Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 4 I was supposed to chill before leaving today but, being the great leader that he is, I was invited by Human Relief Foundation big Chief Kassim Tokan to visit the Bourj El Barajne, one of ...
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St Paul’s Way murder: two local teens charged
TWO TEENAGERS have been charged with the murder of Alimuz Zaman in St Paul’s Way last Sunday, 26th May. Each teen was also charged with one count of Grievous Bodily Harm in connection with an attack on a second victim, ...
Read More »Man injured in hit and run after prayers
A MAN HAS BEEN left with serious injuries after being struck by a car as he came out of the Masjid At-Taqwa Mosque in Humberstone Road Leicester in the early hours of the morning. The man, who is in his ...
Read More »Myanmar army faces new war crimes charge
HORRIFYING abuses of human rights have been committed by the Myanmar army, claims a new report from human rights campaign Amnesty International. These include summary killing, torture, arbitrary arrest – and a vendetta against an ethnic Buddhist guerrilla group. The ...
Read More »Police save us from unexploded bauble
IT WAS ALL hands on deck as reports came in to Tower Hamlets police that a unexploded bomb had been washed up on the shores of the Thames in Wapping. Ordnance left over from World War II does still turn ...
Read More »Bangladesh: 16 charged after Nusrat burned alive
NUSRAT JAHAN RAFI was just 19 when she was lured up to the roof of her Islamic school, doused with kerosene and set on fire. Now 16 people have been charged with criminal offences in connection with this murder. On ...
Read More »Stabbing victims survive mystery brawl in Romford
TWO MEN were stabbed during an incident at a property in Eastern Avenue, Romford, last night – Tuesday, 28th May. Police received reports of a fight taking place at around 9.45pm. Five men, all in their 20s, had to be ...
Read More »Beautiful game; beautiful people; beautiful place
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 2 We visited Arsal today. It is a Red conflict zone, but we had received special permission to enter the region and camps to meet the residents. After an information briefing from Badih, we travelled along ...
Read More »St Paul’s Way killing: four arrested
POLICE HAVE arrested four young men in connection with the stabbing incident in St Paul’s Way on Sunday which left one young man fatally injured and another wounded. Two of the men are aged 23 and two are just teenagers, ...
Read More »Ramadan suspended as bombs rain on Idlib
IF YOU THOUGHT the violence in Syria had ended – think again. It’s got so bad in Idlib that last Tuesday many mosques had to cancel Ramadan prayers – because buildings where crowds gather had were becoming targets. Over the ...
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