Further to CAA’s previous efforts to have Hizballah entirely proscribed as a terrorist group, HM Treasury to freeze all of its assets under terrorist financing rules
HM Treasury has today announced that it is designating the entirety of Hizballah as a terrorist organisation under the UK’s terrorism and terrorist financing rules. Last year, following a gruelling effort over several years by Campaign Against Antisemitism and our allies, Hizballah was finally proscribed completely by the then-Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, with the support […]
Calls for school governor to be removed over “inflammatory” poem
There are calls for the chair of the governors of a school in Canning Town to be fired over an “inflammatory” poem. Dante Micheaux became chair of the governors of the Eastlea Community School, which is run by Newham Council, in 2016. One of his poems, titled “Siding with the Israelis” and published in 2010, […]
White supremacist sticker appears on Sunderland bus stop after multiple stickers removed in Edinburgh
A white supermacist sticker has been found at a bus stop in Sunderland just days after similar stickers were found and removed in Edinburgh. The sticker was reported by a group called Sunderland Unites and removed by Sunderland Lads & Lasses Against Fascism. The sticker is thought to be connected to an online group known […]
Labour withdraws Ofcom complaint about Panorama expose of Party’s antisemitism
The Labour Party has apparently withdrawn its complaint to Ofcom over the Panorama investigation into antisemitism in the Party, which Labour had claimed was a “one-sided authored polemic”. Ofcom has also dismissed all other bias complaints made over the programme. In the episode, which was titled “Is Labour Antisemitic?” and televised in July, former Labour […]
Pressure builds on CPS to decide whether to charge arrested Labour activists following referral of case to the Met by CAA and LBC
Pressure is building on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to come to a charging decision in the cases of the Labour activists arrested by police in connection with antisemitism in the Party. The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, recently revealed that six arrests were made in connection with a secret dossier compiled by […]