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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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The UK is among over 100 countries signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions today, effectively outlawing the controversial weapons. The convention, agreed on in principle in Dublin earlier this year prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. Foreign secretary David Miliband is in Oslo, Norway, to sign the convention that also commits… Read more »
