Hate crimes
Police boss vows to address hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ community
This comes amid increasing levels of murder and rape against members of the gay community in South Africa with no way to classify these crimes.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Attacks on foreign nationals are a form of hate crime
Political parties must not tap dance around the issue of violence against foreign nationals, but must rather call things as they are, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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Police investigating Texas shooting as possible hate crime - chief
In recent months, El Paso has also become one of the busiest entry points for undocumented migrants, especially from Central America, seeking asylum in the United States.
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[WATCH] State of Hate: Increase of hate incidents in the US
The rising environment of hate isn't your imagination, the number of incidents motivated by it rose in 2017 in the United States.
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Trial date set for man accused of killing lesbian Strand woman
Twenty-three-year-old Noxolo Xakeka was murdered allegedly because she was a lesbian.
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Process to criminalise hate speech, crimes gets underway
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on Wednesday introduced the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.
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UK hate crimes surge on Brexit and militant attacks
The Home Office said there were 80,393 offences in 2016/17, a rise of 29% from the year before and the largest percentage increase since the figures were first collated five years ago.
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[WATCH] What is a hate crime?
CNN legal analyst Danny Cevallos explains why the justice system labels certain crimes as hate crimes.
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[OPINION] Is criminalising hatred the answer to racism in SA?
The growing incidents of racism on social media suggest that the country needs to ensure that racism has consequences.
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4 charged with hate crimes over Chicago beating shown on Facebook
Two sisters and two men streamed themselves assaulting a man with special needs on Facebook Live on Tuesday.
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Outrage as lesbian woman killed near Khayelitsha
Noluvo Swelindawo's body was found near the N2 Highway on Sunday.
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Hate crimes bill to hold perpetrators accountable - Masutha
Justice Minister Michael Masutha says this law is just one component of efforts to stamp out racism in SA.
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Two men charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh in California
The attack followed a number of similar beatings of Sikhs in the US over a period of more than a decade.
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Convicted hate crime murderer begins serving his sentence
Christo Oncke was found guilty of murdering Dawid Olyne, who was gay, in Ceres in March 2014.
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Obama urges new gun laws following Florida mass shooting
At least 53 others were wounded in what is now known as the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
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Ceres man guilty of murder in apparent hate crime
Christo Oncke heard his fate in the Ceres Circuit Court on Thursday.
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Cops investigate after lesbian woman (20) is found dead
Last month, community members in Evaton North alerted police to a mutilated body near a local school.
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Police continue search for suspects in Vanderbijlpark rape, murder
The mutilated body of woman was found dead in what gay rights groups say was a hate crime.
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Houston Islamic Centre fire: Homeless man confesses to arson
The fire comes just days after a man shot dead three young Muslims in North Carolina.
