‘George Galloway will not face charges over a speech he made in August declaring Bradford an “Israel-free zone”.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In a report published today the Law Commission recommends reforms to ensure that the criminal justice system is able to make a stronger and more coherent response to hate crime.
Law Commission, 28th May 2014
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
‘The Hate Crime Action Plan documents the government’s work to tackle hate crime.
A report on the progress made in the past 2 years has been published. Achievements include: better education of secondary school pupils, improved recording by police and work with major internet service providers in the UK and USA to reduce the harm caused by hate material on the internet. The report also discusses the spike in anti-Muslim sentiment following the murder of Lee Rigby.’
Home Office, 7th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A couple were jailed on Friday for glorifying the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby in videos posted on YouTube that were “offensive in the extreme”. Royal Barnes, 23, and his wife Rebekah Dawson, 22, of Hackney, north-east London, recorded and uploaded three videos shortly after the murder in Woolwich, south-east London, last May.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Christopher Philips has today (8 January 2014) been sentenced to 12 months in prison and imposed with an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) for distributing videos of himself at an extremist right-wing event on a social media site. Mr Philips pleaded guilty to one count of stirring up racial hatred contrary to section 21 of the Public Order Act 1986 at a hearing on 31 October 2013 at Wolverhampton Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th January 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A university graduate who posted footage of himself online dressed in a Ku Klux Klan costume hanging a life-sized golliwog doll has been jailed for 12 months.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A white supremacist who hoped to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Muslims has been told he will serve at least 40 years imprisonment for a terror campaign in which he hunted down a Muslim to murder before he bombed three Midlands mosques aiming to kill and maim worshippers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Commission has been asked by Government to consider whether two existing groups of offences dealing with hate crime should be extended.”
Law Commission, 14th December 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“A student has lost his appeal after being sent to jail for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba.”
BBC News, 30th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student who admitted posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba has been jailed for 56 days.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Recent cases have highlighted disturbing instances of racial abuse on Twitter, and some footballers and celebrities are leaving the site after becoming targets.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student who mocked footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter after he collapsed during a match could be jailed for inciting racial hatred.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A government plan to tackle hate crime is launched today with the key message to ‘challenge it, report it, stop it’. Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone unveiled the plan as she addressed a hate crime conference organised by the association of chief police officers (ACPO) in Birmingham.”
Home Office, 14th March 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Nobody will be charged over copies of a Manchester United fanzine seized before the match with Liverpool amid fears its cover would stoke a racism row.”
BBC News, 24th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The CPS is prosecuting more hate crimes, more successfully and with more defendants pleading guilty than ever before.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th February 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) must disclose some papers it holds relating to the successful conviction of controversial right-wing politician Nick Griffin for a racial hate crime in the 1990s, an Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration Chamber), has upheld the decision of the Home Secretary to deport Raed Mahajna, who had come to the UK to attend a number of meetings and speaking engagements.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A Facebook user who urged young people to ‘put Manchester on the map’ by rioting during the summer disturbances has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An appeal judge has said a leading Israeli Arab activist, who was detained in London on the home secretary’s orders, should remain on bail pending the outcome of legal proceedings.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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