Tag: Terrorism laws

UK ‘Faces Terror Threats on Three Fronts’ Though Lessons Have Been Learned, Policing Expert Says

23 May 2020|Sputnik UK|Mohamed Elmaazi

23 people were killed and 139 injured, more than half of them children, following a bombing attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on 22 May 2017. Britain has continued to experience politically motivated violence since then though newer policies have helped reduce their risk, according to Dr David Lowe.

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British father pled “not guilty” to terrorism charges for supporting his son, an anti-Daesh YPG volunteer

14 February 2020|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

The British state is now wielding terrorism charges against family members of YPG volunteers even though it is not a banned organisation. Activists say this reflects a wider policy of “use and abuse” of terrorism legislation designed to clamp down on social activism and solidarity work which would otherwise be perfectly legal.

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Conviction of John Letts and Sally Lane exposes “absurdity” of UK terror laws and complicity of the Active Change Foundation

03 July 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

The British state has secured a ‘terror’ conviction against two parents for sending £223 to their son in Syria, intended to help bring him home to the UK. Human rights group CAGE lashed out at the ‘absurdity’ of terror laws which require no evidence of actual terrorism, as well as the role that the government-funded Active Change Foundation appears to have played in the conviction.

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