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Court jails UK man for inciting 'racial hatred' online

On Friday, a judge in Leeds, northern England sentenced a 28-year-old man to 20 months in jail for posting on Facebook with the intention of inciting racial hatred during the recent riots.

AFP WORLD
Published August 09,2024
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A judge in Leeds, northern England, on Friday jailed a 28-year-old man for 20 months after he admitted publishing Facebook posts that "intended to stir racial hatred" during the recent riots.

In the first case of its kind linked to the disorder across England, the judge sentenced Jordan Parlour for writing posts encouraging people to attack a hotel in the city housing asylum seekers and refugees.