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bbc news
On policing and criminal justice system in the United Kingdom NI Secretary refuses to change Hamill inquiry terms
The Northern Ireland Secretary has refused to widen the terms of a public inquiry, into the murder of Robert Hamill by a loyalist mob, following a request from a High Court judge that the terms of reference be reconsidered.
6 November 2008 (external article)

newtownabbey times
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Families being driven out by racists
Families in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey have been forced to leave following a spate of racist attacks on mainly Polish migrant workers.
25 September 2008 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Bulgarian man endures second arson attack
A Bulgarian restaurant owner has been targeted in an attack on his café in County Antrim; his home had also been previously attacked.
27 June 2008 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Belfast Court of Appeal reduces sentence
The Belfast Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence from 5 to 4 years for a man convicted of arson on a house with seven Polish people as the attack was not believed to be racist.
17 June 2008 (external article)

tyrone times
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Council takes unique step on anti-racism
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council has unveiled a new way to encourage independent reporting of racist incidents, that included production of a DVD reconstructing real life incidents.
27 May 2008 (external article)

belfast telegraph
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Migrants flee firebombed house after third racist attack in Belfast
Four Lithuanian migrants, including a pregnant woman were forced to leave their house after a petrol bomb was hurled at it. They had lived in their Belfast house for only a month and been subject to three suspected racist attacks in that time.
22 April 2008 (external article)

londonderry sentinel
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Second attack on Romanian family
A Romanian family have been targeted by racists for the second time. Their family car was gutted by a fire and the word 'out' was spray painted on the door of their home in Londonderry.
2 April 2008 (external article)

guardian
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Possible neo-Nazi link to Belfast attack
Belfast police are investigating the possibility of Combat 18/ neo-Nazi links to an attack on a pub which left one man with his throat slit.
2 April 2008 (external article)

guardian
On employment in the United Kingdom Irish migrant workers exploited
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said that migrant workers are better protected against exploitation in their own countries than in Northern Ireland.
10 March 2008 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Anti-sectarian fund in Northern Ireland
The government in Northern Ireland has launched a fund to battle against sectarianism.
28 February 2008 (external article)

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