Police said they had arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of actual bodily harm. He remains in custody. The force released CCTV footage on Twitter, adding: “The brutal, unprovoked attack saw the victims knocked to the floor by vicious punches to the head”. Read more on The Standard website here
Alpha Men Assemble: Anti-vax protests: ‘Sovereign citizens’ fight UK Covid vaccine rollout
According to the Daily Mail who went under cover to a recent training session in Staffordshire activists were ‘urged to ‘hit vaccine centres, schools, head teachers, colleges, councillors and directors of public health in every area’. Read more on the BBC website here
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern shrugs off car chase by anti-vaccination protesters
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said “at no point was I worried about my safety” after her van was chased and forced on to a curb by anti-vaccination protesters. Read more on The Guardian website here
Home Office accused of ‘bullying’ asylum seekers into handing over phones
Judicial review begins in high court accusing government of operating a blanket policy in ‘complete secrecy’ Read more on The Guardian website here
Home Office loses case over stripping citizenship without notice
Court of Appeal says parliament must decide whether Priti Patel should be given new powers. Read more on The Independent website here
Far-right French presidential candidate found guilty of racist hate speech
A French court has found the far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour guilty of racist hate speech for a tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. Read more on The Guardian website here
Ben John: Extremist ordered to read books is jailed
The Court of Appeal ruled the original sentence was unlawful and ordered John to serve two years in prison. He will also spend a further year on extended licence. Read full article on BBC website here
Anti-vaxxers storm Covid testing centre and trash equipment in ‘disgraceful’ protest
Police are appealing for information on the dozens of people filmed taking over an NHS test-and-trace site in Milton Keynes, with one woman captured ransacking an office and stealing what appears to be various Covid testing samples and equipment. Read and see footage of the action on 29th December 2021 on The Independent website here
Neo-Nazi claims he does not hate Jews
A neo-Nazi who called himself the ‘Fuhrer’ said having to pay taxes is more offensive than using an anti-semitic phrase. Matthew Henegan, 36, allegedly claimed Jewish people were behind Covid-19 news stories and controlled the media in a series of leaflets he produced last year. Read article on Court News UK website here
Ninety terrorists in British prisons could be released by Parole Board
Ministers have been urged to make it harder for terrorists to be released from prison after figures revealed that more than 90 are being considered for release by the Parole Board. Read full article on The Times website here
Court of Appeal finds Channel boat crossings by asylum seekers not illegal as convictions quashed
Asylum seekers who are intercepted while crossing the English Channel in small boats have not broken the law, the Court of Appeal has found. Judges quashed the convictions of three men who were wrongly jailed for “assisting unlawful immigration” for steering dinghies, after finding they had not committed the offence. A fourth man who appealed against his conviction will face […]
Barbados leaves colonial history behind and becomes a republic – The Guardian video report
President Sandra Mason was sworn in as the new head of state in the Barbados capital Bridgetown. The celebrations were attended by Prince Charles, who acknowledged the ‘appalling atrocity of slavery, which forever stains our history’. Singer and entrepreneur Rihanna was designated a National Hero of Barbados. See video report via The Guardian website here […]
6 WAYS TO SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY WITH MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
As the Government continues its attack on migrant and refugee communities, now is the time to build power and resistance within our communities says Migrants Organise. Migrants Organise published 6 ways to show solidarity – see the list one their website here
Another ‘extreme right-wing’ terror suspect arrested at Stansted Airport
A man was arrested on suspicion of terror offences before he boarded a flight at Stansted Airport last Sunday 5th December 2021. The man, 44, is suspected of being motivated by extreme right-wing ideology, similar to another man, 26, who was arrested before catching a flight just two days earlier, on Friday. Police said the […]
Friends, Families and Travellers launch new campaign in fight against Policing Bill
Friends, Families and Travellers launched a new campaign on 9th December 2021 to tackle the Government’s draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and they are asking you to get involved. Parliament is once again debating on bringing in harsh new laws against nomadic people. It’s crucial that your MP understands the impact of these proposals. […]
Anti-racists resist ‘repulsive’ white supremacists’ anti-refugee display with own banner drop
Read full article on The Morning Star website here (extract below) Gathering on the same overpass above the Blackwall Tunnel, around a dozen protesters dropped banners declaring: “Refugees are welcome,” as supporters tooted their horns in the traffic below. The protest was held to oppose the actions of far-right activists on Tuesday who displayed banners […]
Man arrested in Essex on suspicion of mounting a far-right terror plot
37 year old arrested in Harwich on 30th November 2021 Read latest on BBC website here
National Action: Ben Raymond guilty of terror charges
The co-founder of a neo-Nazi group has been found guilty of being a member of a banned terrorist organisation. Read more on BBC website here
Channel deaths: Priti Patel disinvited to meeting with France
Boris Johnson’s public letter to Emmanuel Macron on Channel drownings deemed ‘unacceptable’ Read full article in The Guardian here
Richard Spencer and Other White Nationalists Found Liable for the Deadly Charlottesville Rally
They’ll have to pay more than $25 million in damages to the nine plaintiffs Read full article at Mother Jones here