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Boycott bill: Campaigners call out UK government for conflating BDS with antisemitism

Campaigners have called out the UK government for linking boycotts of Israel to antisemitism in a statement announcing its plans to ban local councils and other public bodies from backing such boycotts. Presented to parliament on Monday, the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would prohibit procurement and investment decisions made by public bodies "influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign state conduct", such as those encouraged by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In […]

today21 June 2023

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Dirco requests UK government to review travel advisory against SA

The South African government has written to the High Commission of the UK government to review a travel advisory issued earlier this week. The advisory came after news that a South African couple had been kidnapped in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month. The UK government advised its citizens to exercise caution when travelling to South Africa. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said on Friday it had written to […]

today24 February 2018

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UK government worries over fallout of state corruption in SA

The UK government on Thursday said it was taking allegations of state-linked corruption in South Africa very seriously, as possible links to British banks could sully the reputation of the UK’s financial industry. The House of Lords, the UK Parliament’s upper chamber, was debating money laundering and state corruption in SA. “We are taking this very seriously because we realise the consequences of not doing so for the reputation of […]

today20 October 2017

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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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International News

UK Parliament admonishes pro-Palestinian movement in report on anti-Semitism

A British parliamentary report hit against at what it called “the growing prevalence” of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, notably calling for the term “Zionist” to be considered “inflammatory and potentially anti-Semitic.” The report, issued by the parliamentary Home Affairs Committee, came in the wake of accusations of anti-Semitism against the Labour Party and the National Union of Students (NUS). It highlighted that the UK remained “one of the least […]

today17 October 2016

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