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  • Facing Up To Visible Hate

    Facing Up To Visible Hate

    New research has shown that a third of people with a visible difference or disfigurement have faced hate crime.The charity Changing Faces is campaigning to try and put a stop to this by speaking out to call for an end to appearance-related hate crimes, incidents and abuse.

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  • Disability Hate Crime on the Increase

    Disability Hate Crime on the Increase

    Now Then magazine has published an article following their Freedom of Information request to South Yorkshire Police showing that disability hate crime figures rose to 441 in 2021, a 77% increase since 2018.Campaigners claim that this figure may still be lower than the actual incidence due to disabled people reluctance to report incicents and encourage disabled people to report hate crime if thay have been victimised.

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