Tag: hate crime
Three Jailed In Russia For Killing Man They Believed Was Gay
A court in Russia’s northeastern Kamchatka Peninsula has sentenced three men to prison for killing a man they believed was gay.
Peacehaven man jailed for homophobic hate crime
Two men who threatened their victims with a claw hammer and made homophobic comments towards them in Eastbourne have been jailed.
Nigeria : Court remands man for killing alleged gay chief
A 22-year-old man, Eji Emmanuel, has been remanded in prison by an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of one Sylvanus Okoye, 39.
New York High Court Agrees to Hear Appeal In Dwight DeLee Case
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today lauded the New York Court of Appeals’ announcement that it will consider an appeal in “The People v. Dwight R. DeLee” and renewed its call for the high court to reinstate the jury’s verdict and Dwight DeLee’s conviction of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime for the 2008 killing of Syracuse resident Lateisha “Teish” Green, a 22-year old African American transgender woman.
Hate crime narrowly defined in Turkey’s democratization package
Turkey’s much-waited ‘democratization package’ contains a ‘narrow’ definition of hate crime by not including provisions for those targetted due to their sexual orientation and ethinic identity.
EU law should forbid all bias crime, concludes Fundamental Rights Conference
The annual Fundamental Rights Conference, organised by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), concluded that EU measures to address hate crime should be extended to cover all forms of bias, including homophobic crimes.