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Christopher Alder’s sister takes first step in legal action over burial mix-up

Christopher Alder’s sister takes first step in legal action over burial mix-up

THE sister of Christopher Alder has started legal proceedings against the authorities involved in the body mix-up involving her brother. Christopher’s body was discovered in the Hull Royal Infirmary mortuary in November last year, 11 years after his family believed they had laid him to rest following his death in [...]

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Swansea man accused of racial abuse on Twitter social network

A MAN has appeared in court charged with racially abusing three people on social networking site Twitter. Ricky Lee Davies, 20, entered no plea when he appeared at Swansea Crown Court. Davies, of St Leger Crescent, Swansea, had previously faced a total of five charges — one of sending offensive [...]

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Man hurled sword and racially abused men after they escaped flat fire

A man hurled a sword at three Muslim men as they stood outside a block of flats after they escaped from a blaze. Grant Robertson then shouted racist abuse at the three men in the street in Dundee.  For further information go to http://news.stv.tv/tayside/200121-man-hurled-sword-at-three-men-who-had-escaped-from-a-fire-at-flats/

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Racist perpetrator ordered to write essay on racial and sectarian hatred

A man who shouted racist abuse at a black teenage girl visiting the city has been ordered by a judge to write an essay on racial hatred. Derry’s magistrate’s court heard that Stephen Gerard Bradley, of Templemore Mews, shouted “nigger” at the girl, who was aged between 14 and 16-years-old [...]

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French Jewish leaders condemn release of new Mohammed cartoons

The president of the representative body of France’s Jewish communities condemned the new publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. The publication Wednesday of the caricatures in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo “in the current context” is “irresponsible,” Dr. Richard Prasquier, the president of CRIF, the umbrella Representative Council of French [...]

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Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit closes

Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit closes

Last week volunteers and supporters watched as Maxie Hayles, the group chairman, and two board members signed papers for the Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit (BRAMU) to be officially taken off the register of companies at Companies House. BRAMU was founded in 1989, and over the past 23 years it [...]

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Nottingham riots: Perry Atherton prepares human rights case

A man who was jailed following rioting in Nottingham last year is planning to challenge his conviction in the European Court of Human Rights. If the case goes ahead it could set a precedent for other cases that followed last summer’s riots. Perry Atherton, 22, was jailed for three years [...]

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