ITV News reports on an appeal launched by British Transport Police after a teenager was subjected to racist abuse and headbutted aboard a train to Manchester. The incident happened on Wednesday 4 May, shortly before 5pm, when the schoolboy, who has not been named, got on a Manchester Piccadilly...
The Bristol Post reports on another incident of Muslim-bashing in a public space with news of a video posted on Facebook by a young Muslim male who was told to “go back to where you came from” in a London supermarket. Zubair Munsif posted footage from the encounter on his Facebook page....
The Lancashire Evening Post reports on the trial of a man arrested on a charge of sending malicious communications after a member of the public alerted Greater Manchester Police about his racist Facebook posts. Garry Farrimond, 45, was arrested in connection with posts found on his Facebook...
Wales Online reports on the case of a Church of Wales clergyman who has apologised after he was found to have posted messages on social media lauding Pegida leader Tommy Robinson and linking to Islamophobic hate groups Britain First and Islam Exposed. Reverend David Lloyd of Newcastle Parish in the...
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency released its annual report this week examining the status of fundamental rights in the European Union between January and December 2015. The report “provides insights into the main issues shaping fundamental rights debates across the EU”. The report looks in...
The London Evening Standard and Islington Tribune report on a suspected hate crime incident at Finsbury Park mosque after “pork sausages” and “pig’s remains” were found slung over the gate and onto the mosque grounds. Officers were called to the mosque around the time of the early...
BBC News and ITV News report on the sentencing of a football fan who racially abused Muslim footballer Arouna Kone during the FA Cup fourth round match between Everton and Carlisle United in January. Owen Newbury, 18, admitted racially/religiously aggravated intentional...
The Exeter Echo and Express reports on a Facebook post by Muslim student Kalsoom Naqvi in which she relates an experience in Exeter city centre where she and a friend were verbally abused by a man outside a halal takeaway shop. Kalsoom posted a video on Facebook of the encounter showing her...
The Stoke Sentinel reports on the court appearance of a man charged with racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Muslim victim, Asim Latif. Robert Spilsbury, 39, pleaded not guilty at North Staffordshire magistrates court this week. He is due to face trial...
