“The Commission has been asked by Government to consider whether two existing groups of offences dealing with hate crime should be extended.”
Law Commission, 14th December 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“A student has lost his appeal after being sent to jail for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba.”
BBC News, 30th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student who admitted posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba has been jailed for 56 days.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Recent cases have highlighted disturbing instances of racial abuse on Twitter, and some footballers and celebrities are leaving the site after becoming targets.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student who mocked footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter after he collapsed during a match could be jailed for inciting racial hatred.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A government plan to tackle hate crime is launched today with the key message to ‘challenge it, report it, stop it’. Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone unveiled the plan as she addressed a hate crime conference organised by the association of chief police officers (ACPO) in Birmingham.”
Home Office, 14th March 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Nobody will be charged over copies of a Manchester United fanzine seized before the match with Liverpool amid fears its cover would stoke a racism row.”
BBC News, 24th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The CPS is prosecuting more hate crimes, more successfully and with more defendants pleading guilty than ever before.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th February 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) must disclose some papers it holds relating to the successful conviction of controversial right-wing politician Nick Griffin for a racial hate crime in the 1990s, an Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration Chamber), has upheld the decision of the Home Secretary to deport Raed Mahajna, who had come to the UK to attend a number of meetings and speaking engagements.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A Facebook user who urged young people to ‘put Manchester on the map’ by rioting during the summer disturbances has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An appeal judge has said a leading Israeli Arab activist, who was detained in London on the home secretary’s orders, should remain on bail pending the outcome of legal proceedings.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Forty years ago this week, a trial started which exposed heavy-handed police tactics in Notting Hill and changed racial justice in the UK forever.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 15 months for uploading racist video clips on to YouTube.”
BBC News, 15th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two ‘proud neo-Nazis’ who posted abusive messages on the internet about Jews and other ethnic minorities were convicted of inciting racial hatred today.”
The Independent, 24th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R v Sheppard; R v Whittle [2010] EWCA Crim 65; [2010] WLR (D) 1
“Where a substantial measure of the alleged activities involved had taken place in England, the English court had jurisdiction to try charges of publishing of racially inflammatory material contrary to s 19(1) of the Public Order Act 1986 even though publication had taken place through a website hosted outside the jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Crown Prosecution Service is blocking attempts to disclose details about the prosecution of Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, for race hate crimes, claiming that to do so would breach his data protection rights.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men have started appeals against the UK’s first convictions for inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior prosecutors are calling for the laws on race hate crimes to be strengthened to counter the threat posed by the British National party.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
