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Nazir Afzal

Nazir Afzal is former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England

August 2024

  • A man prepares to hurl a brick as a fire rages on a litter-strewn street filled with rioters

    Politics Weekly UK
    Will the threat of arrests be enough to stop far-right violence? Politics Weekly UK

    Far-right mobs have continued to threaten communities this week, with violence expected at asylum centres and law firms on Wednesday night. Gaby Hinsliff speaks to the Guardian’s deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot, and Nazir Afzal, the former chief prosecutor for the north-west of England

June 2023

  • Boris Johnson. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

    Politics Weekly UK
    The Covid inquiry vs the Cabinet Office – Politics Weekly UK

    The legal tug of war between the Covid inquiry and the Cabinet Office continues this week. Gaby Hinsliff talks to the former Downing Street chief of staff Gavin Barwell and the former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal about the possible reasons for the government’s position

June 2020

  • Christopher Alder

    Black Britain matters
    Black people dying in police custody should surprise no one

    Black people account for 3% of the population, but 8% of deaths in custody. As a former chief prosecutor, I know this is only the end point of a system that disproportionately suspects, arrests, convicts and imprisons BAME people

May 2020

  • Umar Afzal

    Today in Focus
    Who is Covid-19 killing?

    The UK has officially recorded more than 26,000 deaths. We look at who is dying – and hear from friends and family about the lives cut short

June 2018

  • A view of the Lush store on Oxford Street, London, featuring the spycops campaign

    I don’t like Lush’s #spycops campaign, but shutting it down is an abuse of power

    Nazir Afzal
    Off-duty policemen should not be cajoling store managers to shut down the retailer’s campaign, says Nazir Afzal, former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England

June 2015

  • muslim peace camp

    As atrocities are committed in the name of Islam, our ‘leaders’ are failing us

    Nazir Afzal
    With Muslims both the victims and perpetrators of terrible crimes, the dearth of representative voices in the UK to speak up for our faith has never been clearer
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