The London Evening Standard yesterday published a front page story, “Jihadi Jail UK”, in which the anecdotal evidence of a single prisoner was presented as a wider indictment of the prison service’s handling of ‘radicalisation’. The ES article referred to HMP Belmarsh as “a jihadi...
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...
The Independent prints tweets that have been posted abusing Humza Yousaf, the SNP’s former Minister for International Development, who re-took his oath this week following the Holyrood elections on 5 May. Yousaf took his oath in English and Urdu while wearing a kilt. Posting a photo of...
The Sunderland Echo reports on the court appearance of a man suspected of a violent assault on a young Muslim male at a metro station in South Tyneside. Robert Taylor, 45, is alleged to have attacked Rahman Choudary, 20, at Simonside metro station with a hammer and a hockey stick on 31 December...
The Derbyshire Times reports on the sentence and fine imposed on a woman accused of racially abusing a Muslim taxi driver and damaging his cab over a dispute about the fare. Kirsty Burton, 22, appeared before Chesterfield magistrates’ court this week charged with racially aggravated criminal...
The Shetland News reports on another case of malicious communications sent to SNP MP, Tasmina Ahmed-Shaikh. David Crozier, 68, admitted sending messages containing offensive and abusive comments aggravated by religious prejudice between 23 May and 26 May 2015. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard this week...
Local paper, the Abergavenny Chronicle draws attention to the contribution of Conservative MP, David Davies, to aparliamentary debate on Violence against Women and Girls and the Sustainable Development Goals on 27 April 2016 in which he refers to the veil as “a symbol of violence against...
The Ledbury Reporter covers an investigation launched by Gloucestershire police after a shop’s sign bearing the Turkish flag was vandalised in a suspected “racially aggravated” incident. Police believe the incident occured sometime between 9am and 6pm on Friday May 6 in The...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the anger of a hate crime victim whose assailants, three young men who threatened him with a knife at the convenience store he owns, have been spared a jail sentence. Hussein Ali was threatened with a knife and a plank of wood by Joshua Sainsbury, 22, Jack Hansom,...
South Yorkshire local paper, The Star, reports on court fines imposed on three members of the far right group South Yorkshire Casuals for “chanting religiously offensive songs” as they travelled on a train between Leeds and Barnsley en route to a Britain First protest. Dale Kelk, 33,...
