Hate crime

Hate crime

Gypsy family home the target of petrol attack

A gypsy couple say they are living in fear after petrol was emptied over the front of their Yeovil home in the early hours of Tuesday. Graham Holloway, 37, of Matthews Road, was in bed with his partner Cassie Russell, 30, when he heard a noise at the front of [...]

by × November 22, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

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Young man in Bornmouth has neck slashed in racist attack

Young man in Bornmouth has neck slashed in racist attack

A young Libyian man was slashed across the neck in a racist attack on his way home from work last week. Waled Khalfa, who moved to Bournemouth two years ago, was walking home alone when a man shouted abuse at him and cut him with a broken bottle.He was struck again and [...]

by × September 19, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

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Racist ex-soldier stuck a pig’s head to mosque

Racist ex-soldier stuck a pig’s head to mosque

A former soldier has been jailed for four months after he tied a pig’s head to the gates of a mosque before uploading pictures of what he did on Facebook. Simon Parkes, 45, tied the animal’s head to the front of Cheltenham Mosque, Gloucestershire, after seeing a group of Muslims [...]

by × September 4, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

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Some reporting centres for hate crimes don’t exist say activists

Some reporting centres for hate crimes don’t exist say activists

HATE crime campaigners are demanding West Yorkshire Police conducts an urgent review into the force’s third party reporting centres, after claiming an investigation has found a number of them do not even exist.   Just West Yorkshire, which works to promote racial justice, civil liberties and human rights in the [...]

by × August 27, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

Hate crime, News and Events, Racist Murders

Kiaran Stapleton admits killing Indian student Anuj Bidve

Kiaran Stapleton admits killing Indian student Anuj Bidve

A man accused of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford has pleaded guilty to his manslaughter. Kiaran Stapleton, 21, of Ordsall, Salford admitted shooting the postgraduate on 26 December 2011. Stapleton pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court. Mr Bidve’s parents, who travelled from [...]

by × June 6, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

Hate crime

Anders Behring Breivik reflects changing face of modern far right

Anders Behring Breivik reflects changing face of modern far right

Anders Behring Breivik has no coherent ideology. Instead he appears to have picked bits of numerous rightwing philosophical strands and attempted to weave them together and present them as his own. Breivik comes from a culturally conservative Christian background, and this has shaped much of his political outlook. Into this he [...]

by × April 18, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

Hate crime

PSNI officers suspended in racist and sectarian text messages inquiry

Four police officers have been suspended in Northern Ireland following an investigation into alleged racist and sectarian text messages. The officers were suspended from duty on Thursday as part of an internal investigation. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the issues were identified “through internal PSNI mechanisms and will [...]

by × April 11, 2012 × Comments are Disabled