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Shukri Abdi: Planned protests call for justice as petition passes million

Police in the northern English city of Manchester have not pursued criminal charges after the death of the 12-year-old. Activists say she drowned as a result of bullying by classmates. A year after a 12-year-old child died in a Manchester river, activists and family members are planning to hold worldwide demonstrations calling for a criminal inquiry. Greater Manchester Police did not pursue criminal charges against four unnamed children who were […]

today28 June 2020

International News

Three more arrests in London probe, searches underway

Three more people were arrested Wednesday in connection with London’s weekend terrorist attack which left eight people dead, British police said. Two men were arrested by police “supported by firearms officers” on a street in Ilford, east London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. A 27-year-old was detained on terrorism charges while the second, 33, was arrested on drugs charges. The third suspect, 29, was apprehended at a home […]

today8 June 2017

International News

Manchester’s Libyans react to killer in their midst

Members of Manchester's Libyan community are struggling to come to terms with the fact one of their own was behind a bomb blast at a concert that left 22 people dead and scores wounded. Salman Abedi, 22, who was born in the northern English city to Libyan parents, is believed to have carried out the attack, which was claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The dead […]

today26 May 2017

International News

How UK government sent British-Libyans to fight Gaddafi

The British government operated an “open door” policy that allowed Libyan exiles and British-Libyan citizens to join the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi even though some had been subject to counter-terrorism control orders, Middle East Eye can reveal. Several former rebel fighters now back in the UK told MEE that they had been able to travel to Libya with “no questions asked” as authorities continued to investigate the background […]

today25 May 2017

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