Disability Hate Crime Network

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Anne Novis on stage beside commander Mak Chishty of the Met police

January 25, 2018 0

MPs launch inquiry into online abuse of disabled people, following Katie Price petition

Disability hate crime campaigners are to give evidence to MPs next month as part of a new inquiry into the online abuse of disabled people. The Commons petitions committee has launched the investigation following a petition set up by former model Katie Price which was signed by more than 220,000 people. Price’s petition called

Employment

Philip Hammond giving evidence to a Commons committee

December 7, 2017 0

Outrage after chancellor blames disabled people for UK’s economic woes

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The chancellor of the exchequer is facing calls to apologise after he made “disgraceful” comments that blamed disabled people for the country’s poor economic performance. Philip Hammond’s comments to the Treasury select committee yesterday (Wednesday) came just days after his government launched its new 10-year Improving Lives strategy, which aims to find jobs for

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Stephen Brookes speaking at a conference

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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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

Crime

March 9, 2017

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Lee Irving murder sentences increased, but still no hate crime recognition

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Two people involved in the brutal murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death have had their sentences increased by the court of appeal. Julie Mills and Nicole Lawrence were originally sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court last year after being convicted of involvement in the death of Lee Irving (pictured).

Crime

Two pictures of Brendan Mason, one in a football shirt and one of him smiling

February 23, 2017

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Police force criticised after refusing to treat ‘lynch mob’ murder as hate crime

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A chief constable has insisted that his police force was right not to treat the brutal murder of a man with learning difficulties who was hung from a tree and beaten to death by two “friends” as a disability hate crime. Disabled campaigners had criticised the failings of Leicestershire police following the murder of

Crime

January 19, 2017

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Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder

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The solicitor general has agreed to appeal the allegedly “unduly lenient” sentences handed down to three people jailed for offences connected with the murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death. But the solicitor general, the Tory MP Robert Buckland, has refused to appeal against the sentence handed to James

Crime

December 15, 2016

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Aunt of disabled man tortured to death seeks hate crime sentence appeal

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The aunt of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death is asking the attorney general to appeal against the judge’s failure to treat his murder as a disability hate crime. James Wheatley, 29, from Kenton Bar, Newcastle, repeatedly kicked, punched and stamped on Lee Irving (pictured) in attacks that took place

Independent Living

December 1, 2016

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Outrage after council’s mobility scooter pavement ban suggestion

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A council’s proposals to ban some mobility scooters from pavements as part of a crackdown on “anti social behaviour” are “outrageous, discriminatory and wrong” and likely to lead to a rise in disability hate crime, say disabled campaigners. The measure is included in a public consultation on a new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)

Crime

October 20, 2016

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Huge rise in recorded hate crime, but full picture yet to emerge, say campaigners

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New Home Office figures show the number of disability hate crimes recorded by police increased by more than 40 per cent last year. The percentage increase in recorded disability hate crime by police forces across England and Wales was higher than for any other hate crime strand. One disabled campaigner said it was “both

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