Cameron: British fighters in Iraq pose threat to UK
Prime Minister tells Parliament that militant Britons are a threat to the UK. LONDON The militants currently advancing on Baghdad are planning terrorist attacks in the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament on Wednesday. He said: “I would also disagree with those people who think that this is nothing to do with us and if they want […]
No proof of Islamist plot at UK schools: leaked report
Investigations into 21 schools in Birmingham do not provide evidence of an Islamist plot, according to the leaked ‘Trojan Horse’ report. LONDON There is no evidence of an alleged Islamist plot to take over schools in Birmingham, the U.K.’s second-largest city, according to reports to be published by the country’s main educational authority Monday. The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services […]
UK ‘anti-terror’ law indiscriminate, says rights groups
Only about one percent of 46,000 people were stopped under Schedule 7 powers were arrested, according to UK government statistics LONDON Government figures reveal that only about one percent of people questioned under powers that allow police to stop individuals at ports were detained in 2013. More than 46,000 people were stopped at Britain’s ports under […]
Indian Kashmir: A mother’s fight for missing son
‘My son was picked up by security forces in 1990, I have not seen him since,’ said Parveena Ahanger, the head of ‘the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons’ in Indian-held Kashmir. LONDON It’s been 24 years since she last saw her son. An arduous 24 years during which Parveena has struggled to find out […]