FILE PHOTO: Protesters attend an anti-immigration protest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. committee urged Britain on Friday to pass measures to curb hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric which it said had played a direct role in fuelling summer riots.
Racist unrest involving far-right groups erupted at anti-immigration protests across Britain in August after false information circulated online that the suspect in a deadly attack on young girls was an Islamist migrant.
