Last-ditch bid for ‘gay hate’ law – BBC News
“The government is bidding to overturn a defeat in the House of Lords over new laws criminalising ‘homophobic hatred’.”
BBC News, 12th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: incitement
Man incited internet child abuse – BBC News
“A British man who used an internet chatroom to incite a paedophile to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl in the United States has been jailed.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour defeat on incitement laws – BBC News
“Labour has been defeated in the Lords over the issue of free speech and laws against inciting homophobic hatred.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ugg boot fetishist sent to jail – BBC News
“A man with an Ugg boot fetish who used the internet to harass schoolgirls in Leeds has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bishops fight for right to criticise gay lifestyle – The Guardian
“Church of England bishops are on a collision course with the government over its plans to amend the incitement to hatred laws, claiming they will stifle what they believe is legitimate criticism of homosexual lifestyles.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extremists banned from Britain named and shamed by Home Office – Daily Telegraph
“Extremists and preachers of hate who have been banned from Britain are named and shamed by the Government for the first time today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman sentenced for jihad leaflet – BBC News
“A woman who wrote a leaflet encouraging people to carry out jihad, or holy war, has been sentenced to a community order at Manchester Crown Court.”
BBC News, 30th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ministers win vote on gay hatred – BBC News
“An attempt to insert a defence of ‘free speech’ into a bill designed to criminalise incitement to hatred over sexual orientation has failed.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anti-gay preachers banned from UK – BBC News
“A father and daughter from a US church which has called for homosexuals to be killed, have been banned from entering the UK by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
BBC News, 19th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Smith strengthens rules on banning extremists – The Guardian
“Measures to ban foreign-born ‘preachers of hate’ and other violent extremists from Britain are to be outlined by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, today.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six guilty of terrorism support – BBC News
“A man who heckled then Home Secretary John Reid during a speech has been convicted of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Attorney-General set to scupper plans to make gay hate a crime – The Times
“Government plans to criminalise the stirring up of hatred against gays and lesbians are in disarray because of a Cabinet split over the need for such a law.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Disabled hate crime law planned – BBC News
“Inciting hatred against disabled people is to be outlawed under government plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech.”
BBC News, 6th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Terror camp plot’ trial begins – BBC News
“Five men have gone on trial accused of their part in a plot to create terrorist training camps in the UK.”
BBC News, 10th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Greater protection against hate and sex crimes – Ministry of Justice
“New legislation which will strengthen the protection to the public from sex offenders and hate crime has been set out in proposals by the Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th October 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Inciting hatred against gays could lead to 7 years in prison – The Times
“The Government is to make it a crime to incite hatred because of a person’s sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, Jack Straw announced last night.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New law outlaws incitement of religious hatred – Home Office
“The Racial and Religious Hatred Act comes into effect today, forbidding threats and other intimidating statements intended to stir up hatred against people because of their religious beliefs.”
Home Office, 1st October 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Dispatches footage will be given to police – The Guardian
“The high court today ordered Channel 4 to hand over untransmitted footage from its controversial Dispatches documentary Britain Under Attack to police.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Four men jailed over cartoon demo – BBC News
“Four men have been jailed for their part in protests outside the Danish embassy in London, against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man guilty of inciting murder at cartoon protest – The Guardian
“A man who called for British troops to be brought back from Iraq in body bags at a demonstration against cartoons said to be offensive to Islam was today found guilty of inciting murder.”
Guardian, 5th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
