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Local workers racially harassed in Worcester
A drunk man, Luke Miller, has been convicted of racially abused and intimidating local takeaway workers and a taxi driver, damaging the restaurant and cab in the process.
2 September 2010 (external article)
northants evening telegraph Youth arrested for racial assault
A teenager has been arrested for a racist attack on an Eastern European man in Corby on 29 August.
1 September 2010 (external article)
bbc news Two charged with racist assault
Two teenagers have been charged with a racist attack that hospitalised two men in Leicester.
27 August 2010 (external article)
birmingham post Police stonewall inquiry into Birmingham spy cameras
Police have refused to answer questions at an inquiry convened by the Birmingham City Council into the setting up of covert cameras in the city earlier this year paid for by the Home Office Prevent fund.
24 August 2010 (external article)
stoke sentinel Drunk jailed for racist attack
Doyle Leech, 37, has been jailed for racially abusing and bottling a man in a local pub, leaving him with severe head wounds.
11 August 2010 (external article)
burton mail Taxi driver attacked by teens
Two Burton teenagers racially abused and attacked taxi driver, Munsaf Dar, throwing a scaffolding block at the glass window of the taxi office. The two were found guilty.
22 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Suspicious package left at Refugee Council
Police investigating a suspicious package in the post box of the Refugee Council in Birmingham believe the stunt was part of a racially motivated hoax.
14 July 2010 (external article)
country evening telegraph Man attacked in Rugby
A man was left needing hospital treatment after being racially abused and attacked by two men during a night out in Rugby.
13 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Girl hurt in racist attack
A 15-year old girl from Boston, Lincolnshire, suffered scratches to her face and swelling to one eye following a racist attack by two other teenagers.
13 July 2010 (external article)
kick it out Footballer leaves club after voting BNP
Footballer Wayne Brown has left Leicester City football club after he angered teammates and the Professional Footballers Association by revealing he had voted for the BNP in the recent general elections.
7 July 2010 (external article)
leicester mercury Two teenagers hospitalised in racial attack
Two Asian teenagers sustained serious injuries and a shop was vandalised in Leicester; police arrested three and described the attack as racially motivated.
5 July 2010 (external article)
birmingham mail Hidden cameras scheme suspended after community uproar
A scheme by police with funding from a counter terrorism unit involving the use of 218 cameras,72 of which were hidden, in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham has been temporarily scraped after local concerns were raised.
5 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Man charged with murder of Isaiah Young-Sam
A 28-year-old has been charged with the murder of Isaiah Young-Sam, 23, who was stabbed in the chest during riots in Birmingham in 2005. Three men charged with his murder were found not guilty in February.
28 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Birmingham's 'Project Champion' halted
West Midlands police and Birmingham city council have announced that the automatic number plate cameras set up to monitor two Muslim suburbs in Birmingham will not be turned on until a 'full consultation' has taken place.
18 June 2010 (external article)
ism london EDL attack Palestine solidarity stall
Fifteen members of the EDL taunted Palestine solidarity campaigners in Birmingham, physically assaulting protesters and threatening further violence.
16 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Legal challenge to surveillance of Muslims
Human rights lawyers have begun gathering evidence to challenge Project Champion, the counter-terrorism surveillance project due to start in August, in which two Muslim suburbs of Birmingham will be monitored by 150 numberplate recognition cameras.
14 June 2010 (external article)
guardian 150 surveillance cameras to track Muslims in Birmingham
A counter-terrorism grant has funded a £3m project, in which around 150 numberplate recognition cameras have been installed in the Muslim areas of Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath in Birmingham.
7 June 2010 (external article)
independent BNP festival cancelled
The BNP's annual Red, White and Blue festival, usually held in Codnor, Derbyshire, has been cancelled.
4 June 2010 (external article)
independent Play about BNP banned
A critically acclaimed play about the BNP which has toured the most racially sensitive areas of the country in an effort to 'start a conversation about the far right' has been barred from a stage in Dudley for fear of community disapproval.
31 March 2010 (external article)
coventry evening telegraph Black man battered with concrete block
A gang racially abused, threw beer cans at, and punched and kicked a 25-year-old Black man as he cycled along a Coventry road. A gang member then picked up a concrete block and threw it at his head, leaving the man with a serious head injury.
25 March 2010 (external article)
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West Midlands Racial Equality Council*
Leicester Civil Rights Movement
West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign
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