Section: Justice

What you need to know about plans to disclose suspects’ ethnicity and nationality

New guidance for police could see more details made public about people who have been charged with a crime. Here’s what it could mean for Muslims

Anita Mureithi
‘Honour’ violence could be defined in law for first time

Home Office announcement pre-empts plans backed by 35 rights and research organisations to introduce own definition of ‘honour’ violence

Samir Jeraj
Germany’s Muslim community in shock over murder of Algerian nurse

While motive for the killing has not been confirmed, activists say the incident exposes the vulnerability of Muslim women

Jessica Bateman

Are Germany’s efforts to silence pro-Palestine voices through legislation legal?

Human rights experts raise warnings about bans, laws and deportation efforts targeting German critics of Israel’s military activity
Muslims are least likely group in England and Wales to become judges

Call for more Muslims to put themselves forward for judicial roles amid warning of weakened public trust in the justice system
Government loses appeal over controversial anti-protest law

Labour had fought to keep Suella Braverman’s legislation allowing police to crack down on ‘more than minor’ disruption
Black Muslim woman who tweeted N-word about Alexander Isak has case dropped

Jamila Abdi used the term in a post about the Newcastle United star, arguing that it was not obscene or offensive within Black communities
Police chief: I was told not to reveal Southport attacker’s religion

Merseyside chief constable told MPs on Tuesday that Crown Prosecution Service told her not to tell the public Axel Rudakubana was not Muslim
Live facial recognition used by Met police is ineffective, says monitoring group

Keir Starmer has promised a wider deployment of facial recognition technology, but critics have raised concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding the surveillance