HATE BAIT

UK

DATA FROM POLICE FORCES ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES SHOWED THERE WERE ALMOST 80, THE FIGURE IS A 29 PER CENT RISE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR – THE LARGEST ANNUAL INCREASE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN SIX YEARS AGO

US

HATE CRIMES HAVE JUMPED BY NEARLY 20 PERCENT IN MAJOR U. S. CITIES THROUGH MUCH OF THIS YEAR, AFTER INCREASING NATIONALLY BY 5 PERCENT LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO POLICE DATA COMPILED BY THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HATE AND EXTREMISM AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT SAN BERNARDINO.

AUS

ONE IN FIVE AUSTRALIANS HAS EXPERIENCED RACISM IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVER SURVEYS CONDUCTED ON RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN AUSTRALIA, COMMISSIONED BY SBS WITH THE WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY.

Europe

THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE PREVALENCE OF HATE SPEECH IN FRANCE, SAYING THAT IT HAS “BECOME COMMONPLACE” IN THE COUNTRY.