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(BBC) Jurors have been shown CCTV footage said to show the moment two inmates attempted to kill a prison officer. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, deny trying to kill Neil Trundle in a “terror attack” at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
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(BBC) A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales. An independent review found “gaps” in the powers used to check up on such offenders. And it […]
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(AAP) A former Qantas cabin cleaner jailed for producing a do-it-yourself terrorism manual will be subject to an interim control order when his 12-year sentence expires within days. Belal Saadallah Khazaal, then 39, was in 2008 found guilty in the NSW Supreme […]
(NCA NewsWire) Australia’s first convicted terrorist has disavowed his previously deeply held extremist views and admits he misunderstood his religion as he appeals against a decision to deny him parole. Faheem Khalid Lodhi confessed to breaking an “unspoken agreement” with the community […]
(Global News) Convicted al-Qaeda supporter Kevin Omar Mohamed was arrested by Toronto counter-terrorism police on Sunday for the second time since his release from prison last year. Mohamed, 27, was to appear in court Monday to face a terrorism peace bond following […]
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(Journal Sentinel) The Waukesha County Jail has made religious texts more accessible, and contracted a new food service to meet constitutional standards that protect religious freedom, following a Muslim inmate’s report of religious discrimination, said an attorney with the American Civil Liberties […]
(Global News) A terrorism offender released from prison last year despite concerns he remained a “high risk to public safety” has been arrested again for allegedly breaching his probation. RCMP counter-terrorism officers took Kevin Omar Mohamed back into custody at a job […]
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(BBC) Two men have denied the attempted murder of a prison officer at a high-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Hockton, 26, pleaded not guilty via video-link at the Old Bailey. They are accused of donning fake suicide vests and using […]
(BBC) An attempt by terrorism offender Mohammed Zahir Khan to overturn a ban on early release from prison has been thrown out by the High Court. Two judges said Parliament had been right to end automatic release halfway through a sentence. The […]
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most notorious terrorist prisoners could be held in detention even after he finishes his prison sentence later this year. The ABC has been told that Abdul Nacer Benbrika, jailed in 2008 for being a leader of a terror […]
(Global News) A woman imprisoned for an ISIS-inspired attack at a Toronto Canadian Tire store has threatened to conduct another terrorist attack once she is released from prison, documents obtained by Global News show. “If you release me from jail, I will […]
(EU Today) A new report, published by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR), reveals that of the more than 1,400 individuals held on terrorism-related charges across 10 European countries, 82% are “jihadists.” There are currently more people in jail […]
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(National-UAE) European governments are being warned of the “urgent” need to adopt a uniform plan for the repatriation of ISIS fighters as thousands are set to return and be released from prisons. Two reports focusing on the threat posed by extremists in […]
(Breitbart) A study released by the French Centre for Terrorism Analysis (CAT) has revealed that 60 per cent of Islamic radicals who left France to fight abroad between 1986 to 2006 have gone on to commit terrorist offences. The study looked at French […]
(National-UAE) The British government is still trying to get on top of the threat posed by so-called lone-wolf terror attacks and extremists in prison, it has conceded. Responding to questions in parliament on Tuesday, justice minister Lucy Frazer said the government had […]
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(JTA) An Islamic civil liberties and advocacy organization will represent a man who has been denied kosher food in a Michigan jail. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said in a statement issued Monday that it would […]
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(Brussels Times) Pressure from terrorists and radicals in Belgian prisons is gradually decreasing, according to a report on the fight against radicalisation in Belgian prisons written by Egmont Institute researcher Thomas Renard. At the end of May, there were 165 inmates linked […]
(NBC) A Muslim woman arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in Miami was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo, which a Muslim civil rights advocate called a “severe violation of religious freedoms.” It also prompted supporters to start […]
(Global News) Alleged ISIS recruiter Awso Peshdary has become the “don” of his Ottawa jail and was behind the assault of another inmate, according to allegations contained in court records obtained by Global News. The allegations surfaced in court after Peshdary, arrested […]
(Brussels Times) Zuhal Demir (N-VA), Flemish minister for justice and law enforcement, has called a halt to a programme set up with the region’s imams aimed at prisoners who have become radicalised while in prison. The programme — Theological Approach to Islamic […]
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(WPRI) A Warwick man who was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for conspiring to support ISIS and conspiring to commit an act of terrorism is asking for compassionate release. Nicholas Rovinski, now 29, plotted to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller back […]
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(BBC) Court orders restricting the movements of suspected terrorists could be renewed indefinitely under new legislation unveiled by the government. The bill would lower the standard of proof to impose the orders, known as TPims, and remove the current two-year limit that […]
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(National-UAE) The threat from ISIS will be greater after the release of 1,000 of its returned fighters from European prisons over the course of 2020, chief analyst at the UN told the National. Efforts to reform Europeans from the ISIS battlefields through […]
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(Detroit News) An Ypsilanti man arrested by the FBI’s counterterrorism team wants out of federal prison during the COVID-19 pandemic despite being caught with an escape kit and scrawling a message of support for the Islamic State in his cell, according to prosecutors. […]
(Middle East Eye) A number of Muslim prisoners in Virginia have been denied the right to fast during the holy month of Ramadan because prison management received “too many” requests, three rights groups said. Muslim Advocates, the Islamic Circle of North America’s […]
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(Religion News) A coalition of 20 faith groups is pressing prison officials across the country to accommodate all prisoners’ religious needs during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, particularly with Ramadan around the corner. “Prisons remain under an obligation to accommodate religious […]
(USA Today) Federal prison officials failed to monitor communications involving at least 28 prisoners linked to domestic and international terrorism, an internal Justice Department investigation concluded. The Federal Bureau of Prisons requires the communications of all high-risk inmates be tracked, but the […]
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(BBC) The Prison Officers’ Association has called for a “fundamental review” of the UK’s de-radicalisation programmes. Dave Merritt, father of London Bridge attack victim Jack Merritt, told BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 that “something was going wrong” with the current system. […]
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(BBC) Two inmates accused of donning fake suicide vests and attacking a prison officer have appeared in court. HMP Whitemoor prisoners Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Macaulay Hockton, 26, are accused of attempted murder and assault. An officer at the high-security jail […]
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(Global News) At Suliman Mohamed’s 2016 sentencing for trying to join ISIS, the Ottawa judge presiding over his case did not hold back, scolding those aligned with the terrorist group for “embracing the devil.” Mohamed got seven years. But three years later, […]
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