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| August 29 2010 "Controversial rules forcing councils to develop traveller sites to be torn up
Planning rules brought in under Labour which councils claim have forced
them to develop traveller sites on open countryside are to be torn up,
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| August 27 2010 "The good, the bad and the UK Border Agency
In what seems to be an attempt to appeal to the typical Sun reader and
look tough on immigration, UK Border Agency has really overstepped the
line with their continuous use of mockery and tabloid style puns in
their press releases. I wonder how does this square with the current
anti-discrimination legislation." Read More .../ | |
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| 23 August 2010 "Europe's union riven by government attacks on minorities
Roma in Italy, burqas in France, minarets in Switzerland: the idea of
European citizenship recedes with each affront to equality and
solidarity." Read More .../ | |
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22 August 2010 "British workers are too poorly educated to match their migrant rivals, study finds
Employers believe that standards are declining fast among both
graduates and school leavers and they want migrants to fill jobs
instead, it said." Read More .../ |
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| 19 August 2010 "Tax staff fired for race discrimination
Seven tax staff have been sacked for racially abusing non-nationals by
paying them less child benefit than they were entitled to." Read More .../ | |
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| 26 July 2010 "‘It’s time to ban the burka’ says new Dorset MP Richard Drax, newly-elected Conservative MP for South Dorset, has spoken out against the veil, worn by some Muslim women." Read More .../ | |
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| 18 Jul 2010 "Caroline Spelman: wearing burka can be ‘empowering’
Wearing a burka can be 'empowering ' and 'dignified' for Mulsim women,
one of the Government’s most senior female ministers has said." Read More ... | |
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| 18 July 2010 "Minister says Burka ban would be 'un-British'
Banning the wearing of burkas in public would be "rather un-British",
the Immigration Minister said today as he attacked efforts to make it
illegal in this country." Read More ... | |
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| 17 Jul 2010 "Burka ban: Why must I cast off the veil?
The French vote to ban Muslim women from covering their faces in public
is just as oppressive as the Islamic law forcing them to do it in the
first place, says Nesrine Malik." Read More ... | |
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| 13 July 2010 "UK's ethnic minority numbers 'to rise to 20% by 2051' Ethnic minorities are set to make up a fifth of the UK population in 40 years, a University of Leeds study predicts." Read More ,,, | |
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| 08 July 2010 "Rules on stop and search changed
Stricter tests for stop and search powers have been announced by the
home secretary after being ruled unlawful by the European Court of
Human Rights." Read More ... | |
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| 08 July 2010 "Anti-terror stop and search powers to be scrapped
Police forced to abandon power to stop and search the public without
reasonable suspicion after European court rules it illegal." Read More ... | |
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| 07 July 2010 "Metropolitan police still falling short on race and faith
'Institutionally racist' tag no longer applies to Met but its culture
is in parts still too white, says report ordered by Boris Johnson." Read More ... | |
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| 03 July 2010 "Commission welcomes plans for implementing Equality Act
In response to the Government Equalities Office announcement about the
implementation of the Equality Act, Trevor Phillips, Chair of the
Equality and Human Rights Commission said:
'The Equality Act will make Britain a fairer country for all. The
Commission welcomes the speed at which the coalition has moved to put
it into effect and looks forward to working with the government to
implementing the Act.'" Read More ... | |
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| 03 July 2010 "Coalition to stick with Labour's Equality Act The government is pressing ahead with Labour legislation to streamline employment equality rules." Read More ... | |
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| 01July 2010 "Bournemouth breakaway group takes Liberal stance
The Southern Jewish Community, established by disaffected Bournemouth
Reform congregants, is in discussions with the Liberal movement." Read More ... | |
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| 27 June 2010 "Police statistics shed fresh light on link between crime and race
What do we know about race and crime in London? Nine out of 10 street
crimes, knife crimes and gun crimes are committed by men rather than
women." Read More ... | |
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| 28 June 2010 "'Coconut' row Bristol City councillor found guilty
A councillor has been found guilty of racial harassment after she
called a political opponent a "coconut". Liberal Democrat Shirley Brown
called Asian Conservative Jay Jethwa a "coconut" during a debate at
Bristol City Council in February 2009." Read More ... | |
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| 25 June 2010 "Top cop: ethnic minority searches are 'disproportionate’
POLICE stop and searches amongst ethnic minorities in High Wycombe are
‘disproportionate’, the chief constable of Thames Valley Police has
said." Read More ... | |
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| 23 June 2010 "Market saved as demolition 'may damage race relations'
Campaigners fighting plans to demolish a local market for “yuppie
flats” and a shopping complex have won a landmark legal victory after a
judge ruled that race relations might be damaged." Read More ... | |
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| 15 June 2010 "Equality Act could be delayed after government removes implementation date from its website
Doubts have been raised over when the Equality Act will be introduced
after the Government Equalities Office (GEO) removed the October 2010
date for implementation from its website." Read More ... | |
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| 9 June 2010 "English rules tightened for immigrant partners
Ministers are bringing forward to the autumn measures requiring many
immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English." Read More ... | |
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| 8 June 2010 "Prisons strategy 'could drive Muslims to extremism'"
Muslim prison inmates could be driven to extremism by a "blanket,
security-led" approach that treats them all as potential terrorists,
warns a report." Read More ... | |
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| 8 June 2010 "Report highlights dangers over Muslim prisoners Prisons could fuel extremism among Muslim inmates unless staff worked harder to integrate them, a report warns today." Read More ... | |
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| 26 May 2010 "What does it take for a racist to be ruled unfit to teach? The case of teacher and BNP activist Adam Walker exposes existing policies don't do enough to protect pupils from racists." Read More ... | |
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| 25 May 2010 "BNP teacher cleared of intolerance
A BNP activist who posted comments on the internet describing some
immigrants as ''savage animals'' while working as a teacher was cleared
of racial and religious intolerance today." Read More ... | |
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| 24 May 2010 "BNP teacher 'described immigrants as filth'
A teacher posted comments on the internet describing some immigrants as
"savage animals" and "filth", a disciplinary panel heard." Read More ... | |
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| 3 February 2010 "Can I ignore a section 44 stop and search?
rakhmetov asks: In light of the ECHR ruling that section 44 stop and
search powers are incompatible with Article 8, if a police officer
attempts to stop me using this power can I ignore them without fear of
arrest?" Read More ... | |
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| 19 May 2010 "First case of French ‘burka rage’ as shopping dispute turns violent
France had its first case of “burka rage” at the weekend when a shopper
allegedly tried to pull the veil from the face of a Muslim woman ..." Read More ... | |
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| 17 may 2010 "Race under fire: Is being white something you can learn?
What does it mean to be white? An explosive new book by an American
academic argues that whiteness isn't biological at all – in fact, it
can be learned." Read More ... | |
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| 14 May 2010 "Government drops Tory promise to rip up Human Rights Act A Conservative plan to scrap the Human Rights Act is not a priority, according to Kenneth Clarke, the new justice secretary." Read More ... | |
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| 14 May 2010 "Stoke BNP councillor in Nazi salute photograph" A photograph has emerged of a BNP councillor pictured with three men giving a Nazi salute standing next to a war memorial." Read More ... | |
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| Dorset
Probation Trust strengthens its ties with Dorset Race Equality Council
by signing a contract to further develop its partnership working. This
relationship will help Dorset Probation Trust to engage with Black
and Minority Ethnic Communities (BME). At
the signing of the new service level agreement Chief
Officer Adnan Chaudry said, "I am really pleased that we have
continually developed
our relationship with Dorset Probation Trust who are committed to the
equality agenda." Adnan
Chaudry Chief Officer (Dorset Race Equality Council) & John
Wiseman
Chief Probation Officer (Dorset Probation Trust) signed the ongoing
agreement on 6th May 2010 | |
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| 6 May 2010 "'This is your
Eid present': What attacker told Muslim woman as he wrapped her in a
carpet and set her alight A robber wrapped a Muslim woman
in a carpet and set fire to her after he raided her home." Read
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| 2 May 2010 "BNP 'star'
Simon Nicholson quits..to expose racist party
A rising star of the BNP has quit the party so he can expose
Nick
Griffin and his cronies for what they really are... incompetent racist
thugs." Read
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| 28 April 2010 "Police killed
Blair Peach during riot three decades ago then launched a cover-up
... It also emerged that Scotland Yard paid Mr Peach's family £75,000
in 'hush money' in the early 1980s to stop a civil action which would
have resulted in embarrassing details of the case being aired at the
High Court." Read
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| 27 April 2010 'General
election 2010: If Britain is really post-racial, why is the election so
white? Is
this the UK's first post-race election? I posed this question first to
my cousin, and regretted asking it almost immediately. She told me she
went to a Liberal Democrat campaign dinner recently, attended by Nick
Clegg, only to be asked by a well-meaning party member: "So, how long
have you been here?"' Read
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| 17 April 2010 "British
bishop Richard Williamson fined £9,000 for denying Holocaust Richard
Williamson, 70, excommunicated for his extreme views, was fined €10,000
(£8,700) after he said in a TV interview broadcast in Sweden last year
that it was “lies” that Jews were murdered in gas chambers by the Nazis
and that only “200,000 to 300,000 Jews perished in concentration
camps.” Read
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| 8 April 2010 "London
chairman of Ukip suspended over racist remarks
He was so incensed he fired off a reply saying: “You Left-wing scum are
all the same, wanting to hand our birthright to Romanian gypsies who
beat their wives and children into begging and stealing money they can
gamble with, Muslim nutters who want to kill us and put us all under
medieval Sharia law, the same Africans who sold their Afro-Caribbean
brothers into a slavery that Britain was the first to abolish.” Read
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| 8 April 2010 "Commission welcomes landmark
equality legislation The Equality and Human Rights
Commission today welcomed the passing of the Equality Bill, which
received Royal Assent today." Read
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| 05 April 2010 "Polish students awarded £25,000
in discrimination and unfair dismissal case
Two Polish workers have been awarded a total of £25,000 in an
employment tribunal case against a Perthshire fruit picking company." Read
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| 30 March 2010 "Prevent
extremism strategy 'stigmatising', warn MPs"
The government's strategy to prevent violent extremism has stigmatised
and alienated Muslims it wants to work with, a committee of MPs has
warned. Read More... |
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15 March 2010 "Warning from Commission over
disproportionate use of stop and search by police
Commission to put police forces on notice over stop and search tactics.
The
Equality and Human Rights Commission is to write to the police forces
with the most disproportionate use of stop and search tactics to raise
its concerns over possible breaches of the Race Relations Act." Read
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February 2010
"Prison Service found to
be in breach of discrimination laws
The
High Court of Justice has ruled that the National Offender Management
Service had failed to comply with disability and race laws in its
treatment of foreign national prisoners." Read
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| | 19 January 2010 "Home Office advises Police to break the law
Home Office advice to Police Forces in the UK is wrong in law and
likely to leave cash-strapped police authorities incurring some very
large legal bills over the coming months." Read More ... This article is to do with Section 44 Stop and Search. |
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| January 2010 "Will anyone
notice if the Conservatives win?
On stop and searches, Brokenshire said the Conservatives would pursue
their draft manifesto plans to widen use of stop and search whilst
reducing paperwork associated with it. Pressed by the audience on the
evidence to suggest that stop and search is an effective mechanism, he
said it was on the grounds of speaking to police and practitioners who
said that it made a difference." Read
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