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Disabled people need ‘equal and fair’ hate crime laws, MPs are told

  By John Pring Disability News Service  February 8th 2018 Disabled people will only be protected from online abuse when they have “equal and fair” hate crime laws, a leading disabled campaigner has told MPs. Anne Novis, chair of Inclusion … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anne Novis, Disability Hate crime, Inclusion London | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Hate crime, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

CPS hate crime statement wins support

  By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled campaigners say they are encouraged by a new public statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which describes how it will prosecute disability hate crime. The statement was one … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anne Novis, CPS, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Inclusion London | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Minister told ‘alarm bells are ringing’ over disability hate crime

  By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 Disabled campaigners have written to a government minister to warn him that “alarm bells are ringing” over the “massive discrepancies and inconsistencies” in the way the criminal justice system deals … Continue reading →

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Posted in CPS, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Home Office | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Ten years on, campaigners ask again: ‘If these are not hate crimes, what are?’

  By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Six new cases in which disabled people have been the victims of brutal and degrading assaults have cast fresh doubt on the criminal justice system’s ability to recognise, punish and prevent … Continue reading →

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Posted in CPS, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Katharine Quarmby | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Police watchdog criticised over investigation into murder of disabled refugee

Picture Courtesy of Guardian By John Pring Disability News Service  6th July 2017   A watchdog has been criticised for failing to investigate whether disability hate crime played a part in the harassment and abuse suffered by a disabled refugee, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bijan Ebrahimi, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, IPPC, Katharine Quarmby | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Scottish politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Disabled people ‘forced into dangerous workfare that breaches health and safety laws’

  By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 Disabled people are being subjected to dangerous violations of health and safety laws after being forced to take part in government workfare programmes, according to new research published this week. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access To work, Boycott Workfare, Conservatives, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Jon Burnett, Mary O Hara, Professor David Whyte, Vickie Cooper OU Criminology | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, HSE, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Police force criticised after refusing to treat ‘lynch mob’ murder as hate crime

By John Pring Disability News service 23rd Febraury 2017   A chief constable has insisted that his police force was right not to treat the brutal murder of a man with learning difficulties who was hung from a tree and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Inclusion London | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Human rights, Katherine Quarmby, UK news | Leave a reply

Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General   As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write to you to denounce attempts to delegitimise the UN interim report by UN officials carried out under Article 6 of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Debbie Jolly, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, IFS, Lord David Freud, Mary O Hara, Maximus, Mo Stewart, PIP, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Catalina Devandas Aguila, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, foodbanks, Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Poverty, Raquel Rolnik, Scotland, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

McDonnell promises DPAC ‘a seat at the heart of government’

15 September 2016 John Pring  http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ Disabled activists have been promised a seat “at the heart of government” if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as Labour leader and the party wins power at the next election. The pledge was made by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, John McDonnell, Labour Party, PIP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Politics | Leave a reply

Disability hate crime has fallen since 2007-2010, surprise new figures suggest

September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Levels of disability hate crime in England and Wales have fallen in the years between 2007 and 2014, figures contained in a new report by the equality watchdog suggest. The publication is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, EHRC, Home Office, Labour Party | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring | Leave a reply

Government’s hate crime plan’s ‘unforgiveable’ failure on disability

  Angry campaigners have attacked the government’s new hate crime action plan for its “totally disrespectful” failure to address problems around disability-related hostility. The four-year action plan was published this week by the new home secretary, Amber Rudd, and aims … Continue reading →

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Posted in CPS, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Human Rights, People First, Police | Tagged Austerity, Black Triangle, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, Society | Leave a reply

Northants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again

A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now facing another complaint after officers ignored his family’s plea to investigate a second brutal attack. Daniel Smith was only finally … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Human Rights, Ministry of Justice | Tagged Disability Hate Crime Network, disability rights, Equality, Hate crime, Human rights | Leave a reply

Jailed conman who targeted disabled people ‘defrauded hundreds’

Hundreds of disabled people are believed to have fallen victim to a “manipulative” fraudster who posed as a lawyer to steal money they were owed from discrimination cases, and then launched legal actions against them if they complained. Karl Lindon … Continue reading →

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