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UN representative criticises Prevent duty for impacting racial equality in the UK

researcher6 years ago6 years ago08 mins

The UN special rapporteur on racism, Professor Tendayi Achiume, has criticised the Prevent duty for fuelling distrust among ethnic minority communities and for impacting racial equality in the UK. Her comments came as she observed that Brexit has contributed to an environment of increased “explicit racial, ethnic and religious intolerance” in the UK.

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Islamist journalist Ibrahim Moussawi banned from entering UK

researcher15 years ago15 years ago02 mins

The Lebanese journalist Ibrahim Moussawi was denied an entry visa to the UK to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Moussawi is editor of the Hezbollah-linked newspaper Al-Intiqad and the former political editor of Al-Manar, the group’s television station. ‘Station of Resistance’ by self-description, it broadcasts Hezbollah’s ideology, campaigns against…

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