UK media - Hate crime and "non-crime hate incidents"

The home secretary condemned a police force last night that had warned social media users not to “misgender” a convicted paedophile who identified as a woman

Focus on traditional policing, says Home Secretary, as report calls for end to ‘partisan’ causes

The existence of the guidance has only come to light following the intrepid work of Cathy Larkman (pictured), a police officer who rose to the rank of superintendent before retiring last year.

The founder of a charity supporting women who have suffered domestic violence has been interviewed by police after she was reported for hate crime after stressing its female-only services. Nicola Murray was left “shocked and panicky” when detectives arrived at her door after an online announcement b

Police have arrested a women’s rights campaigner for an alleged hate crime and seized an academic book from her home after she put up posters “directed towards

A retired policeman visited by his local force after tweeting about transgender rights has won a court battle over free speech after judges said that his treatm

The police are diving into political waters with great gusto. Throw a stick at any police Twitter account, and you will hit an egregious example of active political campaigning. One of the worst I…

The great awokening of the British constabulary has got to be the most curious and infuriating part of our culture war. While knife crime continues to rise, an inordinate amount of police time now seems to be taken up by various virtue-signalling initiatives. Take the rise of ‘rainbow cars’. For som…

Forces across the UK add a splash of colour to their fleet to encourage people to report racist, homophobic and transphobic incidents

The legislation must be clearer about what is not intended to be criminalised, writes Lucy Hunter Blackburn

Scotland’s justice secretary Humza Yousaf has moved to reassure women with concerns over his controversial Hate Crime Bill by suggesting the Scottish Government would print “detailed explanatory notes” on freedom of expression provisions when the final Bill is published.

QC discusses the task ahead as she begins her scrutiny into whether Scotland needs a separate offence of misogynist abuse

A CAMPAIGN group set up a year ago to protect free speech in Britain is now dealing with 20 new cases a week for individuals who have been punished for speaking their minds.

Critics say the practice of logging ‘non-crime hate incidents’, even after officers decided what was said or posted online did not break any laws, has a ‘chilling effect on free speech’.

The girl, 14, is threatening a judicial review after guidance from the London-based College of Policing said police should keep a record of ‘non-criminal hate incidents’.

Police face legal action over an attempt to record non-criminal hate incidents involving children in schools — described as having a “chilling effect” on freedom of speech.The Times has learnt that

In Parliament last week, the Justice Secretary sought to assure MSPs that the Hate Crime Bill would not be used to criminalise the belief that biological sex is immutable.

Judge says that the effect of police turning up at Mr Miller’s workplace “because of his political opinions must not be underestimated”.