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WM Police 1 Feb 11
West Midlands Police has joined forces with ACPO to launch a national website called True Vision to increase the reporting of hate crime.
True Vision provides information for victims and the public about what hate crime is and why it is important to report it when it happens.
It also details the different ways hate crimes can be reported, including a secure online reporting form that allows victims and witnesses to tell the police about hate crimes. The facility automatically distributes reports to the relevant police force.
West Midlands Police lead on hate crime, Assistant Chief Constable Sharon Rowe, said: “Hate crimes cause a great deal of fear among victims and damage communities.
“While we are committed to reducing the incidence of hate crime, it is vital we close the gap of under-reporting. Only by increasing reporting can we gain a better understanding of the extent of hate crime and it is for this reason that I urge victims and witnesses to use the True Vision website and to continue to come forward so we can bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Professor John Grieve CBE, Independent Chair of the Government’s Hate Crime Advisory Group, said: “The UK is among world leaders in the way it responds to hate crime, but there is still much work to do. One of the greatest challenges is to reduce the under-reporting of hate crime.
“We welcome the government’s commitment to increase reporting and we will be examining this data in the forthcoming months and years to better understand the extent of hate crime and to challenge where performance does not meet the high standards that the public rightly demands of the criminal justice agencies.”
West Midlands Police believes the website will help increase the reporting of hate crime by building confidence in victims and offering a range of reporting options for victims who may not wish to talk directly to the police. It also provides links to a number of organisations who can offer support and advice on hate crime related issues.
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Walsall Council 24 Jan 11
Trees will be planted in Leamore and Pleck parks on Thursday to mark the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenhau, as the world commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day.
Thousands of people across the country will remember the victims who died in The Holocaust…
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Asian News 24 Jan 11
Muslims voice their solidarity with Jews today launching Missing Pages, a campaign highlighting forgotten stories from the Holocaust.
The Exploring Islam Foundation campaign challenges misconceptions about the relationship between Jews and Muslims and is supported by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.
Launching in the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, Missing Pages voices Muslim solidarity with its aims and principles and draws on historical examples of peaceful co-existence between peoples of the two faiths…
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Linda Mason Old Baggage 22 Jan 11
Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 Jan
I was reminded today of a blog I wrote following a visit to Krakow just under four years ago. As it is Holocaust Memorial Day in the coming week I thought I would publish it once again as my memorial act.
It was originally posted in two parts but I’ve reproduced all of it in one here. A warning; this is an emotive blog because of what I felt and what the journey meant for me and my family. I am not part of any collective Jewish experience but I fail to see how anyone can remain unmoved and/or untouched by what is to be seen in Krakow…
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BBC News 18 Nov 10
A national conference to tackle hate crime was under way in Birmingham today. The event, run by the Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit (BRAMU) heard first hand accounts from victims.
Five years after leaving Nigeria to escape homophobia and bulling, Aluya Ikhena found himself filling in a crime report after suffering abuse on a Walsall bus.
“These two guys followed me on to the bus and repeatedly shouted ‘he’s gay, he’s gay’ to everyone,” he said.
“It was really intimidating. It felt like an attempt to bring me down and make me feel less of a person”…
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Diane Parkes B'ham Mail 16 Oct 10
More than 20,000 children phone, email or instant message the charity ChildLine each year with concerns about bullying.
And ChildLine supervisor Michael Wassell says many of them can be frightened, isolated and uncertain of what they can do to stop the often-daily nightmare…
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Jewish Chronicle 12 Aug 10
A non-jewish former special constable from Walsall was beaten up by a hooded gang after he grew a beard, dressed in black and wore a wide-brimmed hat.
Linden Barrington, 25, is a sales representative. Six months ago he began wearing a kippah and has even been keeping Shabbat as part of his intention to convert to Judaism. He says he has been abused repeatedly since he changed his appearance…
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B'ham Mail 17 Jul 10
A Walsall couple who hurled racial abuse at their neighbour have been jailed for four months.
Michelle and Gary Devey, of Stephenson Avenue, Beechdale, Walsall, admitted racially aggravated public disorder at Wolverhampton Crown Court…
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Jessica Geen Pink News 7 Apr 10
The Equality Bill has passed through its final stages in parliament and will now become law after receiving royal assent. The bill is designed to consolidate and simplify existing equality laws, encompassing characteristics such as race, gender and sexual orientation.
A flagship feature of the bill is equality duty on all public bodies, which will require institutions such as schools, councils and the NHS to actively promote equality…
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Mercury 26 Oct 09
An anti-Islamic group that sparked riots in Birmingham last month has linked up with loyalist Irish paramilitaries, it has been claimed. Senior members of the Ulster Defence Association, said to be behind more than 250 killings during the Troubles, have reportedly been in contact with leaders of the right-wing English Defence League…