The country of Wales in the United Kingdom has seen a rise in reported cases of hate crimes. Ethnic minorities, gay people, faith groups and the disabled have all been targeted for violence, verbal abuse and criminal damage:

“A HUGE surge in the reporting of “hate crimes” reveals the shocking scale of abuse vulnerable minorities suffer in Wales’ towns and cities today, Wales on Sunday can reveal.

Ethnic minorities, gay people, faith groups and even the disabled have been reporting far more incidents of violence, verbal abuse and criminal damage over the past year.

In the past nine months of 2008, there were 27% more racist incidents, 28% more homophobic incidents and double the number of faith hate incidents reported to South Wales Police compared to a year earlier….

..Resentment in economically struggling white, working class neighbourhoods can fuel hate crime, according to criminologist Georgios Antonopoulos.

The academic said research shows that the shame they feel can be transformed into rage. And the present “constant discussion on the financial crisis” could be fuelling these feelings.

Saleem Kidwai, secretary of the Muslim council of Wales, said he feared the world’s economic problems meant tensions were going to get worse.”[Source: Wales Online]

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