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Government & Politics

UK counterterrorism report slammed for conclusions based on ‘half-dozen cases’

February 12, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(Arab News) A controversial review into the UK’s counterterrorism strategy has been slammed due to its author only witnessing half a dozen meetings of its deradicalization program, the Observer reported on Sunday. William Shawcross, who was appointed to review the British government’s […]

Government & Politics

Top counter-terror chiefs and victims’ families warn lives at risk if ‘Martyn’s Law’ delayed

November 20, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ITV) Lives are at risk because ministers are dragging their feet with a law requiring venues to improve their security, counter-terror chiefs and victims’ families have warned. Britain’s former top counter-terror officer Neil Basu joined Figen Murray, whose son died in the […]

Academics & Education

Manchester Arena inquiry: No sign of Abedi’s extremism at school, teacher says

December 6, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(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. […]

Health & Medicine

Police fear terror threats flying below radar as reports to extremism scheme fall by a fifth (LINK ONLY)

November 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

First phase of new state-of-the-art counter-terror centre opens in London (LINK ONLY)

June 28, 2021 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Senior counter-terror officer apologises to families of Usman Khan’s victims (LINK ONLY)

May 28, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

France, Britain fearful of resurgent jihadist threat after lockdown

May 11, 2021 Jamie Dettmer  

(VOA) Nearly 200 jihadists imprisoned in France are due to be released over the next two years and French security officials are pressing French lawmakers to approve fresh antiterrorist measures to impose enhanced restrictions on those freed and to give police new […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Hundreds of Islamic groups boycott Prevent review over choice of chair (LINK ONLY)

March 17, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

UK’s anti-terror chief fears rights group boycott threatens Prevent review (LINK ONLY)

February 21, 2021 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Manchester Arena attack ‘like being punched in face’

February 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Investigating terror attacks like the Manchester bombing can feel like being “repeatedly punched in the face,” a counter-terrorism officer has said. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu was the UK’s senior national co-ordinator for counter-terrorism at the time of the 2017 atrocity, which […]

Law Enforcement

Shamima Begum must be treated as a threat, anti-terror commander Neil Basu says (LINK ONLY)

December 15, 2020 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

London warned to be on alert for Christmas terror attack as probes into extremist plotting [reach] record high (LINK ONLY)

December 11, 2020 EoI News  

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Children & Teens

Islamist referrals to counter-extremism scheme rise for first time since 2016 (LINK ONLY)

November 26, 2020 EoI News  

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Internet

DIY bomb video watched by Manchester Arena terrorists still online (LINK ONLY)

September 28, 2020 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Police may drop ‘Islamist’ term when describing terror attacks (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2020 EoI News  

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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Salford Tory councillors accused of racism for not accepting Islamophobia definition over ‘counter-terrorism concerns’ (LINK ONLY)

July 15, 2020 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Libyan held over Reading multiple stabbing ‘known to security services’ (LINK ONLY)

June 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Health & Medicine

Fears of rise in UK terrorist recruits as anti-radicalisation referrals collapse (LINK ONLY)

April 22, 2020 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Junior police ‘must make split-second decisions on terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)

February 9, 2020 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Met Police’s Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu admits: We can’t trail all terror suspects because there’s too many (LINK ONLY)

February 5, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: ‘I won’t apologise for trying to stop new terror attack’ (LINK ONLY)

January 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Deradicalization

Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows

January 21, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Terror offenders will face more time in jail and be monitored more closely as part of new laws being introduced within weeks, the government has said. Automatic early release from prison will be scrapped for terror offenders while a minimum jail […]

Clerics & Preachers

Usman Khan: Knifeman was friend of hate preacher Anjem Choudary (LINK ONLY)

November 30, 2019 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

London Bridge: Attacker had been convicted of terror offence

November 29, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) The man who carried out the stab attack at London Bridge on Friday, named by police as Usman Khan, had previously been jailed for terrorism offences. Khan, 28, was wearing a GPS police tag and was out of prison on licence […]

Law Enforcement

London Bridge: Two killed in stabbing attack

November 29, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Two members of the public have died and another three people were injured in a stabbing attack at London Bridge, the Met Police’s commissioner has said. Cressida Dick told a press conference the stabbing attack, which has been declared a terrorist […]

Law Enforcement

British police have foiled 24 terror plots since ISIS-inspired Westminster attack in March 2017, Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick says (LINK ONLY)

October 22, 2019 EoI News  

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Internet

Facebook taps London police to track terror livestreams

September 17, 2019 Glenn Chapman  

(AFP) Facebook on Tuesday teamed up with the London police as part of a ramped-up effort to thwart live-streams of terror attacks such as the New Zealand mosque massacre. A self-professed white supremacist used a head-mounted camera in March to broadcast live […]

Law Enforcement

Police raids find huge arms cache linked to Islamic terror group (LINK ONLY)

September 8, 2019 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Brexit: No deal would harm UK security, senior officer warns (LINK ONLY)

August 7, 2019 EoI News  

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Law Enforcement

Counter-terror chief says policing alone cannot beat extremism (LINK ONLY)

August 6, 2019 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

London Bridge attack: Victims’ families criticise authorities for clearing MI5 and police (LINK ONLY)

June 28, 2019 EoI News  

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News: Europe

London Bridge inquest: Coroner criticises Butt family’s evidence (LINK ONLY)

June 28, 2019 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Security orders for ex‑jihadists are ‘so expensive that many roam free’ (LINK ONLY)

February 21, 2019 EoI News  

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News: Europe

UK’s ‘most dangerous extremist group’ regenerating after terrorist prisoners released (LINK ONLY)

February 15, 2019 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Prevent strategy on radicalisation faces independent review (LINK ONLY)

January 22, 2019 EoI News  

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