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October 19, 2017 0

Police and council face questions over second murder of disabled refugee

Public bodies in Bristol are facing allegations of institutional disablism and racism, after the second case in four years in which a man has been convicted of the brutal murder of a disabled refugee. Friends say that Kamil Ahmad had repeatedly told police officers that he was being threatened and racially abused by Jeffrey

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October 19, 2017 0

Kamil Ahmad: Discrimination led to murder of disabled refugee, say friends

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Friends of a disabled Kurdish asylum-seeker have spoken of the institutionalised discrimination that they believe led to his murder at the hands of a racist neighbour. Kamil Ahmad wanted nothing more than a safe place that he could call home, after seeking asylum in the UK. He came to England from Iraq in 2011,

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October 19, 2017 0

Second year of huge rises in disability hate crime, but causes still unclear

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The number of disability hate crimes recorded by the police rose by more than 50 per cent last year, according to new figures released by the Home Office. The rise in recorded disability hate crimes (53 per cent) was larger than for any other strand, with race hate crimes rising by more than a

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September 14, 2017 0

Modern slavery sentencing again exposes hate crime failings

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The failure of the criminal justice system to recognise and punish disability hate crime has been highlighted yet again, after nine members of the same family were jailed for modern slavery and fraud offences spanning more than 25 years. Members of the Rooney family received sentences of up to 16 years after Nottingham Crown

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August 24, 2017 0

CPS hate crime statement wins support

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Disabled campaigners say they are encouraged by a new public statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which describes how it will prosecute disability hate crime. The statement was one of a series published by CPS that cover the different strands of hate crime, with others covering racist and religious hate crime; and homophobic,

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August 17, 2017 0

Minister told ‘alarm bells are ringing’ over disability hate crime

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Disabled campaigners have written to a government minister to warn him that “alarm bells are ringing” over the “massive discrepancies and inconsistencies” in the way the criminal justice system deals with disability hate crime prosecutions. The Disability Hate Crime Network says there is “increasing concern” over these failings. And it has asked solicitor general

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July 27, 2017 0

Police force twice erased video footage before watchdog inquiries

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A police force is facing questions over its treatment of disabled people, after two reports by the independent watchdog into the way its officers dealt with young autistic men. In both reports, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was impeded because crucial video evidence had been erased by Northamptonshire Police. Last year, the

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July 20, 2017 0

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’

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Six new cases in which disabled people have been the victims of brutal and degrading assaults have cast fresh doubt on the criminal justice system’s ability to recognise, punish and prevent disability hate crime. It is 10 years this month since journalist Katharine Quarmby and colleagues at Disability Now magazine drew public attention to

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July 6, 2017 0

Police watchdog criticised over investigation into murder of disabled refugee

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A watchdog has been criticised for failing to investigate whether disability hate crime played a part in the harassment and abuse suffered by a disabled refugee, who was repeatedly failed by police officers over seven years before being brutally murdered. Bijan Ebrahimi, who was Iranian, repeatedly complained to Avon and Somerset police about victimisation

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June 22, 2017 0

Agencies ‘should have been aware of risks faced by Lee Irving before his murder’

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The agencies involved in supporting a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death should have been aware of the risks posed by the people he was living with, according to an independent report. The author of the serious case review, a former deputy chief constable, also suggests that the brutal murder of

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