Author Archives: anjonaroy

Hate crime

  So far this we’ve reported 99 hate incident reports since April.  Most of them have been on line but some like the one above which have been off line. There’s a lot made of the hate incident definition which … Continue reading

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Compliance with the specific duties of the Equality Act

Our amazing volunteer researcher Teleola Cartwright, completed an audit of compliance of local public bodies with the requirements of the specific duties of the Equality Act to publish equality data and at least one specific and measurable objective.  For the … Continue reading

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Electing without Prejudice

The general election looming, Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council have joined a new campaign group called Race Equality Matters. The group has released a statement “Electing without Prejudice” calling for politician to act responsibly in the election in respect of … Continue reading

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#ImAlrightWith HumanRights

Over the last week we’ve been supporting the British Institute of Human Rights #March4HumanRights campaign. You can read more about it here. It’s been really great to see how much support the campaign has been getting. To see more photos … Continue reading

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We know what happened when Tribunal fees were put in place- now a 600% increase in Court Fees

  Infographic courtesy of the Law Society of England and Wales. We’ve already written about the drastic effect Tribunal fees have had on applications. Not there is another significant threat to access to justice. Now civil claims which have currently … Continue reading

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