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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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Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls today to decide the formation of the new power-sharing executive. From 07:00GMT this morning, 1.1 million eligible adults will have the chance to cast their ballot by single transferable vote on the Stormont initiative, the keystone of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The devolved administration was suspended… Read more »
A security court in Turkey has charged nine men with ‘belonging to, aiding and abetting an illegal organisation’ in relation to last week’s bombings in Istanbul. The attacks on the British Consulate and an HSBC bank branch killed at least 28 people and were seen as being directly aimed at Britain. Groups thought to be… Read more »
