For the first time, the United Kingdom has convicted a person who incited violence through social media during the riots. A man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for inciting protesters to attack a hotel housing more than 200 refugees in a Facebook posting. Another man was sentenced to 38 months in prison for inciting racial hatred by calling on protesters to burn down a refugee shelter hotel through social media.
The anti-immigrant riots have calmed down a bit after more than a week. However, UK police said 6,000 riot police would be deployed across the UK over the weekend to deal with potential large-scale unrest.
(Caricaturist: YAUCOMICS; English editor: Darius)
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