UK: We need to strengthen the law on hate crime
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1886842007
By ROBIN HARPER
12/3/2007
"A recent study found more than half the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people surveyed in Edinburgh had been victims of physical assault at some time. Among disabled people, another study found that 47 per cent had experienced hate crime because of their disability, with 31 per cent experiencing verbal abuse, intimidation or physical attack at least once a month."