Simon Hooper
Middle East Eye
United Kingdom
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China and US clash over Uyghurs at UN Islamophobia event
US accuses China of 'genocide' ahead of UN's first International Day to Combat Islamophobia - which has been co-sponsored with Muslim nations by Beijing → Read More
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Chair of Didsbury Mosque says it has been treated unfairly
Mosque cleared of any responsibility for radicalising bomber, but disputes criticism it was 'wilfully blind' to 'toxic' Libyan politics → Read More
Manchester Arena Inquiry: MI5 missed 'significant opportunity' to thwart bombing
Public inquiry finds that bomber Salman Abedi probably fought in Libya and may have received helped from Islamic State in planning attack → Read More
Shamima Begum: How citizenship-stripping powers condemn British nationals to 'exile'
UK government has been described as a 'global leader' in use of controversial powers which critics say have created 'two-tier citizenship' → Read More
Turkey earthquake: World Bank estimated making homes safe would cost $465bn
World Bank warned in 2021 that millions of private properties required 'urgent strengthening' and called for 'massive financing' to fund work → Read More
Canada fights judgement ordering return of men detained in northeast Syria
Government accuses court of interference over order to repatriate Jack Letts and three others from Kurdish prisons → Read More
Prevent review: Home Office advisor compared Islamophobia to ‘blasphemy law’
Robin Simcox to provide 'scrutiny and expertise' in overhaul of contentious counter-extremism programme → Read More
Prevent review: UK counter-extremism programme takes aim at 'Islamist threat'
Publication of William Shawcross's review on contentious counter-extremism programme comes more than four years after it was launched → Read More
Prevent review: Four years of delays, legal challenges, boycotts and leaks
How William Shawcross's Prevent review became as contentious as the counter-extremism programme itself → Read More
UK Home Office challenged over independence of Prevent review
Rights group says details of emails and meetings between Home Office officials and William Shawcross's team suggest significant 'interference' in review process → Read More
Jack Letts' mother hails 'rights victory' as Canadians to be repatriated from Syria
Sally Lane, mother of British-Canadian man detained in Syrian camp, exclusively tells MEE that judgement will have 'global implications' → Read More
Gulf states splurged on Trump hotel rooms during Qatar blockade 'lobbying blitz'
Concerns that Trump sought to profit from relations with countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as former president launches new bid for White House → Read More
Exclusive: UK officials considered need for Israel embassy in Jerusalem 'inevitable'
Palestinians say MEE's discovery of UK-held land earmarked for decades as an embassy site exposes a 'colonial injustice' → Read More
Two British nationals repatriated from northeast Syria camps
Woman and child had been held in al-Hol camp for families of suspected Islamic State members, according to local media → Read More
European governments accused over 'suppression of Muslim civil society'
OSCE conference in Poland hears plea for member states to protect Muslim citizens from Islamophobia and 'state racism' → Read More
UK: Truss accused of 'misleading' Gulf human rights comments
Prime minister has failed to back up claim in parliament that she personally raised concerns during Gulf visits, Labour MP says → Read More
Forde report highlights racism, Islamophobia and 'toxic hostility' within Labour Party
Damning report says antisemitism was treated as a 'factional weapon' by both supporters and opponents of Jeremy Corbyn in senior party positions → Read More
How the FBI trapped 'Islamic State Beatle' Aine Davis
Kamran Faridi rented a luxury Istanbul villa used as a safehouse by Aine Davis, an alleged member of an Islamic State execution cell. But were others arrested there ‘collateral damage’ in an FBI sting operation? → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: FBI rented Istanbul villa where 'Islamic State Beatle' Aine Davis was caught
Undercover operative involved in 2015 sting operation was later jailed after revealing details of entrapment plot in which FBI set up heroin shipment from Pakistan to US → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Turkey set to deport 'Islamic State Beatle' to UK
Aine Davis, who was convicted of membership of IS in 2017, is scheduled to be released and flown to the UK within days → Read More