Punish the British citizens enacting hate crime against Chinese students

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, many immature and uneducated youths/adults are taking their freedom of speech too far, committing violent acts and shouting abuse. This is unacceptable, as human beings and as British citizens. We should all be helping each other.

Hate crime and violent acts of any kind are unacceptable. Just because someone isn’t born here, does not mean they deserve to be discriminated against here by the locals. Whether they are old enough to be taken to court or not, they should know how they should treat other people.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Hate crimes and violent acts are already against the law. Decisions about charging or prosecuting individuals for offences for hate crime or violent behaviour are a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, and not the Government and Parliament.

You could start a petition calling for sentences for hate crimes to be increased, if this is something you would like to see.

Timeline

18 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2020

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