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Labour's anti-Islamophobia expert says she has little faith in complaints process

LABOUR’S anti-Islamophobia expert has raised concerns about the party’s complaints process, following delays to an investigation into an alleged joke about Palestinian deaths.

Samayya Afzal said her complaint about an MP and their staff member joking about Palestinian deaths at last year’s party conference remains under investigation nearly a year on.

The co-founder of the Labour Muslim Network said: “During last year’s conference I was in the vicinity of a really horrifying conversation.

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