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Gove and Clegg to replace GCSE

Gove and Clegg are to launch GCSE reforms after coming to a conclusion which could be plausible to both sides of the coalition. British Education Secretary, who wants to replace GCSEs with tougher exams, believes students in England have been slipping behind high-achieving students of other nations such as Finland and Singapore. It is likely […]

Protests against London NHS cuts

Anti-cut protesters joined the march from Southall to Ealing Common, carrying placards which read “save our hospitals” and “hands off our hospitals”. The Ealing Common rally, which was the largest protest in west London for some years, was addressed by speakers including doctors, councilors and MPs. The protest comes as services are to be downgraded […]

Gove and Clegg to replace GCSE

Gove and Clegg are to launch GCSE reforms after coming to a conclusion which could be plausible to both sides of the coalition. British Education Secretary, who wants to replace GCSEs with tougher exams, believes students in England have been slipping behind high-achieving students of other nations such as Finland and Singapore. It is likely […]

Protests against London NHS cuts

Anti-cut protesters joined the march from Southall to Ealing Common, carrying placards which read “save our hospitals” and “hands off our hospitals”. The Ealing Common rally, which was the largest protest in west London for some years, was addressed by speakers including doctors, councilors and MPs. The protest comes as services are to be downgraded […]

UK female imprisonment highest in EU

An investigation by The Independent showed the number of women in prison has been doubled in 15 years which has led to the separation of 17,240 children from their mothers who are imprisoned in Britain’s jails. According to the figures, only 80 young children are provided with a place to live with their mothers in […]

UK female imprisonment highest in EU

An investigation by The Independent showed the number of women in prison has been doubled in 15 years which has led to the separation of 17,240 children from their mothers who are imprisoned in Britain’s jails. According to the figures, only 80 young children are provided with a place to live with their mothers in […]

Bahrain described as Britain’s shame

Maryam al-Khawaja, acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, called on the UK parliamentarians to use their influence and exert pressure on Bahrain to commit to reforms and free political prisoners. Elaborating on the actual situation on the ground in Bahrain and its regime’s brutal crackdown on popular protests, she said that Bahraini […]

Bahrain described as Britain’s shame

Maryam al-Khawaja, acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, called on the UK parliamentarians to use their influence and exert pressure on Bahrain to commit to reforms and free political prisoners. Elaborating on the actual situation on the ground in Bahrain and its regime’s brutal crackdown on popular protests, she said that Bahraini […]

UK joins US-led wargame in Persian Gulf

Warships from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, are participating in the wargame, which is considered by analysts as a show of force in support of their staunch ally, the Zionist regime of Israel. The British component consists of four British minesweepers and the Royal Fleet […]

UK joins US-led wargame in Persian Gulf

Warships from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, are participating in the wargame, which is considered by analysts as a show of force in support of their staunch ally, the Zionist regime of Israel. The British component consists of four British minesweepers and the Royal Fleet […]

Protests held outside US’s UK mission

The scene began with a few hundred people assembling at Grosvenor Square on Sunday 17 September before the scheduled 2:30pm start time, with which many of them support Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, the organizers of the protest. The crowd became much larger in a short amount of time as London police officers set crowd barriers. Many […]

Protests held outside US’s UK mission

The scene began with a few hundred people assembling at Grosvenor Square on Sunday 17 September before the scheduled 2:30pm start time, with which many of them support Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, the organizers of the protest. The crowd became much larger in a short amount of time as London police officers set crowd barriers. Many […]

Britain’s STWC condemns Afghan killings

NATO troops backed by Britain and the US in the ongoing invasion of Afghanistan, claimed that 45 insurgents and no civilians had been killed but later admitted that up to 8 women and children had been killed in the air raid. Seven injured females were also taken to hospitals including some as young as 10 […]

Britain’s STWC condemns Afghan killings

NATO troops backed by Britain and the US in the ongoing invasion of Afghanistan, claimed that 45 insurgents and no civilians had been killed but later admitted that up to 8 women and children had been killed in the air raid. Seven injured females were also taken to hospitals including some as young as 10 […]

British MPs sign to recognize Palestine

The motion was signed by MPs after Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas announced decision to ask the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestine as a non-member state when the General Assembly convenes for a meeting from 24 September to 1 October. Richard Burden MP has tabled the motion, which is endorsed by 61 MPs so […]

British MPs sign to recognize Palestine

The motion was signed by MPs after Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas announced decision to ask the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestine as a non-member state when the General Assembly convenes for a meeting from 24 September to 1 October. Richard Burden MP has tabled the motion, which is endorsed by 61 MPs so […]

Minister axed over opposition to attack

Sir Nick Harvey, who was the Minister of State for the Armed Forces in the last two years, told some of his friends that he was fired in order to prevent a damaging split within the coalition government over an Israeli adventurism. Harvey’s friends added that if he had remained in the key Ministry of […]

UK activists to protest at US embassy

Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain has organized the protest, which will take place outside the US embassy in the UK capital on Sunday September 16. “The demonstration will be condemning in the strongest possible terms any and all insults against Islam and the symbols of our religion; especially those against the greatest man sent to mankind the […]

UK govt. cuts spell hunger for pupils

Experts say that despite evidence of increasing demand, the cuts put many vulnerable children at risk of going to school hungry and not being able to focus in lessons. Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP and shadow minister for children and families, made requests under freedom of information law to 128 local authorities and found a 40 […]

UKBA deports hundreds of immigrants

At least seven chartered flights have been sent to Pakistan, holding 350 to 400 Pakistanis whose asylum requests in the UK were refused. The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has declined to discuss the issue of the flights until they have been confirmed to have landed in the Asian country. The British Home Office claims that […]

UK prison death toll highest in 8 years

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said in his annual report that almost 230 people died in jails, probation facilities and immigration detention centers in Britain last year, representing a 15 percent increase in the previous year’s figures. Newcomen described the rise in the numbers of deaths in custody in recent years as “particularly worrying”. […]

Iran puts new bounty on Rushdie’s head

Caretaker of 15th of Khordad Foundation, Ayatollah Sheikh Hassan Sane’ei made the remarks in a statement issued on Saturday following worldwide protests against the production of a sacrilegious movie in the US, which insults Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), ISNA reported. He added that the bounty, which was announced by late Imam Khomeini on the writer’s head, […]

Prince Harry was ‘main target’: Taliban

Insurgents, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, launched an attack on heavily-fortified Camp Bastion, the British HQ in southern Helmand province on Friday night. The attack left two US troopers dead and several others injured. A Taliban spokesperson described the attack as a revenge for an anti-Islam movie made in the US by Zionist […]

UK demo highlights inmates’ suffering

The demonstrators handed out flyers and talked to the public about the statistics. The findings of a report commissioned by FCO and published in June 2012 by a delegation of British lawyers on the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law concluded that Israel is in breach of articles 2, 3, 37(b), 37(c), and […]

UK death toll in Afghanistan tops 430

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the deaths, announcing that the soldiers, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, were killed at a checkpoint in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province. The attack was the latest in a series of “green on blue” attacks by Afghan personnel on NATO troops in the country. […]

UK troops to leave Afghanistan sooner

The speed of British troops going out of Afghanistan could increase next year as Afghan forces are able to take control of security issues and the fight against Taliban. Hammond said British commanders were surprised by the extent to which Afghan forces were able to take the lead in security. Nevertheless, NATO forces’ disrespect for […]

UK Duke and Duchess privacy exposed

The British royal couple, now formally known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were said to be on holiday in a private house in the south of France. Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton described the publication of the photos as a “grotesque and unjustifiable” invasion of their privacy. The incident comes as […]

UK fails to treat students like humans

Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, who is a representative of vice-chancellors, stressed, “Let’s all ponder on how we would have reacted if that had happened to our sons and daughters in a foreign country.” Meanwhile, overseas students at London Metropolitan University have been given a three-month time limit to find alternative courses after […]

Protests hit UK embassy in Sudan

On Friday September 14, a UK Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed that a demonstration was held outside the British embassy in Khartoum. The blasphemous movie has sparked protests in the Muslim world, leadingd to mass demonstrations against Western powers. Other nations with high Muslim populations like Tunisia and Indonesia also saw demonstrations outside the heavily guarded […]

Taliban attack Prince Harry’s base

According to British media reports, the attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles stormed a British air base in Afghanistan in the early hours of Saturday September 15, 2012. “One of the motivations could be the presence of Prince Harry in that camp,” Ahmad Majidyar, of the American Enterprise Institute, told the British state-run […]

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