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South Wales good Samaritan speaks of horrific attack
Paul Evans, 56, who intervened to protect a shopkeeper being racially abused, has spoken out about the attack he was subjected to. Both of his cheek bones were fractured, his nose was broken in two places and his jaw was separated from his skull.
25 February 2010 (external article)
south wales argus Facial injuries after intervening in racist abuse
An unnamed 56-year-old man suffered multiple facial fractures after being attacked by a young boy who he told off for racially abusing an Asian shopkeeper in Newbridge.
17 February 2010 (external article)
wales online Arrests over anti-Muslim Facebook page
Five men have been arrested for religiously aggravated public order offences after a Facebook site was set up declaring 'all Muslims should be thrown out of Wales' - the first time people have been arrested over comments posted on Facebook.
9 February 2010 (external article)
north wales daily post £217,000 to police anti-Islamist demo in Wrexham
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that £217,854 of taxpayers' money was spent last November on policing an anti-Islamic extremism demo in north Wales by a group calling itself the Welsh Defence League.
3 February 2010 (external article)
daily post north wales Welsh dad and son jailed over racist attack
Two men who beat up an Algerian-born man in front of his five-year-old twin sons, before following the man and his sons home and trying to force their way in, have been jailed for three years and banned from an area of north Wales for ten years.
25 January 2010 (external article)
bbc news Welsh man admits making explosives
Darren Tinklin, 24, a former member of a far-right organisation, has admitted using his home in Blackwood in Caerphilly to make explosives. A charge of possessing a document for terrorism purposes was dropped.
14 January 2010 (external article)
north wales daily post Four arrested in anti-Muslim demonstration
Four people who took part in a 40-strong Welsh Defence League protest in Wrexham, Wales were arrested for public order offences. The group shouted racial abuse and said they were protesting against plans for a new mosque.
24 November 2009 (external article)
wales on sunday Welsh Defence League shows true colours
Onlookers at Saturday's Welsh Defence League protest in Swansea were confronted with 'scenes of jeering men giving Nazi salutes', whilst a 25-year-old man was arrested for a racially-aggravated public order offence.
19 October 2009 (external article)
wrexham leader Kurdish men speak of violent gang attack
Two Kurdish men have spoken out after being viciously attacked in north Wales by a gang of baseball bat-wielding thugs. One of the men was so badly beaten that he has been told he may lose his eyesight.
24 September 2009 (external article)
north wales daily post North Wales police racism complaint upheld
A man's complaints against North Wales police have been upheld in part, after the IPCC found that police had failed to investigate his allegations of a racist assault, which left him with a broken jaw and fractured leg.
23 September 2009 (external article)