Tag: Hate crime

Tougher action promised on “hate crimes” by Lord Advocate

In Brief

Peter Laing - March 22, 2012

SCOTLAND is getting tougher on those who commit corrosive “hate crimes” based on prejudice, the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, said today. He was speaking...

Religious hate crime on the rise in Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 18, 2011

RELIGIOUS hate crimes have increased by almost 10% in a year, new figures reveal. In 2010/2011 There were 693 charges aggravated by religious prejudice, the...

Racist crimes in shock rise for Lothian and Borders

Deadline News Journalist - June 26, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond THE NUMBER of race crimes reported to police has rocketed in Lothian and Borders over the past year. According to newly released statistics...

First hate crime agency created

Deadline News Journalist - January 9, 2009

By Karrie Gillett A DISABLED rights campaigner has launched Scotland’s first agency to fight hate crime after suffering decades of abuse. Jimmy McIntosh, who has cerebral...

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