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Hate Crime Awareness Week 鈥�14 鈥� 21 October
Published: 17/10/2017
This week is National Hate Crime Awareness Week, a time to shine a light on
hate crime, encourage victims to report and to deter perpetrators
天涯社区 is joining with partners across the region including
other local authorities, North Wales Police and Victim Support, to work
together to highlight the issues of hate crime and promote reporting to the
Police and Victim Support.
A hate crime is any crime that is targeted at a person because of hostility or
prejudice towards them. These can be motivated by a person鈥檚 disability, their
race or ethnicity, their religion or belief, their sexual orientation or their
transgender
The crime can be verbal abuse, offensive graffiti, threats, damage to property,
assault, cyber bullying, abusive texts, emails or phone calls.
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Public Protection, Councillor
Chris Bithell, said:
鈥淗ate crime is widely accepted to be under reported and can have a significant
effect on its victims, who should not tolerate having to suffer in silence.
While levels of hate crime are relatively low in this county, I am pleased that
we are working in partnership with Welsh Government and North Wales Police to
raise the profile of this very important and pertinent issue.鈥�
If you or someone you know is a victim of hate crime there are a number of ways
to report it:
路 Call the Police directly by dialling 999 if you are in immediate danger, or
101 for non-emergencies or complete the North Wales Police on line reporting
form which can be found here
https://www.north-wales.police.uk/advice-and-support/stay-safe/hate-crime
路 Telephone: 0300 30 31 982 [Free, 24/7] to contact Victim Support directly.
Calls are treated confidentially and you have the option to remain anonymous.
路 You can also report online at www.reporthate.victimsupport.org.uk