Language-Free Hate Crime Information launched in Northumbria

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Northumbria Police have launched a package of short videos and posters which are entirely language-free.  The information is aimed at migrant communities and groups for whom English is not a first language. They focus on eight key areas – anti-social behaviour, knife crime, hate crime, suspicious behaviour leading onto more series crime such as terrorism, violent crime, internet safety, alcohol leading to vulnerability and driving in the UK.

Watch Northumbria Police’s Language-Free Hate Crime Video on YouTube (1 min 20s)

Northumbria Police's Language-Free Hate Crime Poster

See the other posters and videos

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Victory in campaign against disability hate crime as Ofcom rules against Big Brother and their use of the “r-word”

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Ofcom has upheld complaints about Vinnie Jones and Davina McCall using the word ‘retard’ in a Big Brother programme. This is a great result for the campaign against disability hate crime. Read more

This outcome came thanks to campaigning from Respond, Mencap, People First and Nicola Clark.

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77 people arrested in London Hate Crime Raids

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Police raids were carried out on tuesday morning in London and 77 arrests were made as a part of a crackdown on violence and harrassment against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people.

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Want to know more about the issues affecting trans people?

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Shine @ Galop is a new project exploring trans people’s experiences of discrimination and hate crime. The aims of the project are to increase safety or perceptions of safety amongst trans people, lobby for policy change, develop training resources on trans issues and improve Galop’s services for trans clients. You can read about the project or download the full project summary on the Galop website.

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17th May – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

The International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) is designed to raise awareness of the impact of prejudice and discrimination on the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people throughout the world and also on the lives of their families, friends and colleagues. Events will be held throughout the UK and the world to mark this day.

View the IDAHO website.

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Australia holds summit to tackle cyber-racism

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

On 27 April 2010, the Australian Human Rights Commission and Internet Industry Association hosted a one day Summit to start a conversation about the issue of cyber-racism and to work together to develop effective solutions. Read more.

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Download easy-read information about the new Equality Act

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

The government have produced an easy read booklet about the new Equality Bill. You can download it here:

Equality Act easy-read booklet

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IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

The International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) is designed to raise awareness of the impact of prejudice and discrimination on the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people throughout the world and also on the lives of their families, friends and colleagues. To mark this event, the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health and Sheffield City Council are arranging a ONE-MINUTE ‘NOISE’ on Monday the 17th May to speak out loudly and clearly that homophobia and transphobia are simply not acceptable.

Download the flyer for this event.

View the IDAHO website.

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