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Category Archives: Crime
“Colour blindness” and equalities legislation
Last week, I watched this programme on Channel 4 about race. It was a fascinating breaking down of a lot of the myths we have been fed about race and racial stereotyping and it certainly made me think. However, the section … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Advertising, Crime, Education, Feminism, Holocaust, LGBT, Media, Politics
Tagged advertising, Afghanistan, colour blind, domestic abuse, Equalities legislation, equality, feminism, Hitler, Kabul, LGBT, Nazism, Nigel Farage, Trevor Phillips, UKIP
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Justice must be blind
Yesterday, amidst all the furore about Mohammed Emwazi, I heard the research director of the campaign organisation, Cage, being grilled on Radio 4’s Today programme about the charity’s supposed “support” for Omar Bakri Muhammad Fustuq, a well-known Islamic hate preacher … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Crime, Islamic State, Media
Tagged BBC, BBC Radio 4, Cage, hate preaching, humanity, Islamic State, Justice, Mishal Husain, Mohammed Emwazi, Omar Bakri Mohammad Fustuq, terrorists, Today Programme
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Remembering the forgotten victims of the Holocaust
Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It is essential that we never forget the Holocaust and the horrible mechanisation and normalisation of genocide which it engendered. Six million Jews were killed, and … Continue reading
Posted in Conscientious Objection, Crime, Disability, History, Holocaust, LGBT, Media, Politics, Religion, World War II
Tagged Auschwitz, Gad Beck, gypsies, Holocaust Memorial Day, Jews, LGBT, Nazis, persecution
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Where the blame should really lie
D and I travelled to London on Tuesday for a romantic overnight break in the city. We saw a fantastic show, stayed in a gorgeous hotel and ate some wonderful food. It was pretty perfect, in fact. However, somewhere between … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London, My Life, Politics, The Law
Tagged climate change, crime, london, Politics
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