Far-right violence caused by UK failure to address institutional racism, campaigners warn

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A damning new report by prominent global human rights organisation Amnesty International and the UK’s leading racial justice think tank Runnymede Trust exposed a slew of troubling racial disparities. Demonstrator throws smoke flare at police as far-right activists stage protest in Sunderland at the beginning of August Alba Kapoor, of the Runnymede Trust, said: “As far-right thugs attack, harass and intimidate people of colour in the UK, there could be no more urgent time to address racial injustice. Ilyas Nagdee, Racial Justice Director at Amnesty, said: “The racist and Islamophobic violence unfolding on the streets of the UK highlight the failures of successive governments to make progress on institutional racism. “Since the last reporting period, the Committee should be alert to the myriad ways racism and discrimination have been embedded in legislation and policy practice, rather than tackled by successive governments.” Researchers found people of colour who rent their homes are 87 per cent more likely to have endured illegal acts at the hands of their landlord than White British or Irish renters, as well as being 22 per cent more likely to be exposed to damp or mould in their homes.