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In a powerful display of solidarity, an estimated half a million people filled the streets of central London to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba and protest Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The historic pro-Palestine demonstration called for urgent and decisive action from the UK government—including the immediate enforcement of a full arms embargo on Israel.
Reporting from the scene, Middle East Eye captured a wide range of voices, from Jewish protesters declaring “Not in our name,” to international allies like Greg Stoker, a former US Special Forces operative, who traced his solidarity with Palestine back to his military experience and disillusionment with U.S. foreign policy.
Archiv: booting the so-called Labour Party
Letter to the PM on Gaza and Recognising the State of Palestine
Signed by representatives of the following organisations and their branches, affiliates or in their individual capacity:
Abrahamic Foundation
Abrar Foundation
Abu Bakar Mosque (Bradford)
Abu Bakr Trust (ABT) – Walsall
Abu Hanifah Foundation (Blackburn)
Ad Duha Masjid
Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat
Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC Birmingham
Al Amaan Education Trust
Al Aqsa Masjid Docklands
Al Balagh Academy
Al Khazra Mosque (Oldham)
Al Madani Masjid (Slough)
Al Madina Jame Masjid
Al Madina Mosque Barking
Al Manaar Academy (Loughborough)
Al Quran Academy
Al Zahra Foundation
Al Zunayrah Foundation
Al-Emaan Centre
Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre
Al-Farooq Trust
Al-Hijrah Trust
Al-Hira Educational Centre and Masjid
AL-HQ Law & More (Islamic Wills)
Al-Mahdi Centre, Wessex
Al-Muttaqin Research Centre (Manchester)
Al-Risalah Trust (London)
Alansar IEC
Alessi Marketing
Alkhair Primary School
AlKhaleel Institute
Alnoor Cultural & Educational Trust (Alnoor C&ET) – Essex
Aman Association
Amanah Masjid (Birmingham)
Anjuman Raza-E-Mustafa
Aqoon Education Services
Arab Lawyers Association (UK)
As-Salaam Trust – The Peace Centre
Asha Islamic Centre
Asian Muslim Cultural Association (London)
Asian Women Association
Association of Srilankan Muslims in UK
Aston Palestine Society
Azhar Academy Bolton
Balham Masjid & Tooting Islamic Centre
Bangladesh Islamic Centre (Birmingham)
Bangladeshi Islamic Society
Baytun Noor (Birmingham)
Beeston Muslim Centre
Belfast Islamic Centre
Belfast MultiCultural Association
Belgrave Mosque – Owais Qarni (Ilford)
Bexley Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Bexley PSC)
Bilal Mosque (Leeds)
Bilborough Islamic Centre
Birmingham Masjid and Dawah Centre
Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre
Blackburn Road Learning Centre
Bolton Central Islamic Society (BCIS)
Bolton Council of Mosques [~40]
Bradford Friends of Palestine (BFOP)
Bridgford Muslim Action Group
BrIsoc
Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS)
Bristol Turkish Community Association
British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
British Islamic Medical Association
British Muslim Heritage Centre
British Palestinian Families Network
British Turkish Association [~40]
Bushey Islamic Circle
Campaign Against Anti-Muslim Hate / Campaign Against Hate
Central Jamia Masjid (Southall)
Central Mosque (Wakefield)
Cheadle Masjid
Chelmsford Action for Palestine
Chelmsford Muslim Society
Cherwell Projects Ltd
Cis Windows
City Friends of Palestine (London)
City Retreat Leicester
City University Islamic Society (ISOC)
Cloud Devops Ltd
Committee for Alternative Development Trust
Compass Learning Centre (CLC)
Consortium [~11]
Cosy Cruise Travel Ltd
Council for Mosques Bradford [~140]
Council of Bristol Mosques (CBM) [~6]
Council of European Jamaats [~11]
Council of Mosque – Tower Hamlets [~45]
Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations [~28]
Croydon Islamic Youth Club
Dar Ul Isra Education and Welfare (Cardiff)
Dar us Salaam
Darassalaam
Darul Arqam Muslim Community Association
Darul Atfaal
Darul Ilm – SLMC of East London
Darulisra Muslim Educational Welfare Centre
Darus Salam Mosque (Leicester)
Darussalam Education Centre
Derby Jamia Mosque
Diverse Legal Consulting (Chelmsford)
Diyanet Stoke Education Centre
Dovex
Dundee Central Mosque
East Birmingham Central Masjid
East Cardiff Muslim Centre
East End Islamic Centre (Newham)
East Kilbride Muslims Association
Easton Jamia Masjid
Eden Foundation (Birmingham)
Eden Masjid and Dawah Centre
Edgware Youth
Eid Prayer And Festival (Leicester)
Elland Masjid Association – West Yorkshire
Enfield Community Action Group
Enfield Town Islamic Centre
Epsom and Ewell Islamic society
Essex Council of Mosques [~5]
EuroPal Forum
Exeter Mosque and Cultural Centre
Extant Marketing
Faith Inspire [~7]
Fatima Community Centre (Sheffield)
Fatima Elizabeth Archery Club
Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery
Fazilat Masjid (Nottingham)
FC Leytonstone
Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) [~50]
Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [~120]
Finsbury Park Mosque
First Choice Plumbing
Fiqh Council Birmingham (FCB)
Fleetgate Hardware ltd
Friends of Al-Aqsa
Fussilat Academy (London)
Gastec
Global Somali Diaspora
Goodwood Islamic Centre
Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre (GMCC)
Green Street Business Association
Haaya Foundation (Hounslow)
Hamilton Islamic Centre
Hamlets Way Mosque (Mile End Bengali Muslim Community Association)
Handsworth Wood Cultural Centre
Harpenden Muslim Network
Harrow Youth Club
Hastings Mosque
Havering4Peace
Hayes Muslim Centre
Here For Youth
Hillingdon Borough Muslims
Hounslow Muslim Centre
Hubb Leicestershire
Huddersfield Community First (HDCF)
Huddersfield Council of Mosques (HCoM)
Hull Turkish Education Society
Humanity for All (Scotland)
Hyderi Islamic Centre
I Waqf
I Will Solicitors
Ibadurrehman Trust
ICareCharity
ICMG Edmonton branch
ICMG MARGATE
Imam Zakariya Academy (IZA)
Imdadia Charitable Trust
Imperial Islamic Society
In Her Footsteps
Inspireamillion Limited
Inspired Supported Housing
Inspirited Minds
Interbuild Aid
International Communities Organisation (London)
International Community Milli Görüş
Iqra Women‘s Group (Leeds)
ISLAH (Cambridge)
Islamic Education Trust Leicester
Islamic Finance Guru
Islamic History Channel
Islamic Information Centre, Hastings
Islamic Research Institute of GB (IRIGB)
Islamic Society of Britain
Islamic Tarbiyyah Prep School (Bradford)
Jam-e-Masjid Qiblah Hadhrat Sahib Gulhar Shareef Birmingham
Jamia Masjid Sultania (JMS) (Nottingham)
Jamia Syeda Fatima Al Zahra Mosque
Jamia Usmania
JKR & HCY ISLAMIC CENTRE (Reading)
Jummah in Chorleywood
Karima al Marwaziyya Foundation (High Wycombe)
Kent Islamic Center
Khidmah Organisation (Leicester)
Khizra Mosque
Kilmarnock Central Mosque
Kurdish Society of Nottingham
Lancashire Council of Mosques
Lantor Ltd
Leeds Beckett University Islamic Society (LBU ISOC)
Legal Action for Peace
Leicester Community Assist
Leicestershire Zakah Foundation
Lewisham Islamic Centre
Leytonstone Islamic Association
London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society
Long Eaton Masjid
Loughborough Dawah Centre
Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Culture Association
Lumb Fox Limited
Luton Council of Mosques
Luton Muslim Malayali Association
Luton Sri Lankan Islamic Cultural Centre
Luton Turkish community
Madarasah Noorul Quran Leicester
Madrasa Talimu Quran
Madina Mosque & Community Centre (Cardiff)
Madni Masjid (Nottingham)
Madrasa Taleem ul Islam (Glasgow)
Madrasaatul Noor Leicester
Madrasah Madania Tahfeezul Quran (MMTQ) – Bradford
Mahmudsabir Masjid
Malayalee Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association UK
Maldon Masjid
MAN UK
Marifah Institute
Markazul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya (Rotherham)
Masjid Abu Bakr
Masjid Abu Bakr Tinsley
Masjid Abu Hurairah
Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)
Masjid Al Farouq
Masjid Al Furqan (Leicester)
Masjid Al Madina (Walsall)
Masjid Al Rawda (London)
Masjid Al-Jannah Slough
Masjid Alhikmah and Community Centre
Masjid At Taqwa (Bradford)
Masjid Ayesha
Masjid Ayesha (London)
Masjid e Imam Ali (Aberdeen)
Masjid e Noor (Gloucester)
Masjid e Salaam Trust (Bolton)
Masjid E Tauheed (Manor Park- London)
Masjid e Umar (Bradford)
Masjid Hazrat Bilal (Bristol)
Masjid Ibrahim Ferham (Rotherham)
Masjid Jamia Islamia Nottingham
Masjid Noor
Masjid Taha & Education Centre (Stratford, London)
Masjid Talha
Masjid Tawhid Leyton
Masjid Ul Hidayah (East Ham)
Masjid Umar
Masjid Usman (Bradford)
Masjid Zakaria (Birmingham)
Masjid-E-Quba, London
Masjid-e-Zainabia
Masjid-us-Sunnah (Leicester)
Masjid E Saliheen, Preston
MAUK
Meadows Muslim Centre (Nottingham)
Millwall Community Association
Misbaahul Uloom Urdu Centre
Mksi Leicester
Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association
Mum’s Kitchen
Mushkil Aasaan Charity
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) [~15]
Muslim Association of Croydon (MAC)
Muslim Community Association
Muslim Community Centre Uxbridge
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Muslim Council of Scotland [~100]
Muslim Council of Wales [~70]
Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton (MCWAS)
Muslim Cultural Centre Wollaton, Nottingham
Muslim Doctors Association and Allied Health Professionals CIC
Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC)
Muslim Engagement and Development
Muslim Event
Muslim Khatri Association
Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee (MPACUK)
Muslim Welfare House Sheffield
Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) (Blackburn)
Muslim Welfare Society Port Talbot
Muslim Women of Merton
Muslimaat UK (MMT UK)
My School Tutor
Narjis foundation (Glasgow)
Naseeha Youth Project (NYP) (Cardiff)
National Waqf
NCJM Stow Hill Mosque
New Beginnings
Newcastle Central Mosque
Newcastle under Lyme Islamic Centre
Newham Muslim Forum
Newport Diyanet Community Education Centre
Nextpoint Recruitment
Nexus Pharmacy
Nfsb Cardiff limited
NHS Muslim Women’s Network
Noka Solutions Ltd
Noor Youth
Noor-el-Islam Mosque (Cardiff)
Noorani Education Centre
Norbury Islamic Academy
Norbury Muslim Centre
North Ilford Islamic Centre
North West Islamic Association
Northwood Hills Mosque and Community Centre (NHMCC)
Nottingham Bangladesh Centre
Nottingham Council of Mosques (NCM) [~25]
Nottingham Islam Information Point
Nottingham Turkish Community
Nur Al Hadi Mosque (Sheffield)
Nuurul Huda Cultural centre ltd
Oadby and Wigston Muslim Association
Oadby Community Hub
P and D UK Services Ltd (West London)
Pakistan Centre
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
Palmed UK Charity
Peckham Mosque Trust
Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association
Plumstead Islamic Centre
PMS Jamea Masjid
Port Talbot Mosque
Preston Muslim Forum
PureStreets
Purley Islamic Community Centre
Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre & Madrasa (Manchester)
Qasim al-Ulum Centre (Manchester)
Qmed Staffing
Queensgate Islamic Centre
Quran Club
Quran ft Soul
Quwwat-ul-Islam Society Newham
Reading Muslim
Recipe2Inspire CIC (R2I)
Redbridge & Ilford Independents
Redbridge Community Action Group (RCAG)
Reflection Path
River To The Sea (Non Profit)
S E London Friends of Palestine
Saeed Institute (Bolton)
Said Nursi Mosque
Salahaddin Community Centre (Peterborough)
Sayyidah Aminah Masjid (Bradford)
SBMCA (Birmingham)
Scottish Association of Mosques [~13]
Shah Jalal Jami Masjid (Walsall)
Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre (Oldham)
Shahporan Jam e Mosque
Shahporan Madrasah
SHERIFF Estate & Letting Agent
Sherwood Education and Culture Centre
Shia Ithna‘ashari Community of Middlesex (SICM)
Simply Ethical Financial Services Ltd
SLIA
Soul Therapy Scotland
Southend Mosque
Sri Lanka Islamic Forum UK
Sri Lanka Muslim Society UK (Leicester)
Sri Lankan Muslim Progressive Front-Milton Keynes
Srilankan Muslim Community of East London
STEM Muslims
Streatham Hill Masjid
Strive UK [~15]
Suffa Education Centre
Suffolk Muslim Society
Surrey Muslim Association
Swansea University Mosque
Taleem Ul-Quran Trust (Coventry)
Tawfiq Online Learning
Taybah Charitable Trust
Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (London)
The Ahmed Ali Petkar Foundation (TAAP Foundation)
The Alberinious Foundation
The Ilford Muslim Society
The Islamic Foundation (Leicester)
The Lantern Initiative
The Quran Hub (TQH)
The Shah Jahan Mosque (Woking, Surrey)
The Suffah Institute
The United Kingdom Indian Muslim Council (UKIMC)
The Wheel Plug UK (Dewsbury)
The World Federation of KSIMC
Thornton Heath Islamic centre
Turners and Locksley Centre
Turners and Locksley Masjid Cultural Centre (London)
Tuyoorul jannah (TJ) Birds of Paradise
UCL Students for Justice in Palestine
UK Islam Centre
UK Kahramanmaras Education and Culture Centre
UK Medical and Community Projects
UKIM [~50]
Ummah Community Centre (UCC)
Ummah Community Trust (UCT)
Ummah Gwent Community Centre / Masjid
Union of Muslim Organisations (Walsall)
University of Birmingham Friends of Palestine
University of Birmingham Islamic Society
Warwick Islamic Society
West London Mosques Forum (Southall)
Werneth Jamia Masjid
West Cardiff Islamic Centre
West London Mosque Forum
West London Turkish Volunteers
Women Together
Worcester Muslim Welfare Association – Worcester Central Masjid
World Forum for Srilankan Muslims
Worthing Islamic Society
Xynosoft Ltd
Y9 Mak communications Ltd
Yemeni Community Association in sandwell
Yeovil Islamic Centre & SSMCA
YMCO – Young Muslim and Community Organisation (Cardiff)
Zaza Technologies Ltd
Zeenergy Limited
Hundreds of UK Muslim Organisations Unite to Call on Prime Minister to Recognise Palestinian Statehood
(April 29, 2025)
Commenting on the letter, Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter said:
“We are at a watershed moment as events in Gaza intensify, with more innocent lives lost each day. British Muslim communities, alongside countless others across the country, are simply calling for a foreign policy rooted in justice, humanity, and international law.
“We have rightly mobilised a coalition of the willing to oppose Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine, yet the illegal occupation of Palestine and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians is met with silence. We urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show moral leadership and act swiftly.“
Hundreds of Muslim groups demand UK recognition of Palestinian state
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has deliver a letter signed by over 300 Muslim groups to 10 Downing Street urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show “moral leadership” and swiftly recognise the Palestinian State.
The signatories, comprising of organisations from every region of the UK, including mosques, student societies, charities and advocacy groups, are calling on the British government to urgently:
UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen‘s Houthi rebels
“This action was taken in response to a persistent threat from the Houthis to freedom of navigation,” U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said. “A 55% drop in shipping through the Red Sea has already cost billions, fueling regional instability and risking economic security for families in the U.K.”
Massacre in Furat Al-Shu‘abi neighborhood & market… Another testament to American brutality
[Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:19 +0300]
Sana‘a – Saba:
Civilians—women and children—along with densely populated homes and neighborhoods, bustling markets, commercial shops, cemeteries, and civilian facilities and properties.
This is the target bank of the American enemy since the beginning of its brutal aggression against the Yemeni people, which escalated last Sunday evening with an attack on the crowded residential area and market of Fura in the capital‘s municipality.
Britain Joins U.S. in Strike Against Houthis in Yemen
There was no immediate comment from the American military about the operation, which the British Defense Ministry said early Wednesday was carried out overnight “to degrade Houthi capabilities and prevent further attacks against U.K. and international shipping.”
Typhoon jets using precision guided bombs took part in the mission, the ministry said in a statement. The target was “a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, located some 15 miles south of Sana,” the statement added, referring to the Yemeni capital.
UK online safety deadlines loom, impacting 100K companies worldwide
(February 26, 2ß25)
The rules affect thousands of businesses of all sizes worldwide, far exceeding the scope of the EU’s Digital Safety Act (DSA) and similar online safety frameworks. Companies that view the OSA as the “UK‘s DSA” may be surprised to learn that it applies to a much wider range of tech businesses, not just the biggest global platforms.
In fact, it applies to more than 100,000 user-to-user (U2U) and search services providers that target the UK market or have many UK users — including social media apps, video sharing platforms (VSPs), private messaging apps, online marketplaces, gaming sites, search engines and others — even if they’re small or based overseas.
UK Publishes Safety Rules for Online Service Providers
(December 16, 2024)
The act places new safety requirements on social media platforms, search engines, messaging, gaming and dating apps, and pornographic and file-sharing sites.
Websites and apps covered by the law have until March 16 of next year to “complete an assessment to understand the risks illegal content poses to children and adults on their platform,” the release said.
The law lists more than 130 “priority offenses.” Companies that fail to comply could be fined up to 10% of global annual turnover or up to 18 million pounds (about $22.8 million), whichever number is greater.
The U.K. adopted the Online Safety Bill last year after a lengthy period of debate.
Mehrere europäische Länder greifen Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung an
(March 4, 2025)
In Großbritannien ist mit dem Investigatory Powers Act schon länger ein solches Gesetz in Kraft. Auf Grundlage des Gesetzes forderte die Regierung Anfang Februar von Apple, weltweit Hintertüren in seine iCloud-Verschlüsselung einzubauen.
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In Frankreich hat jüngst ein Gesetz gegen den Drogenhandel den Senat passiert und soll schon im März in Parlament und Ausschüssen weiter behandelt werden. Dieses „hoch politisierte“ Gesetzespaket enthält eine Reihe an Verschärfungen, etwa eine heimliche Fernüberwachung über Mikrofone und Kameras von Endgeräten.
Der Menschenrechtsorganisation la Quadrature du Net bereitet aber wohl ein Gesetzeszusatz die größten Sorgen, der sich gezielt gegen verschlüsselte Kommunikation richtet. Der Passus soll Online-Dienste wie Signal oder WhatsApp verpflichten, Kommunikationsdaten in lesbarer Form herauszugeben und bedroht die Nichtbeachtung mit Strafen von bis zu 1,5 Millionen Euro für natürliche Personen oder zwei Prozent des Jahresumsatzes von juristischen Personen wie Unternehmen oder Stiftungen.
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In Schweden ist ein geplantes Gesetz gegen illegale Online-Inhalte noch nicht ganz so weit. Es soll voraussichtlich erst im kommenden Jahr in den schwedischen Reichstag kommen. Die Initiative sieht laut SVT Nyheter vor, dass Messenger die Kommunikationen ihrer Nutzer:innen speichern müssen. Es sei „absolut entscheidend“, dass Ermittlungsbehörden Zugang zu digitaler Kommunikation erhalten, forderte der schwedische Justizminister.
Apple appeals UK encryption backdoor demand
(March 5, 2025)
Let’s say that Apple lets the order stand and simply opts out of the UK market, which is essentially what it has already done, he said. That could encourage other governments, especially those in France, Australia, and Canada, to try the same tactic.
“If that happens, then the [UK] government has set a precedent,” Chagnon said. But if Apple succeeds in this appeal, which was reported in various media including The Financial Times, “then Apple will have turned the tables and set their own precedent. It would be saying ‘No, China, no, Germany, no, France, you can’t have a backdoor.’”
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: STATE/ENTITY – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
04 Dec 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JAL
GBR 15/2024
– terrorism
– freedom of opinion and expression
– freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
– privacy
Information received concerning the potentially inappropriate use of provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000, the Terrorism Act 2006, and the Anti-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. These provisions appear to have been employed to investigate, detain, collect data, and prosecute political activists and journalists, raising concerns about potential infringements of their fundamental
rights.
Alleged victims: 6
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According to the information received:
Powers under counter-terrorism legislation have been used on multiple occasions to examine, detain, and arrest journalists and activists, particularly at the UK border. It is alleged that journalists and activists who are critical of Western foreign policy in the context of the conflict in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war are especially affected by the reported misuse of these powers. In particular, schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, have been used to examine and obtain data from journalists and activists, including Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst in circumstances where they appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity. Furthermore, section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to charge journalists and activists, including Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst, for allegedly expressing support for a “proscribed organisation” in the course of activism and media reporting.
Without having knowledge of the material that may have substantiated the investigations or charges, we raise concern about an alleged pattern of overuse, or other misuse, of counter-terrorism legislation to target legitimate freedom of expression and opinion, including public interest media reporting, and related freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and political
dissent or activism.
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Ben Saul
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Irene Khan
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Gina Romero
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Ana Brian Nougrères
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists and Activists
(February 6, 2025)
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. They state that those persecuted:
appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity
The cases taken up by the United Nations are those of Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray (yes, me), Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst.
CCIA Responds to Reports of UK Demand for Worldwide Apple iCloud Access
The following can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Matt Schruers:
“As the recent Salt Typhoon breach makes clear, end-to-end encryption may be the only safeguard standing between Americans’ sensitive personal and business data and foreign adversaries.
“Reports that Apple has been secretly ordered by the UK Government to weaken its encryption, including in the United States, are a troubling development, if accurate. Decisions about Americans’ privacy and security should be made in America, in an open and transparent fashion, not through secret orders from abroad requiring keys be left under doormats.”
Apple’s ‘Dangerous’ iPhone Update Is Much Worse Than You Think
So, why is this worse than you think. In my view — and no one can officially comment, so “views” will be all we can share — any such government action would not stop with Apple. Not to over-simplify matters, but a bad actor would simply run Google’s helpful switch to Android software. If the U.K is going after Apple, it’s also going after Google and Meta and others. Why would they not? But Soviet-style, none of these other parties can comment or answer questions or confirm or deny.
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
(February 7, 2025)
The law, known by critics as the Snoopers’ Charter, makes it a criminal offense to reveal that the government has even made such a demand. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
Apple can appeal the U.K. capability notice to a secret technical panel, which would consider arguments about the expense of the requirement, and to a judge who would weigh whether the request was in proportion to the government’s needs. But the law does not permit Apple to delay complying during an appeal.
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
Apple’s iCloud backups aren’t encrypted by default, but the Advanced Data Protection option was added in 2022, and must be enabled manually. It uses end-to-end encryption so that not even Apple can access encrypted files. In response to the order, Apple is expected to simply stop offering Advanced Data Protection in the UK. This wouldn’t meet the UK’s demand for access to files shared by global users, however.
UK verlangt Zugriff auf verschlüsselte Daten aller Apple-Nutzer weltweit
(today)
Hintertüren, wie die von den Briten geforderte, sind von Natur aus gefährlich. Beim Hack der US-Kommunikationssysteme im Jahr 2024, der angeblich von chinesischen Akteuren durchgeführt wurde, wurde eine Hintertür verwendet, die die USA und andere Regierungen gefordert hatten:
„Dies ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Hacker die von CALEA vorgeschriebenen Abhör-Backdoors ausnutzen. Wie der Computersicherheitsexperte Nicholas Weaver 2015 gegenüber Lawfare betonte, „muss jede in den USA verkaufte Telefonanlage die Möglichkeit bieten, eine große Anzahl von Anrufen effizient abzuhören. Und da die USA einen so großen Markt darstellen, bedeutet dies, dass praktisch jede weltweit verkaufte Telefonanlage die Funktion ‚Lawful Intercept‘ enthält.“
Vor zwei Jahrzehnten wurde diese obligatorische Abhörfunktion von Hackern, die es auf Vodafone Griechenland abgesehen hatten, unterwandert. Sie fingen Telefongespräche des Premierministers des Landes und hochrangiger politischer, polizeilicher und militärischer Beamter ab.“
Report: US Had Foreknowledge of HTS Offensive To Topple Assad and Prepared Other Rebel Group To Join
(December 19, 2024)
“They did not tell us how it would happen,” Bashar al-Mashadani, an RCA commander, told The Telegraph. “We were just told: ‘Everything is about to change. This is your moment. Either Assad will fall, or you will fall.’ But they did not say when or where, they just told us to be ready.”
In October, the US brought several other Sunni Muslim militias under the command of the RCA, swelling the force from 800 fighters to about 3,000. All of the fighters are armed by the US, and the US pays their salaries of $400 per month.
US ‘prepared Syrian rebel group to help topple Bashar al-Assad’
(December 18, 2024)
RCA fighters who captured the Russian-controlled Syrian air base on the outskirts of the town last week said they had been told to prepare for Assad’s possible fall in early November, nearly three weeks before the offensive began.
Until one month earlier, Capt Mashadani had been second-in-command of the Abu Khatab brigade. This small unit of 150 men was created by US Special Forces and trained by their British counterparts in Jordan until 2016, to hunt down Isis fighters near Deir ez-Zor, a city in eastern Syria.
Germany joins US, UK in making diplomatic contact with Syria‘s HTS
Germany plans talks with representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Damascus on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, joining the United States and Britain in establishing contact with the group after it led the overthrow of Syria‘s Bashar al-Assad.
Lammy: UK had ‚diplomatic contact‘ with HTS
„Using all the channels that we have available, and those are diplomatic and, of course, intelligence-led channels, we seek to deal with HTS where we have to.“
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has had direct contact with HTS.
Israeli envoy criticizes Japanese atomic survivor‘s Gaza comparison
Nagasaki decided not to invite Cohen to mark this year‘s 79th anniversary of the bombing, citing security reasons to avoid possible protests.
That decision prompted the ambassadors of the United States, Britain and the European Union, among others, to skip the ceremony and send lower-level officials instead.
Palestinians in Gaza are facing an imminent existential threat, warn 15 organisations
The UK is failing to stand up for international law, as Israeli forces are forcibly transferring civilians from northern Gaza to the south and relentlessly bombarding the area, making it uninhabitable and stripping away the essential conditions that sustain life. The Government must demand that Israel end its heinous attacks, and take action to oppose any annexation or shrinking of Gaza. Its current silence is tantamount to complicity.
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Signatories:
– Action For Humanity
– Amos Trust
– Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
– Welfare Association
– Caabu
– Sabeel-Kairos UK
– Amnesty International UK
– Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS)
– Islamic Relief UK
– Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR)
– Trócaire
– War on Want
– Action Aid UK
– Global Justice Now
– Oxfam GB
LIVE: US, UK & Israel Conduct 14 Airstrikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah Airport in Yemen | Houthi
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LIVE: US, UK & Israel Conduct 14 Airstrikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah Airport in Yemen | Houthi Middle East | Free Press Journal | International News
Attacco aereo in Yemen: colpito un aeroporto e la capitale
Le forze armate di Stati Uniti e Regno Unito avrebbero attaccato le aree delle città di Sana‘a, Hodeidah e Dhamar, controllate dal movimento filo-iraniano Houthi in Yemen. Lo ha riferito l’emittente yemenita di proprietà degli Houthi «Al Masirah», con sede a Beirut, spiegando che gli attacchi aerei statunitensi e britannici hanno preso di mira l‘aeroporto di Hodeidah, una zona di Sana‘a e il sud della città di Dhamar.
US and UK strike Houthis in Yemen: Report
The US and UK have launched strikes across Yemen, including in the capital city of Sanaa, Dhamar city and Hodeidah airport, according to Houthi-controlled, Al Masirah TV.
UK’s Online Safety Bill to be fully enforced next year
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The UK‘s new Online Safety Bill, which is set to take effect next year and aims to curb speculative news and online hate speech, has gained renewed attention after far-right groups used social media to incite violence.
Starmer in Germany for first bilateral trip as UK PM
Starmer‘s Labour party had said it would seek a security and defence treaty with Germany if it won the July 4 general election, which it did by a landslide — propelling him to the premiership.