Tag: hate-crime
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Indian group takes to streets for safety awareness
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Following crime incidents targeting Indians in New Zealand, community leaders Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi and Claudette Hauiti are organising a walk on 7 March to “Claim Back Safe Streetsâ€. The walk for “safer communities” will be followed by an event behind Auckland’s Papatoetoe Library to raise awareness. Papatoetoe witnessed a vicious…
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Sikh case Seattle man jailed for 3 yrs for brutal assault
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A Seattle man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay damages for brutally assaulting a Sikh taxi driver last year in a raciallymotivated hate crime during which he used the most disgusting and ugly racist language against the victim
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Rights group demands maximum punishment for attacker
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A civil advocacy group is demanding the maximum punishment for a Seattle man who was indicted on hate crime charges for brutally assaulting a Sikh taxi driver last year saying such a punishment will send a clear message that raciallymotivated crime is unacceptable