England footballers back anti-racism campaign

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The England football squad are to appear in a poster campaign for anti-racism charity ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ as part of England’s bid to host the World Cup. The campaign will be unveiled ahead of this year’s World Cup tournament in South Africa.  Read more.

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New hate crime law for Scotland.

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Good news from Scotland. A new hate crime law has come into force there this week. It puts hate crimes motivated by prejudice against disabled, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people on the same level as racist crimes. This brings Scotland in line with the rest of the UK. Read more.

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CPS admits it must to more to secure prosecutions against perpetrators of disability hate crime.

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

An official from the Crown Prosecution Service has today acknowledged that more must be done to tackle disability hate crime. Joanna Perry from the Equality and Diversity Unit said that the CPS ‘could raise its game and [...] better identify where there is hostility against disabled people’. This follows several high profile cases, such as that of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter Francesca, where it was not recognised that the victims were being targeted because of their disability. Read more.

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EHRC warning over police stop and search

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to write to the police forces with the most disproportionate use of stop and search tactics to raise its concerns over possible breaches of the Race Relations Act.

The Commission found that black people are 6 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by the police while Asian people are twice as likely to be stopped. Read more.

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Kick Homophobia Out Of Football Film

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The Football Association and Kick It Out have released a 60 second ad aimed at raising awareness of and tackling homophobic abuse in football.  Watch the film

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