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Solidarity Statement and Resources: Violence in the UK
EVR Wins Ethnicity Awards for the Second Time
EVR is proud to announce its second win at the Ethnicity Awards, having been honoured in both 2021 and 2023. The organisation received the prestigious ‘Charity or Community Initiative of the Year' award for its outstanding contributions.
Documentary Featuring EVR Board Member Highlights Anti-Asian Hate in UK Amid COVID
We contributed to an important documentary about the rise of anti-Asian hate in the UK since COVID. Thanks to Licklemor Productions for involving EVR's Board of Director Jenny Pattinson.
EVR Press Statement on Our 2018-2020 Hate Crime Data Research
9 October 2021
Since End Violence and Racism Against ESEA Communities (EVR) began our work over a year ago, we have been running into systemic issues of missing data, inconsistent reporting formats and weak or non-existent engagement with communities. Driven by our mission, we were determined to ascertain the volume and types of reported hate crime affecting East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities, information which should be routinely collected and disclosed by police forces across the UK. This was to help us to build a picture of the scale of racially targeted violence and discrimination affecting ESEA communities today ……
ITV News Feature EVR
7 October 2021
COVID racism: Hate crime attacks against east and south east Asians in UK rise by 50% in two years. EVR coordinated data of FOI Police hate crimes used in ITV News at Ten. EVR also supported the coordination of victims to ITV News to share their testimonies to address increasing ESEA hate crime.
Sky News Interview with Board Members Kim and Miles
9 March 2021
It’s a Growing Issue
11 June 2020
A victim of hate crime was told “you guys are the virus” as she walked through central London, following a spike in hate crimes against people of East and Southeast Asian descent since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.