Police are stopping more London photographers from taking photographs under the anti-terror laws than ever before, it was reported this week. Among the victims is Reuben Powell, a white, middle-aged, middle-class artist, who has been photographing and drawing life around the capital’s Elephant & Castle for 25 years, was arrested last week. Photographing the old…
Anti-terrorism police in Italy carried out at least 135 raids across Italy and are pursuing investigations of 11 foreigners suspected of having connections to an alleged Morocco-based Islamist group, Al-Adl Wal Ihsan. Investigators have called the Al-Adl Wal Ihsan – or “Justice and Charity” organization, a cover for a group seeking the restoration of an…
Spanish police arrested 13 men accused of harboring Islamic extremists, including several suspected of having connections to the 2004 Madrid bombings, and helping them flee Spain. The arrests were made in areas near Barcelona, Madrid, and Algeciras. The recent arrests stemmed from an operation three years ago, in 2005, in which Spanish police broke up…
A planned march by Muslims in Edinburgh to demonstrate their opposition to the London terrorist attacks has been cancelled. Muslim leaders met to discuss a possible march at the weekend, but have decided to hold low-profile local events instead. Smaller-scale prayer meetings and vigils are now set to be held across Scotland to help remember…
A family who were wrongly suspected of lying on a school application form have discovered that their local council used anti-terrorism surveillance powers to spy on them. The family, from Poole in Dorset, said they had been tailed for three weeks by council officials trying to establish whether they had given a false address in…
