British-Pakistani cage fighter and wife win defamation case in UK
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Counter-terrorism and extremism experts Usman Tahi Raja (left) and Dr Angela Misra. Photo: Courtesy our correspondent
British Pakistani cage fighter Usman Tahir Raja and his wife Dr Angela Misra are both counter-terrorism and extremism experts
They had sued the Associated Newspapers Limited for serious harm to their reputation from a false article published on September 8, 2019 in the Daily Mail
Couple s lawyer says it is easy to make false allegations against Muslims whenever the word “terrorism” is used
LONDON: Publishers of the
Daily Mail newspaper have paid damages and
apologised to a British Pakistani couple for publishing an article which accused them of being dropped by the Home Office, harassing and bullying their staff as well as paying them low salaries.
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