A newly-wed couple who ended up spending their honeymoon night in a jail cell appeared in court for sentencing this week after pleading guilty to public order and racially aggravated offences. The couple, Kirsty and Nick Bigland, started an altercation with security staff at the Manchester Hilton...
BBC News reports on the sentencing of a man arrested after he shouted abuse and assaulted a Muslim woman in Bristol city centre covering her face and headscarf in saliva. The incident occurred last July as Hasina Khan was making her way to work one morning. Jack Hughes, 26, raged at her about...
The newspapers this week (Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, The Times and Daily Mail) have all given prominence to the publication of a US Senate report into the use of torture, ‘or “enhanced interrogation techniques” by American operatives in the CIA as part of the ‘war on terror’....
The Daily Mirror front page today revisits the issue of the delayed publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report into Britain’s involvement in the US-led invasion of Iraq calling it the “worst cover-up of our time”. The paper’s columnist, Paul Routledge, referring to the publication this week...
The Yorkshire Post covers the trial of a man in court on charges of racially aggravated assault, affray and possession of a bladed weapon in a public place after he harassed a Muslim woman and her young child as they walked past his house in Harehills, Leeds. Kravier Freeman, 31, who had just...
The local paper, Portsmouth News, relays the harrowing story of a Muslim convert in the city who has suffered ‘horrendous abuse’ over the years. Yvonne Rogers, a 61 year old convert and taxi driver, spoke to the paper about the level and nature of abuse she has experienced since converting to...
I. Assaults or attacks on persons of Muslim Background Six teenagers charged with racially abusing mosque worshippers. Birmingham Mail, 28 January 2014 II. Attacks on Muslim Property or institutions Extremist nailed Koran to pub wall in protest against Islamic centre plans. Sunderland...
