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 Chronicle reports on the launch of a police investigation into a suspected hate crime after local councillor, Dipu Ahad, filmed footage of a man allegedly making a “beheading” threat at a far right protest in Byker, Newcastle last Saturday. Councillor Ahad was with anti-racism group...
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...
