A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job because her Muslim faith was making her Conservative colleagues “uncomfortable,” according to a report.  

The controversial UK Police Crime Sentencing and Courts bill grants the police special powers to suppress any protests, with many believing that the bill violates civil liberties and human rights.

International and human rights lawyers have called the legality of nationality and borders legislation into question.

The United States is appealing a ruling by a British judge not to extradite Julian Assange, Australian journalist and founder of WikiLeaks. The Court found that US prison conditions would be too oppressive and that Assange may take his own life.

Afghan refugees, who have been airlifted to the United Kingdom after the Taliban takeover, are stuck in hotels with inadequate support.

David Miller, a professor of political sociology and a member of the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, was sacked last week for his February pro-Palestine comments.

Palestine Action has been vigorously campaigning against Elbit, Israel’s largest arms producer, across the UK since last year, targeting a number of sites owned by the arms company.