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Calendar of racism and resistance (19 August – 1 September 2016)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 22 August: Freedom of Information requests reveal that British Transport Police recorded 119 ‘race hate offences’ in the two weeks following the EU referendum, an increase in incidents of 78 per cent over the same

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Calendar of racism and resistance (5 – 18 August 2016)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 30 July: A black man is beaten by up to twelve men in a racially motivated attack in Newquay. (Cornish Guardian, 8 August 2016) 5 August: Following the murder of Father Jacques Hamel, French mosques

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Calendar of racism and resistance (22 July – 4 August 2016)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers

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Post-referendum racism and the importance of social activism

A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the

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Post-Brexit racism update

Below we present an update of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 26 June: The home of an Asian family in Chelmsford has eggs thrown at

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Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 July 2016)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 8 July: A 20-year-old and two teenagers are charged with ABH and racially aggravated bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver on 8 April at Wokingham station which left him with a fractured

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Post-Brexit racism

Below we present an overview of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive.  24 June: A Polish man in Yeovil is approached by two men who,

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Calendar of racism and resistance (24 June – 7 July 2016)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 21 June: Police appeal for information on a racist attack on 16 June, during the Wales v England Euro 2016 football game, where a man from UAE suffered facial injuries. Three men were arrested and

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Reuniting separated families

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has launched a CrowdJustice campaign aimed at securing funding for their Separated Families project. Each year, BID helps reunite around 100 families who have been separated by immigration detention. Every year, the government detains over 30,000 people for immigration purposes, routinely separating mothers and fathers from their children. According to

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