** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Daily Express reports on the disbarring of a nurse who was convicted of religiously aggravated common assault last year after verbally abusing and assaulting a taxi driver in Nottingham. Elaine Roots, 57, was picked up by a driver on 10 June 2015 after a night out in Nottingham. Roots, who...
The Ballymoney Times reports on the suspended sentence handed to a man who called a male a “P*** b******” after getting drunk on the first anniversary of his cousin’s death. Steven Johnstone, 21, was marking the one year anniversary of the death of his cousin, Adam Gilmour who was killed in...
The Bicester Advertiser reports on the sentencing of a man convicted of criminal damage, possession of a Class B drug, and racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress at the Nuffield Health Centre in Oxford on 20 September. Scott Hadlow, 36, admitted damaging a...
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published its country report on the UK, part of the human rights organisation’s regular monitoring of Member States of the Council of Europe. The report has garnered some media coverage in the UK papers with Sky News and The...
The MK Citizen reports that the Somali Muslim female who lost her unborn twins in an alleged racist attack is so fearful over her safety and that of her children, that the family are seeking help from a councillor to be rehoused in another area. The woman who was verbally abused and “kicked to...
The Cambridge News reports on a spate of “offensive” stickers which have appeared in Cambridge, some of them plastered on public property near to schools. The stickers are described as “anti-Muslim,” “anti-European Union,” and “anti-Semitic”. The paper notes the stickers...
The Liverpool Echo and The Mirror report on another “P*** bashing” incident with news of an incident at a takeaway in Liverpool where three drunk schoolgirls racially abused and beat up staff. Hassan Ghazi, 61, had his nose broken in the assault when one of the girls struck him in the face with...
The Exeter Express and Echo reports that a man charged with offences of racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour against a Turkish kebab shop worker was cleared after two witnesses failed to show up in court. Craig Longstaff, 44, was charged in connection with the incident...
The Times and the Lancashire Telegraph report on the trial of a businessman and his two sons who were sentenced over an altercation at a bar in Whalley, Lancashire during which an Asian doorman was verbally abused. Vernon Charles Yerkess, 43, and his sons, Harrison Yerkess (18) and Benjamin Charles...
The Daily Record reports on another racist assault on an Asian schoolboy after footage from an incident in Edinburgh was uploaded on Twitter with the words “Smash a P*ki.” The paper reports the incident involving a “feral gang” of 13 year olds took place on 13 September in the...
