** 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 news site, News North Wales, reports on a police appeal for information after two Asian men were verbally abused and physically assaulted at a railway station. The local news site reports that the two victims were at Flint Railway Station at 9.50pm on Saturday, 30 January, waiting for a train...
An estimated 800,000 people have dropped off the electoral register with students in university towns at highest risk of being disenfranchised, The Guardian reports. The change to the electoral registration system from household to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in 2014 is responsible for...
The Western Gazette reports on the dismissal of the case against a man accused of racially abusing and assaulting a Sudanese security guard after the veracity of the victim’s evidence was questioned in court. David Fuller, 53, was charged with racially aggravated assault over an alleged attack on...
The Portsmouth News reports that residents of the town have been posting messages of support at the Madani Academy after the Muslim school was the target of a hate crime. A pig’s head was found tied to the railings of the Muslim faith school on the morning on 21 January by staff who were arriving...
Local paper, The Leader, reports on the sentencing of a man for a racially aggravated public order offence and criminal damage after he abused the manager of a kebab shop in Deeside and threw a bottle through the shop window. Flintshire Magistrates Court heard that Keith Alan Hibbert , 29, entered...
ITV News and BBC News report on an alleged incident of racist abuse aimed at Everton footballers during the club’s FA Cup fourth round match against Carlisle United at Brunton Park stadium on Sunday 31 January. The Football Association, Carlisle United Football Club and Cumbria police have...
The International Business Times and The Star report on four arrests made at Barnsley Railway station in connection with a Britain First march that took place in Dewsbury on Saturday. The four men were arrested by British Transport police for “racially-aggravated public order offences”...
Online news site Police Professional reports that changes in recruitment policies introduced by the Metropolitan Police Service have dramatically increased the percentage of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) recruits to the force in the last year. Addressing the London Assembly Police and Crime...
The South Wales Evening Post reports on a man who has been found guilty of racially aggravated common assault after he called an Asian customer at a social club in Swansea a “suicide bomber” before assaulting him and throwing him out of the premises. Arthur John Lerwell was drinking in...
The Huddersfield Examiner and The Mirror both report on the trial of a man in court for assaulting a Muslim taxi driver. Paul Knell, 28, appeared before Kirklees Magistrates Court on charges of assault and criminal damage after he attacked taxi driver, Muhammed Naeem, 47, in the early hours of 2...
