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Jailed- Hate has consequences
JAILED: the far-right racist who called for the burning of mosques on Facebook A 51-year-old racist received a 10-month prison sentence last month after calling for the burning of mosques, outlawing Islam, and labelling Muslims as “dirty, twisted s***-stinking paedos” on Facebook. Paul Shelton posted under the pseudonym “Pedro Smokey” and used the public group […]
Tommy Robinson potentially facing jail after failing to attend high court
Former EDL leader was due to be questioned about his finances after losing libel case. Read more at The Guardian website here
Borders bill makes UK ‘one of the most anti-refugee countries in the world’, says Médecins Sans Frontières
Read on the The Independent website here
PETITION ‘Jimmy Carr: The Genocide of Roma is Not a Laughing Matter’
Do sign petition here The ‘Positives’ of Genocide? In Netflix comedy special “His Dark Material”, Jimmy Carr ‘jokes’ that the Romani and Sinti genocide is ignored when people discuss the Holocaust because people don’t want to “focus on the positives”. This is nothing short of a celebration of genocide. Porajmos Hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, […]
Jewish residents of Stroud mark Holocaust Memorial Day and challenge antisemitism on streets of Stroud
Read more about the residents raising concerns about the so-called ‘truth paper’, The Light, which is being distributed nationally and whose content has included Holocaust denial on local website Amplify Stroud here
Southend West: Nine candidates to contest Sir David Amess seat
A total of nine candidates will contest a by-election in Southend West following the death of Sir David Amess. As well as the Conservative candidate there will be two independents, and representatives from the Freedom Alliance, English Democrats, Heritage Party, UKIP, the English Constitution Party, and the Psychedelic Movement. The vote takes place on 3 […]
Elderly Jewish bakers suffer ‘vicious’ anti-Semitic attack on the night before Holocaust Memorial Day
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
