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The UK's human rights watchdog is under increasing pressure to investigate Islamophobia in the Conservative Party after being handed a fresh dossier detailing allegations against more than 300 people
THE Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) called on Britain’s human-rights watchdog to investigate “systemic and widespread” Tory Islamophobia today as it submitted a thick dossier of complaints against party members.
The council’s document details allegations against 300 members of the party to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) — double the number of incidents detailed in an initial report handed to the commission in May last year.
Despite a “wealth of evidence” of an “islamophobia crisis” in the party, MCB secretary general Harun Khan claimed the watchdog failed to respond to its calls to launch a probe.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
