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Tariq Mehmood

Tariq Mehmood

Tariq Mehmood is an award-winning novelist and filmmaker. He was one of the leading defendants in the case of the Bradford 12 in 1981. He co-directed Injustice, the ground-breaking film into deaths in British Police Custody and writer of its follow-on, Ultraviolence. He is currently making a film on the Bradford 12. He wrote his first novel awaiting trial: Hand On The Sun, Penguin 1983. He has since written a number of novels, the latest being You’re Not here, Daraja 2018. He is an Associate Professor at the American University Of Beirut, Lebanon.

When terrorism ghosts won’t lie to rest

Do UK counter-terrorism officers really "randomly" pull people up at airports? Writer Tariq Mehmood, also one of the Bradford 12, shares a recent experience at Manchester airport that puts this question under the spotlight.

25 August, 2023

The Tories are destroying our NHS

Personal stories: Tariq Mehmood paints a harrowing picture of the realities of the NHS under a Tory government whose divestments and neglect are actively destroying it and detrimentally impacting the masses.

14 October, 2022