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Police detain around 25 gay rights activists in St Petersburg
August 6, 2018 By Faith Matters

Police detain around 25 gay rights activists in St Petersburg

Russian police detained around 25 gay rights activists who took part in an unsanctioned rally in St Petersburg on Saturday, according to Reuters witnesses. A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally. Organisers had said they would stage one-man protests to demand freedom of association […]

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Dewsbury Mosque Has Racist Graffiti Scrawled Over It
March 30, 2016 By Tell Mama

Dewsbury Mosque Has Racist Graffiti Scrawled Over It

We have received a report of a mosque in Dewsbury having racist text spray-painted onto the windows. The graffiti was sprayed so that it was visible to those entering the mosque and clearly was meant to send a chilling message to the congregation of the mosque. We will be contacting West Yorkshire police and offering

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Dewsbury Mosque Has Racist Graffiti Scrawled Over It
March 30, 2016 By Tell Mama

Dewsbury Mosque Has Racist Graffiti Scrawled Over It

We have received a report of a mosque in Dewsbury having racist text spray-painted onto the windows. The graffiti was sprayed so that it was visible to those entering the mosque and clearly was meant to send a chilling message to the congregation of the mosque. We will be contacting West Yorkshire police and offering

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Aiden Fletcher avoids prison for headbutting Muslim doctor
March 16, 2016 By Tell Mama

Aiden Fletcher avoids prison for headbutting Muslim doctor

Aiden Fletcher received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a Muslim doctor. Fletcher, 23, headbutted Dr Syeda Jafari, who works in the accident and emergency department at the Queen’s Medical Centre. During the unprovoked racist assault, he told her “Go back to your own country”. Dr Jafari was out with friends that evening,

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Aiden Fletcher avoids prison for headbutting Muslim doctor
March 16, 2016 By Tell Mama

Aiden Fletcher avoids prison for headbutting Muslim doctor

Aiden Fletcher received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a Muslim doctor. Fletcher, 23, headbutted Dr Syeda Jafari, who works in the accident and emergency department at the Queen’s Medical Centre. During the unprovoked racist assault, he told her “Go back to your own country”. Dr Jafari was out with friends that evening,

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Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl
March 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl

  Release from the Crown Prosecution Service Roy Wakefield, 63, was sentenced today at Bexley Magistrates’ Court for two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress. The offences occurred on 19th December 2015 in the Erith area. The victim in the case is a 17-year-old girl who is

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Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl
March 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl

  Release from the Crown Prosecution Service Roy Wakefield, 63, was sentenced today at Bexley Magistrates’ Court for two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress. The offences occurred on 19th December 2015 in the Erith area. The victim in the case is a 17-year-old girl who is

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Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl
March 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl

  Release from the Crown Prosecution Service Roy Wakefield, 63, was sentenced today at Bexley Magistrates’ Court for two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress. The offences occurred on 19th December 2015 in the Erith area. The victim in the case is a 17-year-old girl who is

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Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl
March 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Crown Prosecution Success – Man Sentenced for Shouting Abusing at Vulnerable Girl

  Release from the Crown Prosecution Service Roy Wakefield, 63, was sentenced today at Bexley Magistrates’ Court for two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress. The offences occurred on 19th December 2015 in the Erith area. The victim in the case is a 17-year-old girl who is

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Merseyside Police investigate unprovoked racist assault on Muslim woman
March 1, 2016 By Tell Mama

Merseyside Police investigate unprovoked racist assault on Muslim woman

Merseyside Police reached out to Tell MAMA following a violent and unprovoked assault on a Muslim woman in the Everton area of Merseyside. The 38-year-old, who wears the hijab and is of Arab descent, had passed a children’s play area on route to a supermarket at around 8pm on February 11. She noticed two white

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