A man who burnt a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London has been found guilty of religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress by Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He has been ordered to pay a fine of £240 and surcharge of £96. With welcome clarity, the judge said that the current prosecution was not ‘an… Read more »
The trial of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in protest of the President of Turkey has just concluded. The man stood trial for racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Westminster Magistrates Court. The outcome is pending. Humanists UK has expressed concern that this might amount to… Read more »
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has insisted that he will not be talking directly with any members of the militant Palestine group Hamas. Speaking at a press conference in Israel, Mr Straw was forced to clarify his stance on the controversial Palestinian group following pressure from the Israeli government. Hamas, an Islamic Palestinian organisation, runs mosques,… Read more »
Workplaces across the UK are being turned into “battery farms” by the use of electronic tagging, according to the GMB. It claims that the use of electronic tags to monitor workers’ efficiency is becoming more common and workers are being reduced to automatons. A new report for the union, written by Michael Blakemore, professor of… Read more »
