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‘Why has police officer who hit disabled teenager more than 30 times with a baton not been prosecuted?’

By John Pring on 6th May 2021 Category: Crime

‘Why has police officer who hit disabled teenager more than 30 times with a baton not been prosecuted?’
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Disabled campaigners have asked why a police officer who struck a black disabled teenager with his baton more than 30 times in just a minute – after she had flagged down his car to ask for help – is not facing […]

Fresh hope for long-awaited strengthening of disability hate crime laws

By John Pring on 24th September 2020 Category: Crime

Fresh hope for long-awaited strengthening of disability hate crime laws
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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 […]

Twitter allows ‘absolutely vile’ hate posts to stay on site for more than a fortnight

By John Pring on 16th July 2020 Category: Crime

Twitter allows ‘absolutely vile’ hate posts to stay on site for more than a fortnight
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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 […]

CPS concern over huge drop in police disability hate crime cases

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Crime

CPS concern over huge drop in police disability hate crime cases
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The Crown Prosecution Service has joined a leading disabled campaigner in raising concerns about a huge fall in the number of disability hate crime cases passed by police forces to prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual hate crime report for […]

Met apologises for failing to consult disabled advisers over XR protests

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Met apologises for failing to consult disabled advisers over XR protests
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The Metropolitan police has apologised to its own disabled advisers for failing to consult them about how to treat disabled people taking part in this month’s Extinction Rebellion protests in London. The force had been asked by its Disability Independent Advisory […]

Met’s disabled advisers lodge complaint over police ‘discrimination’ during XR protests

By John Pring on 24th October 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Met’s disabled advisers lodge complaint over police ‘discrimination’ during XR protests
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The Metropolitan police’s own disabled advisers have lodged a formal complaint about the force’s “discriminatory” treatment of disabled protesters during this month’s Extinction Rebellion protests in London. A joint letter from every member of the Disability Independent Advisory Group (DIAG) to […]

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Politics

Anger over appointment of ‘disability hate tweet’ MP as mental health minister
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A Tory MP appointed as the new minister for mental health in Boris Johnson’s government is unfit to hold that position because of a disablist message she posted on social media less than two years ago, say disabled campaigners. Nadine Dorries […]

Sharp fall in disability hate crime referrals by police

By John Pring on 18th October 2018 Category: Crime

Sharp fall in disability hate crime referrals by police
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The Home Office has been unable to explain why the number of disability hate crime cases referred to prosecutors by the police plunged last year by nearly a quarter, and why successful prosecutions of such offences fell even more sharply. In […]

MPs win praise for online abuse proposals

By John Pring on 9th August 2018 Category: Crime

MPs win praise for online abuse proposals
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MPs have won praise after calling on the government to ensure disabled people finally secure equality in the protection they are offered by hate crime laws. Members of the Commons petitions committee said in a new report that it was not […]

Disabled people need ‘equal and fair’ hate crime laws, MPs are told

By John Pring on 8th February 2018 Category: Crime

Disabled people need ‘equal and fair’ hate crime laws, MPs are told
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Disabled people will only be protected from online abuse when they have “equal and fair” hate crime laws, a leading disabled campaigner has told MPs. Anne Novis, chair of Inclusion London, told the Commons petitions committee that the abuse targeted at […]

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