After much trailing of the report on ‘prison radicalisation’ the Ministry of Justice yesterday published an 18 page summary of the ‘main findings of the review of Islamist extremism in prisons, probation and youth justice’ but not the full report. The summary alludes to the preparation of a...
The news website Glasgow Live reports on the torment of a Pakistani family who have suffered ongoing racist abuse. Shahad Ishaq told the paper he and his wife Shahnaz were at the “end of their tether” after a campaign of abuse over the last six months failed to be taken seriously by the...
The Torquay Herald Express reports on the suspended sentence handed to a man who committed a string of offences including racially aggravated abuse of a former partner. Andrew Darby, 47, was accused of causing £2,500 pounds worth of damage to TV screens in a William Hill shop and sending 110...
The Burton Mail reports on the jailing of a man for robbery and violent assault on a Muslim taxi driver last year. Richard Williams, 47, pled guilty to charges of racially aggravated harassment, assault causing actual bodily harm and affray but denied robbery. Stoke on Trent Crown Court heard...
The Guardian reports a 43 year old man has been arrested by the north-east counter-terrorism unit over a bomb threat sent to a Rotherham mosque earlier this month. The threat, which police assessed to be “credible,” was sent to the Jamia Masjid Abu Bakr in Rotherham. The note stated “Next...
IMPRESS, the independent press regulatory body that aspires to adopt a Leveson compliant model of independent press regulation has published a draft Code, akin to the Editors’ Code of Practice employed by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso). IMPRESS’s draft Code, which is open...
The Reading Chronicle covers court proceedings at Berkshire magistrates last month including one case of religiously aggravated harassment. The local paper notes John Barry, 58, admitted a charge of religiously aggravated harassment likely to cause alarm or distress. Barry was reported after a...
The Ipswich Star reports on the case of a man who lashed out at a Muslim shop assistant after she referred to his bottle of wine as “booze” telling her “Calling wine booze is like calling all Muslims terrorists, like you.” Rand Moore, 44, appeared before South East Suffolk Magistrates’...
Lincolnshire police have issued an appeal for information in connection with an alleged incident of verbal abuse in Brayford North, Lincoln. The police statement says that a man was seen pointing at a woman in a burqa outside the Sports Bar on Brayford North, Lincoln at around 10.15 am on Wednesday...
The news website Belfast Live reports on the suspended sentence passed on a woman who posted material on Facebook calling for a Muslim community leader to be shot and Muslims to be “gassed.” Belfast Magistrates’ court heard that Anne Bothwell, 53, posted comments on the Facebook...
