New Jersey officials are investigating an alleged hate crime involving an Islamic center at Rutgers University, which was broken into and vandalized on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr ...

It is not activists, it is not the media. It is not, thank goodness, even politicians who decide ultimately whether or not crime has been committed,” Mr. Yousaf told Sky News. He said that it ...

Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force last week, a contentious law that expands existing legislation to include transgender identity as a protected characteristic from hate ...

Police Scotland have been caught in a row over their new hate crime laws after a woman who reported an anti-Semitic Facebook post was ‘quizzed about her ethnicity’. The woman, a one-time ...

Toronto police and Crime Stoppers are partnering to launch a new hate crime awareness campaign. They say it comes at a time when hate-related incidents in the city are reaching record highs.

Scottish police have been inundated with reports since the country's controversially broad hate crime act went into effect last week, overwhelming the system to an extent that could render law ...

Scotland has introduced a new hate crime law which seeks to protect various categories of people from hatred and prejudice. Transgender identity is included as a protected characteristic in the ...

The prime minister has said people should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology" in response to JK Rowling's criticism of Scotland's new hate crime law. The author took to ...

Hate crime reports in Scotland are on course to outnumber all other offences put together, figures show, as front-line officers warned they “can’t cope” with the surge. Around 8,000 hate ...

Police officers will be 'caught in the middle' amid surging hate crime reports, says officer Credit: K NEVILLE/ISTOCK UNRELEASED Scotland’s new hate crime law could damage public trust in police ...

Scotland’s controversial new hate crime laws came into force on Monday, introducing updated legislation around transgender identities. Passed in 2021, the new hate crime act aims to ensure ...