Following the recommendation of the terrorism watchdog that the Government initiate an independent inquiry into the Prevent strategy, the Joint Committee on Human Rights yesterday announced the launch of an inquiry into counter-extremism strategy and its human rights compliance as part of the...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused a Muslim police officer after becoming embroiled in a skirmish at Blackburn railway station while drunk. Luke Mulgrew, 29, had drunk a “gigantic” amount of alcohol when officers received reports of two men fighting...
The Manchester Evening News reports on a hate crime investigation launched by Greater Manchester Police after a Muslim family in Salford were terrorised by a gang of men armed with a gun, a meat cleaver and a knife who broke into their home and shouted, “We are going to kill you. Isis scum.”...
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 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 Guardian reports that the UK’s terror watchdog has called for an independent review of the government’s Prevent strategy citing concerns that it is spreading mistrust and fear within British Muslim communities. David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said the...
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 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...
