Wednesday 12th March 2014 From the Daily Mail: Twitter crimes double in three years as police forces report sharp rise in social media crimes Crimes involving Twitter rose from 677 in 2011 to 1,291 in 2013 across 25 police forces in England and Wales, Freedom of Information figures show On Facebook, crimes rose from 9,917 in 2011 to 13,019 in […]
Parliament Street director Clare George-Hilley has commented in the Evening Standard on our revelations that a total of 139 knives were seized from visitors to the House of Commons last year. She said: “These figures demonstrate the very real threats facing Parliament and underline the need for rigorous and robust checkpoint security measures to ensure the safety of the House […]
Thursday 16th January 2014 The Norfolk Eastern Daily Press has reported on Parliament Street’s new research into attacks on the clergy. The original article can be found here or alternatively can be read below: Attacks on church leaders in Norfolk and Suffolk revealed PUBLISHED: 06:40 16 January 2014 Peter Walsh Crime correspondent They operate an open door policy welcoming some of society’s […]
Attacks on clergy ‘are a hate crime’ (Kirst Buchanan, The Sunday Express, 12/1/14) THUGS who carry out violent attacks on the clergy could face tougher jail terms if they were classified as religious hate crimes, Labour has said. Diana Johnson, the shadow minister for crime and security, said harsh penalties were necessary to give greater protection to those who do […]
Steven George-Hilley of Parliament Street discusses the think tank’s latest campaign with the BBC’s Ed Stourton live on air:
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, is to examine if attacks on members of the clergy should be considered hate crimes, according to a front page story on today’s Sunday Times. The article includes research released by Parliament Street revealing that there have been 200 attacks on members of the clergy over the last five years, including beatings, assaults and incidents […]
Thursday 9th January 2014 Parliament Street’s Director of Communities and Social Justice was recently interviewed, by Christian Today, about her research into attacks on the clergy. Christian Today is an independent Christian media company, with a global reach of over 3 million readers a month. The original article can be found here or alternatively can be read below: Parliament […]
The Sunday Telegraph has written about Parliament Street’s campaign for assaults on religious leaders to be specifically categorised as hate crimes. Clare George-Hilley has called on the government to take steps to protect religious leaders. Coverage also appeared in The Times newspaper and other international news outlets. See also: Parliament Street Director Clare George-Hilley on assaults on priests
Originally published in The Independent on Sunday on Sunday 29th September 2013: Staff at the media regulator Ofcom have made more than 4,000 “attempts” to access pornographic material online in the last three months, official figures show. The watchdog has recorded 4,234 such bids since 12 June – a figure it claims is consistent with its role in protecting […]
Parliament Street director Clare George-Hilley has contributed comment to The Guardian on email misuse at Scotland Yard. They carried the story on p17 on December 26th, 2013 The figures, obtained by the Guardian under freedom of information laws, reveal only four Met police employees have been sacked in six years for email misuse, while 441 have received verbal warnings. Read also: […]
