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Tackling hate crime in the UK
Tackling hate crime in the UK. A BACKGROUND BRIEFING PAPER. FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK. Tackling hate crime in the UK. Every year hundreds of thousands of people in the United Our first step was to urge local authorities to condemn Kingdom are attacked and harassed physically or hate crimes and assure communities that all possible verbally because they are perceived as different'. These measures would be taken to investigate reports, prevent crimes are hugely under-reported. The response from further incidents and bring the perpetrators to justice. the relevant authorities is often inadequate and under- In the following days our supporters contacted 411 out resourced. of 420 councils around the country. Many met their councillors and attended debates in council chambers. Why are some people so viciously attacked? The reason' We know that at least 91 councils have passed motions could be their religion, their sexuality, their race, their condemning hate crimes, and 115 publicly condemned gender, or their disability.
The state’s approach to tackling hate crime appears to offer robust protection to potential and actual victims. But recent events show just how sizeable a problem remains. There was a pronounced spike in reported hate crimes in England and Wales on either side of the EU referendum in June 20162 (see
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