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Hate Crime
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Religion Clause
Britain Issues Statistics on Hate Crimes in 2025-26
On October 8, the United Kingdom's Home Office released the Official Statistics on Hate Crimes in England and Wales for the Year Ending March 2026. The total number of hate crimes…
Ed Folsom Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
False hate crime narratives with deeply ideological cures.
By Ed Folsom
False hate crime narratives with deeply ideological cures. Posted by Ed Folsom, October 9, 2026. As a young assistant district attorney in the late 80’s or early 90’s, I was…
Religion Clause
Federal Antisemitism Task Force Is Beginning a National Tour
The Department of Justice yesterday announced that its Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is beginning its American Tour Against Hate. Its first stop, on October 14, will be in Southfield,…
Religion Clause
New York Mayor Releases Strategy to Combat Antisemitism
New York City Mayor Zohran Mandani released a 33-page report (full text) titled Tackling Hate: The Mamdani Administration's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. The Report includes a Statement of Core Values which…
India Legal
Delhi Court sends influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to police custody in alleged assault case
By Legal Desk
Patiala House Court, Delhi on Saturday sent right-wing influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to one-day police custody in connection with the alleged assault of the father of a Dalit student activist during…
Religion Clause
2025 Data on Hate Crimes in U.S. Released
Last week, the FBI released its 2025 Reported Crime Statistics. In a summary of the data, the FBI said that "hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 2,703 single-bias offenses…
Religion Clause
Report Details Data on Antisemitic Incidents in United Kingdom
In Britain, Community Security Trust today released a Report on Antisemitic Incidents in the United Kingdom during the first half of 2026. (Full text of report.) The 39-page report says…
Michael Geist Blog
The Name on the Window Was Enough: The Attacks on Kiva’s and the Normalization of Antisemitic Violence in Canada
Kiva’s, the well-known Toronto Jewish bakery, was struck by gunfire and smashed windows in two locations over the weekend. This one is personal as Kiva was my grandmother’s cousin. Both…
Religion Clause
Canada Reports That Religion-Motivated Hate Crimes Decreased 18% In 2025
Last week, the Canadian government released data on Police Reported Crime Statistics in Canada for 2025, including data on hate crimes. The report says in part:The number of police-reported hate crimes…
Barnold Law
NZ Hate Crime
The New Zealand Law Commission has released its report regarding the review of law relating to hate crime in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a focus on whether the law should…