A month after the London bombings, police forces across the country are reporting rising levels of racial incidents. 4 August 2005: Police in Scotland report a rise in racial incidents by nearly a third; Tayside police report the largest increase of 70 per cent. (Scotsman 4.8.05) 4 August 2005: Metropolitan police announce that religious hate
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Forty-seven race murders in Britain since Macpherson
Figures released today by the Institute of Race Relations show that there have been forty-seven murders with a known or suspected racial element since the publication of the Macpherson report in February 1999. With its similarities to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the racist murder of Anthony Walker in Huyton, Liverpool, on 30 July 2005
Anti-Muslim backlash intensifies
The anti-Muslim backlash has intensified in the three weeks following the London bombings. Muslim organisations monitoring attacks report that the numbers are increasing rapidly. According to the Islamic Human Rights Commission they have risen thirteen-fold since 7 July. The Muslim Safety Forum reports that ‘faith-related’ attacks in London have risen by 500 per cent since
The anti-Muslim backlash continues
Racist attacks have continued in the weeks after the London bombings. 20 July: Anti-Muslim slogans are daubed on a bridge over the A46 Lincoln bypass near Burton village in Lincolnshire. (BBC News 20.7.05) 17 July: Muhammed Haq, 27, an imam at Dulwich Islamic Centre, is followed by the driver of a white van as he
The anti-Muslim backlash begins
In the hours after the bombings in London, the backlash began. Innocent people, as in the bombings, were targeted in what appear to be racially motivated attacks. 13 July 2005: Guardian reports that a schoolboy has been attacked in the West Country. (Guardian 13.7.05) 12 July 2005: A 16-year-old Asian boy suffers head and facial
Death case throws up police failings
On 29 June, at a second disciplinary tribunal of police officers involved in the failed police investigations into the murder of Jay Abatan in January 1999 in Brighton, two police officers were found guilty of various misconduct charges – for which they were reprimanded or cautioned. The tribunal revealed many troubling details about the police
Dossier reveals failure to investigate complaints of racism at Leeds Prison
Solicitors are urging the Commission for Racial Equality, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) and the Prison Service to take action over allegations of prison officer abuse and racism at Leeds prison, where Shahid Aziz was murdered earlier this year. The murder of Shahid Aziz at HMP Leeds and subsequent allegations of racism that surfaced
Racial violence soars after Beslan siege
Since the Beslan school siege tragedy, levels of racial violence in Russia have spiralled. Six racist murders have taken place in the last few weeks. If your name has an ending which says you’re from the Caucasus, if you are recognisably Muslim, if you have darker skin, if you are from Africa or south-east Asia,
Racial violence soars after Beslan siege
Since the Beslan school siege tragedy, levels of racial violence in Russia have spiralled. Six racist murders have taken place in the last few weeks. If your name has an ending which says you’re from the Caucasus, if you are recognisably Muslim, if you have darker skin, if you are from Africa or south-east Asia,
Sikh victim of vicious racist attack
A Sikh human rights activist has been brutally beaten by racists in Coventry. On 26 September, 34 year-old Jagdeesh Singh was walking home with his 10-year-old nephew from Walsgrave Hospital when he was subjected to a barrage of racist abuse. Two White men then launched a physical attack on Mr Singh – punching him some