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Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest, it is pure violence and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities,
The disinformation that we’ve seen online attracts amplification from known bot activity, which, as I say, can be linked to state-backed activity,
When British people are ignored and labelled ‘far-right’… something has to happen.”
On Sunday, Robinson, who is on holiday abroad, posted footage of the Rotherham hotel attack on X, saying This is not protest - this is violence. We're not going to tolerate that in this country."
The authorities will take tough action against the attackers,
her office said in a message to the media It is an emergency response committee — a get together of ministers, civil servants, the police, intelligence officers and other officials appropriate to the situation they are looking into,
I feel out of this world, we’re dancing in the streets now,
The shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop,
Volker Türk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement Sunday When you’re on the streets and you look around and see thousands of people of your age, your father’s age, your sister’s age, you feel invincible,
Monorom Polok, 25, said in a telephone interview from Dhaka as he prepared to join the march on Monday As Keir said, as every decent person has said, I think these are far-right thugs who attacked some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and there is absolutely no excuse,
Oliver Coppard, the mayor of South Yorkshire, told the BBC Your duty is to keep our people safe and our country safe and to uphold the constitution,
her son, US-based Sajeeb Wazed Joy, said in a post on Facebook The protests have taken on immense momentum, fuelled by raw anger but also by the confidence that comes with knowing that so much of the nation is behind them,
This student-citizen uprising will continue until the fall of Sheikh Hasina,
protest coordinator Asif Mahmud said in a message on Facebook late on Sunday Tomorrow is the ‘March to Dhaka’. Travel to Dhaka now to witness history. Join the ultimate fight,
The final battle has come. It is time to make the final signature of this student citizen uprising. Come to Dhaka to be a part of history. Students will create a new Bangladesh,
Asif added, asking the general public to join it I think what you've seen is that networks of different individuals and groups that have been trying to fan the flames,
she told Sky News, swerving questions on whether foreign states had been involved They are thugs, criminals and extremists who betray the very values our country is built on.”
Writing in the Times, the Home Secretary said They could and should have been quicker, it's worrying that it's only today that cobra is meeting
But he also criticised Starmer's new government for not reacting quickly enough I'm really uncomfortable with the idea that somehow this violence reflects a wider national move
There were rumours circulating that asylum seekers currently housed on the Bibby Stockholm would be moved to Portland, Weymouth or the wider Dorset Council area but the Home Office have confirmed this is not the case