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Charities withdraw support for Cage after group's comments on 'Jihadi John'

Two major donors to campaign group Cage have pulled funding in protest at the organisation's apparent defence of the Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John.

The Charity Commission revealed it had taken "robust action" to demand that the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Roddick Foundation would cease all current and future donations to the group.

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'Jihadi John' kicked out of Tanzania for 'drunkenness'

The Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John was refused entry to Tanzania for being drunk and disorderly - contradicting claims that MI5 had tipped off the country's security forces.

Mohammed Emwazi - who later claimed he had travelled to the African nation for a safari - was reportedly detained for "drunkenness" alongside two travel companions upon arrival in 2009, before being shipped back to the Netherlands.

Mohammed Emwazi - aka 'Jihadi John' - was refused entry to Tanzania in 2009

It is thought the men were secretly planning to pass through to Somalia, to join Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.

In an interview with The Times, Tanzania's home affairs minister Mathias Chikawe said it was the pilot of the KLM flight, not MI5, who had warned them that the three men were trouble after being drunk and abusive on the flight.

They were refused entry because they disembarked from the plane very drunk.

They were insulting our immigration staff and other people. They failed to explain why they had come to Tanzania.

– Mathias Chikawe, Tanzania's home affairs minister

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