There will be a multifaith candlelit vigil for the victims of the Baghdad bombing at All Saints Church, Hove on Sunday, July 17 at 4pm.
Almost 300 people died when terrorists detonated a huge bomb near a busy market in Karrada on July 3. The explosion was part of a global campaign by ISIS to kill as many innocent people during the month of Ramadan as it could.
The Vigil is organised by Brighton and Hove Faith in Action and supported by:
♦ Brighton and Hove Catholic Community
♦ Brighton & Hove Salvation Army
♦ Brighton and Hove Jewish Representative Council
♦ Anglican Interfaith Advisor for the Diocese of Chichester
♦ Brighton & Hove Muslim Forum
♦ Interfaith Contact Group
♦ Brighton Dialogue Society
♦ Brighton Voices of Exile
♦ Brahma Kumaris
Event: Multifaith Vigil for the victims of the Baghdad bombing
The Sussex Beacon are looking for supporters willing to undertake a cycling challenge to help raise money for the Sussex Beacon.
They have some places left in the Do It For Charity London to Brighton ride, which will take place on September 11.
The 54 mile challenge will start in South London, making its way through Mitcham, Carshalton, Chipstead, Banstead, Haywards Heath, and finally, to Brighton.
The Beacon already have 5 riders who willing to take on the challenge and raise money for them.
New figures show convictions for disability hate crime in the South East have seen a huge rise of more than 60% over the last year.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has released its Hate Crime and Crimes Against Older People Annual Report.
CPS South East, which covers the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, saw the number of successful prosecutions for disability hate crime increase from just 23 in 2014/15 to 38 in 2015/16.
The number of convictions for all hate crime in the South East increased to 765 from 697 over the same period, a 10% rise. The overall conviction rate rose from 83.1% to 86.1%, putting the South East Area amongst the highest performers in the country.
Convictions for homophobic and transphobic crime in the South East rose from 81.2% to 83.0% from 2014/15 to 2015/16. The number of successful prosecutions for crimes against older people remained almost the same throughout the two years, with 213 convictions in 2015/16, just two more than a year earlier.
Jaswant Narwal
Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS South East, Jaswant Narwal, said: “Hate crime is a particularly vile type of crime, as it is motivated purely by prejudice against others, whether on grounds of race, religion, their sexuality or disability.
“Victims and witnesses are at the heart of everything we do and hate crimes affect some of the most vulnerable members of our society. As such, tackling hate crime is one of the CPS’ priorities and in the South East, we have made significant improvements over the last two years in achieving this.”
She added:“The improvement in our performance on tackling disability hate crime is especially pleasing, given the focus we have put on this. In the last year, our prosecutors have all received training on disability hate crime, which has helped to ensure we are successfully identifying and prosecuting such cases. To supplement this, we have also held an awareness session to increase understanding of how we can best support those with autism and learning disabilities, which I knew everyone who attended found extremely valuable.”
Osaro debuts his latest single After Party, a sparkling collaboration with DJ David Noakes, at Brighton Pride this year.
Osaro
Over the last 10 years, singer songwriter Osaro has performed at an array of Brighton Pride events. He has hosted a float in the parade, performed at the Calabash Tent, performed on the main stage and more recently at the Pride Village Party. This year he will be performing on the community stage in Victoria Gardens.
His engaging and uniquely Brighton styled music has charted internationally and he has received national and international radio play.
Earlier this year he reached number 1 in the Brighton music charts with his jubilant single Take It Off. The accompanying video for the single was featured on Latest TV, including on his own show Osaro: New Music Alert.
Osaro, a talented live performer, has played and performed across the UK at legendary clubs including Ministry of Sound, Pacha and Gatecrasher. He is a true Brighton treasure lighting up seaside life with his wonderful generosity of spirit and lust for life.
His latest adventure for Latest TV, The Latest After Party captures his character perfectly and has become a mainstay of local viewing.
Osaro said:“I am really looking to performing, as it’s my 10th anniversary of performing at Brighton Pride. Brighton Pride has been really important to me, as it is where my music career started. It has been an inspiration for me to create and has been a focal point of my work as an artist and is the platform from where I release my new material, which has now gone worldwide. The support that I have received when performing has enabled me to develop confidence and feel accepted as a gay person of colour. If I inspire people through my music or just represent diversity then that is my job done”.
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