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A racist screaming the N-word and a Black person using it in conversation are poles apart. Why can’t the CPS see it?

Another ‘hate crime’ case against a person of colour has collapsed. The fact it even got to court reveals an alarming ignorance, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

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Police drop investigation into Black professor who called ex-GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house N***o’

Exclusive: The investigation followed a string of cases where Black and Asian people have faced prosecution for hate crimes after using specific language to criticise other people from ethnic minority communities

The Independent UK

Sayeeda Warsi on leaving the Tories: ‘You have to recognise when a relationship is toxic’

She was Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister – and has faced questions for years about why she was in the Conservative party. Yesterday, she resigned the whip. She explains why

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Sayeeda Warsi quits Conservatives over UK party’s lurch to ‘far right’

Former co-chair criticises party’s ‘hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities’.

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Warsi resigns Tory whip, saying party has moved too far to right

Peer cites ‘hypocrisy in treatment of different communities’ as party investigates her tweet on acquittal of ‘coconut’ protester

The Guardian - UK

Prominent Tory peer resigns from party over 'how far right' it has moved

A PROMINENT Tory peer has resigned from the party over how far it has moved to the right.

The National (Scotland)

Woman cleared over ‘coconut’ placard calls on IOPC to investigate Met

Exclusive: Marieha Hussain asks police watchdog to look into claim the force pursued a politicised case against her

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Too white? Too black? Too woke? Politics by labelling is a disease of our times

Avoiding political debate with crude and insulting tags such as ‘coconut’ stifles diversity of thought

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Palestinian protester acquitted over ‘coconut’ placard has ‘no regrets’

Marieha Hussain, who depicted Sunak and Braverman as coconuts, says only people who do not understand the term find it offensive

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - It's not for judges to police what ethnic minorities call themselves

On Friday afternoon, as District Judge, Vanessa Lloyd, read out a not-guilty verdict, cheers and whoops erupted from the public gallery at Westminster magistrates’ court. On the floor of the courtroom, a nine-month-pregnant woman named Marieha Hussain instantly broke down in tears. The ruling was the culmination of an almost…

Evening Standard

The cause of anti-racism is turned on its head when we’re debating coconuts in court

Marieha Hussain’s placard featuring Sunak and Braverman was political satire: she should never have been hauled in front of a judge to prove it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Police asked Black Studies professor for help on ‘coconuts’ case before his own ‘house n*gro’ investigation

Exclusive: It has emerged that the academic, 41, was approached by the Metropolitan Police in April to lend his expertise to a Crown Prosecution Service review into whether Marieha Hussain should be charged for her ‘coconuts’ placard.

The Independent UK

Pro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placard

Marieha Hussein attended a London march against the war in Gaza carrying a sign depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts

The Guardian - UK

Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard trial begins

‘I do not see white people being prosecuted for calling other white people gammons,’ protester and lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu said

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Police seize coconuts and arrest protesters outside court appearance of woman charged over placard

Marieha Hussain, of High Wycombe, is accused of a racially aggravated public order offence

The Independent UK

Daffy duck, coconuts and raccoons: When do memes, emojis and gifs become hate crimes?

‘I’m going to be brought down by a Daffy Duck GIF? I felt anger,’ one person told The Independent. Nadine White looks at how people can fall foul of social media memes

The Independent UK

Woman who carried placard depicting Sunak and Braverman as coconuts charged with hate crime

Ms Hussain is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on 26 June.

Evening Standard

Teacher charged over coconut poster of Sunak and Braverman at London pro-Palestinian march

Marieha Hussain, 37, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, will appear before magistrates in Wimbledon on June 26

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UK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard

Marieha Hussain has been charged with a racially aggravated offence after mocking PM Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman.

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