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...
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has released its2015 annual report for the period 1 January to 31 December and marking the main trends in the fields of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance among Member States of the Council of...
The Independent was among several newspapers yesterday reporting on the announcement by the Home Secretary of an “independent review into the application of Sharia Law in England and Wales”. The review, which was noted in the Government’s Counter Extremism Strategylast...
The Chronicle reports on the court appearance of a man charged with racially/religiously aggravated common assault over an incident at an Asda supermarket in Gosport earlier this year. Joseph Tudor, 36, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The court...
The Irish Times reports on the guilty verdict passed in the trial of a man charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour intending to stir up hatred or arouse fear following an alleged assault on two Pakistani men at their home in Belfast in 2014. Mohammed Asif Khattak and...
The Surrey Mirror reports on the trial date set for two men charged with racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and criminal damage following an altercation at a taxi rank in Reigate on 5 March. Jack Armstrong, 23, and Elliot Butler, 21, are accused of racially...
The Hereford Times reports on the trial of two brothers charged with assault after a “ferocious” attack on an Asian man who had travelled from Berkshire to Leominster to visit his pregnant girlfriend. Ryan Davies, 19 and his brother, Jake, 23, appeared at Worcester Crown Court charged...
The London Evening Standard yesterday published news of a Muslim businessman who is suing City of London police for alleged racial discrimination following his arrest during the 2012 Olympics. Akmal Afzal, 23, claims that he was singled out by officers for being “an Asian with a beard”....
The Birmingham Mail reports on another suspected incident of “flying while Muslim” with news of two men being ushered off a Monarch Airlines flight to Rome on Sunday 15 May after fellow passengers accused them of “acting suspiciously”. The local paper reports that West...
The Ilford Recorder reports on an appeal for information by British Transport Police in connection with a suspected Islamophobic attack at Paddington station. The paper reports that the male victim, 34, boarded a train to Newbury from Paddington station at 10.15pm on Sunday 1 May. The victim was...
