INSANE: Marieha hussain - The Real Truth

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025

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 · Oct 1, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

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 · Sep 22, 2024

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 · Sep 18, 2024

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 · Sep 16, 2024

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 · Sep 16, 2024

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 · Sep 13, 2024

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 · Sep 12, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024