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The justice secretary has launched a call for evidence on how the criminal justice system is supporting offenders who are autistic or have learning difficulties. The call from Robert Buckland comes six months after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]
People with mental distress are not believed when reporting hate crime and abuse, despite experiencing serious assaults, victimisation and neglect, according to a new report. Disabled academics who helped with the research that led to the report say that the extent […]
The government has used a freedom of information loophole to hide evidence that would show if a former senior civil servant – later arrested over two unconnected rape allegations – helped block laws that would have protected disabled people from sex […]
Police chiefs have refused to explain why the number of cases of disability hate crime being passed to prosecutors has fallen for the fifth year in a row. It is the second year running that the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) […]
The number of cases of disability hate crime prosecuted in court has plunged by nearly 40 per cent in just one year, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) figures have revealed. The fall appears to be the result of a steep fall in […]
Little progress has been made in the 12 years since a ground-breaking investigation exposed how disabled people were being “harassed, attacked, humiliated and even killed” because their lives were considered less valuable than others, says a new report. The extent of […]
Disabled campaigners who have fought for years to challenge the disability hate crime failings of the criminal justice system have welcomed reforms suggested by the Law Commission, despite frustration at the slow pace of change. The reforms suggested in a new […]
A prominent disabled activist is calling for stricter controls on electric scooters after she was subjected to a terrifying ordeal that resulted in a violent physical assault which left her needing hospital treatment. Paula Peters was left with a fractured eye […]
Disabled people have raised serious concerns about the rising tide of coronavirus-related disability hate crime, amid fears that this could increase even further when new laws on the wearing of face coverings go live tomorrow. From tomorrow (Friday), it will be […]
The social media platform Twitter has refused to explain why it left horrific examples of disability hate on its website for more than two weeks. Messages calling for disabled children to be murdered, “putting the weak to sleep” and stating that […]