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Pakistani judge acquits a man over spreading misinformation that sparked riots in UK

August 26, 2024 admin

A Pakistani judge on Monday (August 26, 2024) acquitted a man who was charged with spreading misinformation that helped spark widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month, officials said. The decision came less than a week after Farhan Asif, a 32-year-old web developer, was arrested in a raid on his home in Lahore, the…

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Pakistani Man Charged With Cyber Terrorism For False Posts Linked To UK Riots

August 21, 2024 admin

Farhan Asif is a 31-year-old software engineer with no journalism credentials, an official said. (File) Lahore: A Pakistani man appeared in court Wednesday to face charges of cyber terrorism after allegedly spreading disinformation on his clickbait website thought to have fuelled anti-immigration riots in Britain. Farhan Asif was accused of publishing an article on his…

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London man stabs child and women in a busy square, arrested

August 12, 2024 admin

Police cordon off an area in Leicester Square, as a man was arrested with the accusation of stabbing an 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman, in London, Monday Aug. 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP London’s Metropolitan Police say a man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman were stabbed in central…

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Anti-Racism Protesters Continue To Rally Across UK After Far-Right Riots

August 11, 2024 admin

Around 5,000 anti-racism demonstrators rallied in Belfast on Saturday, said the police. London: Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children. Crowds massed in London, Glasgow in Scotland, Belfast in Northern Ireland, Manchester…

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King Charles III Ends Silence On UK Far-Right Riots, Praises Police Efforts

August 10, 2024 admin

Hundreds of people have been arrested in the near-nightly unrest that hit cities across England (file). London: King Charles III made his first comments on Friday about riots that have shaken British cities, praising the work of police in countering the violence. While the monarch and Queen Camilla conveyed their condolences to the families of…

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Why Are There Anti-Racism Protests, Riots In The UK

August 8, 2024 admin

London: A wave of riots, sparked by a deadly attack at a children’s dance event and further fueled by a torrent of misinformation, has gripped parts of the United Kingdom. What began as a community’s grief over the tragic loss of three young girls has spiralled into nationwide chaos, with far-right groups using the moment…

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Anti-Racism Protests Erupt In UK Amid Unrest After Far-Right Demonstrations

August 8, 2024 admin

Thousands of anti-racism protesters held placards with words such as smash fascism & racism. London: Thousands of anti-racism protesters have taken to the streets in many cities and towns of the UK to counter far-right demonstrations after days of unrest following Southport stabbing. By 11 pm on Wednesday, most of the planned far-right demonstrations, numbering…

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News Analysis: U.K. riots bring racism, policing, disinformation, migration into focus

August 7, 2024 admin

Riots have spread across several U.K. towns and cities following the killing of three children, Alice Aguiar (9), Bebe King (6) and Elsie Stancombe (7) and the injury of several others during a knife attack in Southport on July 29. Disinformation and, presumably, misinformation that an undocumented migrant and Muslim was behind the attacks…

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U.K. government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts as unrest grips country

August 6, 2024 admin

An unruly crowd clash with police, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Southport, northwest England, near where three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class the day before. The violence erupted shortly after a peaceful vigil was attended by hundreds in the center of Southport to mourn the 13 victims of the stabbings, including…

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