The former leader of the far-right group the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, has been jailed for thirteen months for breaking contempt of court laws with a Facebook Live video that could prejudice an ongoing trial. His supporters have protested his imprisonment, and Donald Trump Jr. has leant his support to their cause.
BuzzFeed news interviewed Sorbonne student Maryam Pougetoux following the national outcry surrounding her TV interview, in which she appeared in a hijab. Below is a translated excerpt of the interview. Buzzfeed: We are speaking one week after your interview…which sparked controversy. How do you manage all this? Maryam: The week was quite difficult, because we…
Charlie Hebdo has been heavily criticized for its decision to publish a cartoon depicting a 19-year-old veiled student as a monkey. The text, written in a thought bubble on the cartoon, reads: “They chose me to head the UNEF (French National Student Union).” The cartoon depicts Maryam Pougetoux, leader of a student union at the Sorbonne,…
Recent claims that Islamophobia does not exist has prompted questioning over whether the term, which some argue conflates the anti-Muslim and the anti-Islam, is a useful one to use.
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.
