Abolish 'Non-Crime Hate Incidents' (NCHIs) in England & Wales.
We would like the Westminster government to abolish 'Non-Crime Hate Incidents' (NCHIs) in England & Wales. We are targeting England and Wales since the recording and retention of NCHIs in Scotland and Northern Ireland is devolved to them and not therefore a matter for the government in Westminster.
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 21/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 21/100,000
- 06 JAN 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
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- 18 NOV 2024Petition created
Background
The UK is rapidly turning into an Orwellian totalitarian state in which people are investigated and harassed by the police for their lawful ("Non-Crime") comments. According to Freedom of Information requests in 2019, the police had already recorded 119,934 NCHIs since 2014. That number has probably doubled since 2019. NCHIs are having a chilling effect on free speech, encouraging people to report those whose views they simply do not like, and diverting police resources from dealing with crime.