Immigration judges grant lifelong anonymity orders in more than 90% of cases involving extremists and terrorists Of 79 cases, 72 have been granted their request to keep their names secret They include hate clerics and an alleged associate of the ‘ISIS Beatles’ Critics say the lifelong anonymity orders puts the public’s safety at risk By … Read more
Increased police investigations into far-right extremism have now seen the prison population swell to them making up a fifth of terrorists currently behind bars. New figures from the Home Office show of the 209 terrorism offenders behind bars, 42 of them are classified as holding extreme rightwing views. It is a growth of 18 per … Read more
When Keir Starmer was elected Labour leader seven months ago his first promise was to ‘tear anti-Semitism out by its roots’. Anti-Jewish racism had poisoned the party under his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn and the new leader vowed he would restore Labour’s reputation as a decent party. Sir Keir was determined to introduce all sorts of … Read more
An Islamic extremist has been convicted of trying to murder a prison guard while serving a 22 year sentence for plotting to behead a British soldier in a Lee Rigby-style terror attack. Convicted terrorist Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and fellow inmate Baz Hockton, 26, have been convicted at the Old Bailey of attempting to murder a … Read more
Footage has captured the moment two Islamic extremists allegedly launched a brutal attack on a prison officer using lumps of twisted metal after luring him into a store cupboard by asking for a replacement spoon. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and fellow inmate Baz Hockton, 26, allegedly lured Prison Officer (PO) Neil Trundle towards a cupboard before … Read more
Prisoners who pose a terror threat may have to remain behind bars far beyond their normal release date. Hundreds of inmates jailed for non-terror offences who are feared to hold extremist sympathies could be refused the right to automatic release. The radical changes to sentencing rules will be the centrepiece of legislation set to be … Read more
Julia Ebner spent years undercover in every kind of extremist group but, Going Dark, her book charting those encounters fails to bring them to life By Julia Llewellyn Smith For Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 19:03 BST, 9 March 2020 Going Dark Julia Ebner … Read more