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,...
The Belfast Telegraph reports on a hate crime incident in Dungannon in County Tyrone where vandals daubed the words “Muslim scum” on an uninhabited house in Oak Road. The graffiti appeared on the front of the house sometime between Tuesday evening(2 May) and Wednesday morning (4...
The local newspaper, York Press, reports on the acquittal of a man accused of racially aggravated threatening behaviour after a Muslim taxi driver claimed he was called a “Muslim suicide bomber” by a passenger riding in his taxi last November. Paul Leadley and his friend, Craig King,...
A story that you may have missed this weekend but which is certainly noteworthy. The Telegraph Media Group have published an apology to Mr Mujibul Islam for articles published by Sunday Telegraph journalist, Andrew Gilligan last year, accusing Mr Islam of being “a willing beneficiary of...
The Northern Echo reports on the trial of a man and a woman accused of violent assault and racial abuse of a pizza shop owner in Ferryhill, County Durham. The trial at Teesside Crown Court this week relates to an incident involving victim Muhammad Saeed Ahkter on 16 October 2015. David Lowes and...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the trial of three young men who threatened a Muslim shop owner with a knife and a plank of wood after he confronted them at his store in Spring Bank, west Hull. Hussein Ali, the owner of Bekhal, a 24-hour grocery store was threatened with a knife and racially...
The Daily Mail reports on the court appearance of a woman accused of abusing a Muslim store manager at a central London shop telling her “I’ll slap that hijab off your face.” Ellie Simpson, 21, appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court on one charge of using threatening or...
