16+ hour, 58+ min ago   (90+ words) Middle East Eye Ed Miliband appointed as UK foreign minister, Shabana Mahmood as interior minister New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed Ed Miliband, former leader of the Labour Party and energy secretary under Keir Starmer, as foreign minister,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling and found the UK government’s ban on the direct action group Palestine Action to be lawful. In February, the High Court found that then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's decision to…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (565+ words) The UK has banned a prominent American Muslim preacher from entering the country over social media posts in which he criticised the West's support for Israel. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revoked travel authorisation for Dr Shadee Elmasry just days before…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (208+ words) Labour MPs voted on Tuesday to pass a law that would significantly restrict the right to protest, granting the UK police sweeping powers to criminalise sustained strike action. Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1014+ words) An NHS mental health trust in England has withdrawn from a controversial counter-terrorism programme that enabled police to access medical information of patients– including young children – deemed to be vulnerable to extremism, Middle East Eye can reveal. Documents seen by…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (410+ words) Scottish judges have approved plans for a judicial review of the UK government’s ban on the direct action group, Palestine Action. The Court of Session in Scotland green-lit a judicial review of the group’s proscription on 17 and 18 March following a…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (872+ words) The British government-appointed reviewer of protest laws signed a letter by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) backing continuing arms sales to Israel during its genocide in Gaza, and said, "I strongly strongly believe in the indispensibility of the state of…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1101+ words) In 2023, Rishi Sunak became the prime minister of the UK following the brief and disastrous tenure of his predecessor, Liz Truss. With his party's support cratering, he picked up on an issue that had previously been largely confined to far-right…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (177+ words) Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s party is advancing new legislation to restrict the Islamic call to prayer in mosques. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Jewish Power party said it was working on a bill that would ban the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (134+ words) Hundreds of demonstrators protested at a major shopping center in London in support of 24 imprisoned British activists on Friday. The protestors blocked escalators and storefronts at Westfield Stratford during Boxing Day sales to support the activists from Palestine Action, who…...