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
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
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 a retrial, and at least seven other convictions and two pending trials are under consideration.
A ruling delivered on Tuesday said the law had been “misunderstood” by the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and that a legal “heresy” developed making asylum seekers believe they had no defence to the charge.
Read full article by Lizzie Dearden on The Independent website here
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
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