Home Office Fights Bid to Overturn Palestine Action Terror Ban
The Home Office has argued that a legal challenge to the proscription of protest group Palestine Action is not “exceptional” and should not be heard by the High Court. Palestine Action’s founder, Huda Ammori, is pursuing a judicial review after former home secretary Yvette Cooper designated the group a terrorist Continue Reading
Iranian Ex-Culture Official Escapes Death Penalty but Faces Flogging in Same-Sex Scandal
By Cicero Staff Writer An Iranian court has sentenced Reza Seghati, the former head of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Gilan province, to 100 lashes and one year’s exile, after a leaked video exposed him engaging in sexual activity with another man. The ruling has inflamed both Continue Reading
Disney vs. Hitler: How Donald Duck Defied the Nazi’s!
Disney’s Cartoon Offensive: How Walt Disney Took on Hitler’s Propaganda Machine using only Ink and Imagination When the world was at war, even Mickey Mouse’s studio found itself drafted into the fight. In the early 1940s, Walt Disney turned his animators’ pens and brushes against Adolf Hitler, producing a pair Continue Reading
Graham Linehan on Trial Over Alleged Harassment of Transgender Campaigner
Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd, has gone on trial in London accused of harassing a transgender teenager and damaging her phone during a confrontation at a public event. The 57-year-old appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on Thursday, where prosecutors alleged he targeted Continue Reading
Palestine demonstrations – Was it important for the police to be called?
The letter from the police arrived when I was out. It was early March. I’d been at a meeting with actors and artists, discussing how we could collectively speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza. After the meeting, I saw multiple missed calls. My wife had opened the letter, and Continue Reading
The Legacy of Matthew Shepard: A Journey from Tragedy to Activism
n the crisp October air of Laramie, Wyoming, 1998, a young college student named Matthew Shepard became the face of something far larger than himself. His name would soon be etched into the conscience of a nation — not just for how he died, but for what his death forced Continue Reading
