MPs call for review of arms exports after Israeli assault on Gaza

30 March, 2010

Components from UK ‘almost certainly’ used in Operation Cast Lead.

Imam’s ghost stalks Arab summit

19 March, 2010

Imam Moussa al-Sadr was a Qom and Najaf-trained philosopher who became one of Lebanon’s most revered religious and political figures.

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UN rights boss urges Egypt to stop shooting migrants

2 March, 2010

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ human rights chief accused Egypt on Tuesday of shooting unarmed African migrants trying to enter Israel via the Sinai Desert and said 60 of them had been killed since July 2007.

Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crime in London

9 February, 2010

A new centre for research into anti-Muslim hate crime has published its first report.

Stop and search powers illegal, European court rules

12 January, 2010

Judges in Strasbourg say UK powers under Terrorism Act 2000 violate convention on human rights.

German banker rapped over headscarf remark

14 December, 2009

Amid a rising tide of Islamophobia in Europe, a former finance senator in Germany has been strongly criticized for his racist, anti-Islam comments.

Livni cancels UK trip on arrest fears

14 December, 2009

Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has reportedly canceled her trip to London over threats of a possible war crimes lawsuit against her in Britain.