylum claims in the European Union, Switzerland and Norway in September of 2021, compared to around 10,000 in August, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said on Friday. This represents a 72% increase compared to August, […]
Law Enforcement
Alleged jihadist detained in seaside town of Cambrils Prisoner was frequently in contact with active terrorists and sought new followers
(Catalan News) Spanish police detained an alleged jihadist in the seaside town of Cambrils, in southern Catalonia, on Wednesday, as was announced this Friday. He had purportedly been trying to entice new followers using social media. According to authorities, he was in […]
Clothing
Google profited from sale of T-shirts glorifying Hamas — days after UK banned terror group (LINK ONLY)
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