Petition Make stirring up hatred based on disability a specific criminal offence

The Government should make the hate crime of stirring up hatred based on disability a specific criminal offence.

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It is already a criminal offence to stir up hatred on grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation, but not disability. This affects how reports are investigated & managed.

This is wrong & offers no sense of protection to the disabled community in terms of recourse as is the case if the hate crime were racially or religiously motivated.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

152 signatures

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Date closed 2 September 2021
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