Racial discrimination throughout the public and private sectors and widespread public concern about the impact of immigration on Scotland’s “identity” has prompted a new Scottish Government strategy to eradicate racism.
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“Narrow minded and hateful” people have been conducting “deluded revenge attacks” on ethnic minorities in Scotland in response to world events, the Lord Advocate has warned. Frank Mulholland has joined
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A property developer has said front doors will be repainted after concerns the homes of asylum seekers have been marked out in red, exposing them to racism and vandalism. An
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Two University of Leicester criminologists have been commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire to lead a project designed to inform the development of a new hate crime
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Police, community and religious leaders have called on Scotland to unite as it was revealed 64 religious and racially-motivated hate crimes have been committed across the country in the week
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The next steps in preventing and eradicating hate crime in Scotland have been discussed at a Scottish Government summit. Hosted by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Paul
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Reports of hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) victims have increased in recent months, according to campaigners. Galop, a specialist LGBT anti-violence charity, said the number of
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The number of hate crimes against Muslims in London has risen by almost three quarters in a year. There were 816 Islamophobic offences recorded across the city in the 12
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Some gay people in sleepy villages and rural towns are being relentlessly bullied because of their sexuality – leaving some too scared to leave the house, an expert has warned.
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The criminal justice system has failed to act on recommendations to improve the way disability hate crime is dealt with, inspectors have warned. A report published in March 2013 found
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