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Wednesday 2 November 2011

Time to act on disability hate crimes

The Independent reports that an all party group of MP's are calling for tougher sentences for hate crimes committed against disabled people, thus putting such offences on the same footing as acts of violence motivated by race, religion or sexual orientation: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mps-call-for-tougher-sentences-for-hate-crimes-6255903.html