Topic: Human rights
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Ahmed Iqbal Ullah: the legacy of the schoolboy’s murder 40 years on
The killing of the 13-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim exposed racial tensions in Manchester and would rally hundreds to organise against racism. Now, his family feel a ‘duty’ to speak up again amid the rise of the far right
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Art in the face of chaos with shamstep pioneers 47Soul
The Palestinian band’s new EP, Dualism Part 2, is some of their most politically charged and emotively incisive work to date
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Inside London’s artivist spaces building political engagement through creativity
Artivism uses creative practice to engage with political issues, turning conversations about racism, migration and economic inequality into shared visual work
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How Keir Starmer failed British Muslims
The outgoing prime minister was weak on Islamophobia, abandoned Labour’s pro-Palestine wing and criminalised Muslim political expression
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New novel brings the forgotten story of Saddam Hussein’s atrocities against Iraqi Kurds to life
Human rights investigator Joost Hiltermann spent years documenting the murderous Anfal campaign. Now he is using fiction to tell the real story
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18,000 Home Office immigration staff still haven’t done Windrush training
It is six years since the department accepted a recommendation from the Windrush Lessons Learned review that ‘all immigration officials’ be trained
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Thousands protest across Italy against detention of imam over Palestine comments
Activists say the government’s move to deport Mohamed Shahin is linked to a hostile portrayal of Muslim men by Italian media
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Austrian Muslim groups plan legal challenge if latest hijab ban becomes law
Leading lawyers and educators tell Hyphen they will appeal to Austria’s constitutional court if its parliament passes legislation prohibiting headscarves in schools
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‘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
