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Red Doors And Red Wristbands: Britain’s Secret Apartheid Systems

Branding refugees with the red door policy has been blamed for numerous attacks and abuse after refugees claimed they were targeted with dog excrement, eggs, stones, and had National Front symbols painted on their doors.

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United Kingdom — A private firm housing U.K. asylum seekers announced on Monday that it will stop making refugees wear red wristbands after their stigmatizing identification policy was met with a public outcry. Clearsprings Ready Homes in Cardiff has a contract with the Home Office to provide accommodation to those seeking asylum in the city.

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Jeremy Corbyn Slams UK Leadership For Constantly Following US Into Wars

“I hope the American people will realise that it’s against everything that’s in the U.S. constitution, it’s against everything that’s about freedom of speech, everything that’s about freedom of religion.”

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Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the Labour Party Leadership Conference in London, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. Corbyn will now lead Britain's main opposition party. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

United Kingdom — In an interview with the Huffington Post marking his first 100 days as leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the U.K. following the U.S into war — and invited Donald Trump to a British mosque. Arriving by bicycle to a greasy spoon cafe in North London, the Labour leader discussed his life under the scrutiny of

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Former Counter-Terrorism Adviser Says Police Tactics Creating More Terrorism

An analysis of arrest statistics from 2014 revealed that out of 289 arrests, 102 were charged with a terror offence — 35% of those arrested.

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British police officers watch as stepladders are placed by members of the media outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

United Kingdom — A former U.K. counter-terrorism adviser has claimed police anti-terror tactics are contributing to radicalisation. Jahan Mahmood, who resigned from his position last year due to disagreements with the U.K.’s counter-terrorism strategy, told Sky News that British police are misrepresenting the threat level in the U.K. Mahmood

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Ripping Up The Rulebook: Israel’s Unlawful Killings

Amnesty International recently condemned Israel’s unlawful killing of Palestinians — accusing the Israeli military of using intentional lethal force without justification.

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Israeli soldiers stand near the body of 27-year-old Palestinian Fadi Froukh, in the Beit Einun junction east of the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Nov 1, 2015. (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — While people are focused on the atrocities carried out by Da’esh and/or their own governments in Syria and Iraq, it’s been nearly impossible to keep track of the number of Palestinians killed by Israel’s unwritten shoot-to-kill policy since October. The full-fledged violence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza

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UK’s Approach To Spotting Terrorism: You Might Be A Terrorist If…

The U.K.’s spot the terrorist approach has the potential to criminalize political activists and campaigners.

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A group of London's Metropolitan Police force in uniform. (Flickr / Ramon Rosati)

The creeping use of counter-terrorism policies in Britain to clamp down on civil liberties appears to be relying on a number of flawed assumptions. Not content with the stigmatizing of Muslim communities, the U.K.’s spot the terrorist approach also has the potential to criminalise political activists and campaigners by labelling them with

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Scotland Yard Apologizes For Undercover Relationships with Activists

Scotland Yard has apologized after undercover agents impregnated unknowing activist women while infiltrating activist groups. But the story gets even worse.

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A group of London's Metropolitan Police force in uniform. (Flickr / Ramon Rosati)

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — Seven British women have won substantial damages and an extraordinary apology from the Metropolitan Police after being deceived into forming relationships with undercover police officers. The unprecedented apology and admittance of “abusive, deceitful, manipulative and wrong behaviour” by the Met comes four years

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British Soldier Charged With For Attempting To Smuggle Refugee Girl Into Britain

As vulnerable populations continue to be forced to flee the Middle East and Africa, many might consider Lawrie’s actions legally wrong, but ultimately, morally right.

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Rob Lawrie pictured with the underaged Afghan girl, Bahar, who attempted to smuggle into the U.K.

United Kingdom — A former British soldier is facing up to five years in prison after attempting to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan refugee into the U.K. Rob Lawrie met the young Afghan girl, Bahar, while providing aid to refugees in the notorious ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in the French town of Calais, located in northern France. The unofficial

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