Legal
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother ‘just as guilty,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Government & Politics
Streatham attack: Will terror sentence changes stop offences?
(BBC) The government wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, following two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months. But what legal challenges could ministers face and how effective might the changes be? There […]
Government & Politics
UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Slight decrease in the number of Islamist attacks in Europe in 2019
(Brussels Times) The number of Islamist attacks in Europe slightly decreased in 2019, according to a report delivered by the French terrorism assessment centre (CAT) highlighting the problems Islamic State (IS) has experienced since losing its self-proclaimed caliphate. “In 2019, the threat […]
Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic State claims south London attack: Amaq news agency
(Reuters) Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in south London, without giving evidence, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Monday. “The perpetrator of the attack in Streatham district in south London yesterday is a fighter of Islamic State, […]
News: Europe
Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
(Reuters) The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. He had also once written […]
Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker freed from jail days ago after terror conviction (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
The terrorists among us: Eight convicted offenders revealed to be living on our streets (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Birmingham uncle jailed for trying to force niece into Pakistan marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Historic victims of female genital mutilation offered help through Sheffield support services (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Uncle used niece as a slave at his Birmingham home and tried to force her to marry in Pakistan (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Muslim Association of Britain elects first female president who vows to ‘bridge gender disparity’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
School branded ‘inadequate’ over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge
(Schools Week) An Islamic girls’ school has launched a legal challenge after being rated “inadequate” because inspectors discovered an “inflammatory leaflet” advertising a conference in 1994 on a bookshelf in the library. Birchfield Independent Girls’ School, in Birmingham, insisted they had no […]
Government & Politics
Terror alarm as UK drags Scotland out of EU security databases (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK: Prevent review ‘will go ahead’ following concerns by rights groups Conservative party pledges to review counter-terrorism strategy facing renewed criticism from Muslim community
(Middle East Eye) The British government said it will continue its review of the controversial Prevent strategy amid concerns by rights groups that the Conservative Party was planning to scrap its report into the counter-terrorism scheme. Prevent is a strand of the […]
Government & Politics
Government terror adviser warns ‘no magic test’ to stop reoffending (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: ‘I won’t apologise for trying to stop new terror attack’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows
(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 […]
News: Europe
Almost 500 terrorists freed from prison in the past decade — with many living back where they were radicalised (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘End Prevent’: UK government faces new calls to drop counter-terrorism strategy Academics and activists call for 'alternative approach' as government's own promised review of contentious programme remains stalled
(Middle East Eye) The British government is facing fresh calls to abolish its Prevent strategy amid uncertainty over the future of its own suspended review of the contentious counter-terrorism programme. More than 100 academics, activists and public figures opposed to the strategy […]
News: Europe
Terrorist prisoners free to network and radicalise inmates in British jails (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Bradford man jailed for possessing terrorist publications (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
UK shuts down Islamic school after extremism fears Inspection reports detail litany of failures at school run by controversial charity
(National-UAE) The UK government has shut down a scandal-hit British Islamic school where the head was identified as a “potential risk to pupils” after more than a decade of management failures and concerns over radicalisation. The closure came in a year when […]
Children & Teens
Government takes first steps towards repatriating children of ‘ISIS recruits’
(ITV) The government will “urgently investigate” the possibility of repatriating four British children from a Syrian refugee camp — as long as their mother agrees that she cannot return with them. The proposal, made to a London woman who joined so-called Islamic […]
Government & Politics
Home Office proposes offence of possessing terrorist propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man facing terror charges described New Zealand mosque shootings as ‘win-win,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
MI5 to hire behavioural scientists as it seeks new ways to combat terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government backs Martyn’s Law airport security for venues
(BBC) Concert venues and sports stadiums could soon get airport-style checks after the government backed “Martyn’s Law” security measures. It follows a campaign by the mother of Manchester Arena bomb victim Martyn Hett, who died in the 2017 attack. Security Minister Brandon […]
Islamic Law
Prison terror attack suspect, Brusthom Ziamani, held sharia courts inside HMP Whitemoor (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
How many people are in prison for terror offences?
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking a prison officer is understood to be in jail for “preparing an act of terrorism.” Brusthom Ziamani was found guilty in 2015 of planning to behead a soldier. A union says the officer, who was seriously […]
Law Enforcement
HMP Whitemoor prison stabbings classed as ‘terror attack’
(BBC) An attack on prison staff by two inmates with bladed weapons is being treated as a terror attack, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Four officers and a nurse were injured at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday. One attacker is […]
Legal
Man accused of Pride attack plot ‘showed sister how to stab someone’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
HMP Whitemoor: Brusthom Ziamani named as attack suspect
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned. He is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, who was found guilty of preparing an act of […]
Government & Politics
Manchester City Council set to adopt Martyn’s Law early
(BBC) Clubs and venues in Manchester will be asked to adopt new anti-terror measures following a campaign by the mother of arena bomb victim Martyn Hett. The 29-year-old was one of 22 people killed in the suicide bombing in 2017. His mother […]
Academics & Education
Education chiefs set to reject plan to open separate Islamic schools for boys and girls (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Uber driver cleared of a Buckingham Palace sword attack boasted that he had deceived jurors before plotting a string of terror attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Cemeteries & Funerals
Inquiry into charity Islamic Centre of England that called Iran’s Soleimani a martyr (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Boys and girls ‘unlawfully segregated’ at Islamic school — head says it’s what parents of faith want (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Judge complains after being left to wait while Muslim defendant went to pray (LINK ONLY)
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Cemeteries & Funerals
British imam says Muslims should ‘aspire to be like’ Qassem Soleimani in tribute to ‘martyred’ general at London Islamic Centre (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan given £350,000 in legal aid over gang plot to bomb Stock Exchange (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Foreign terror suspect thought to have been planning an IS-style attack granted legal aid to fight extradition (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Top psychologist: No certainty terror offenders can be ‘cured’
(BBC) The psychologist behind the UK’s main deradicalisation programme for terror offenders says it can never be certain that attackers have been “cured.” Christopher Dean told the BBC some terror offenders who take part in his Healthy Identity Intervention (HII) scheme appear […]
Academics & Education
Razwan Faraz: Teacher in Trojan horse scandal is back in classroom (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Fourfold rise in migrants rescued in English Channel: authorities
(AFP) Over 2,300 migrants had to be rescued attempting to cross the English Channel in 2019, four times the number for 2018, local authorities in northern France said on Tuesday. In total 261 cases of crossings or attempted crossings were recorded by […]
News: Europe
‘Jihadi’ Jack Letts married into a ‘top ISIS family’ in Iraq while fighting for the depraved terror group (LINK ONLY)
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