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| London woman charged after alleged #killallwhitemen tweet | London woman charged after alleged #killallwhitemen tweet |
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| A student diversity officer who came to prominence in a race row after allegedly tweeting the hashtag #killallwhitemen has been charged by police with sending a threatening communication. | A student diversity officer who came to prominence in a race row after allegedly tweeting the hashtag #killallwhitemen has been charged by police with sending a threatening communication. |
| Bahar Mustafa, of Goldsmiths, University of London, is set to appear at Bromley magistrates court on 5 November. | Bahar Mustafa, of Goldsmiths, University of London, is set to appear at Bromley magistrates court on 5 November. |
| The 28-year-old from Edmonton, north-east London, faces two charges. One is sending a communication conveying a threatening message between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015. The second is for sending a grossly offensive message via a public communication network between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015. | The 28-year-old from Edmonton, north-east London, faces two charges. One is sending a communication conveying a threatening message between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015. The second is for sending a grossly offensive message via a public communication network between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015. |
| Mustafa was initially accused of racism for asking white men not to attend a students’ union meeting intended for ethnic minority women and “non-binary” attendees. | |
| She then became embroiled in a separate row, accused of using the hashtag #killallwhitemen on her Twitter account, which has since been deleted. | She then became embroiled in a separate row, accused of using the hashtag #killallwhitemen on her Twitter account, which has since been deleted. |
| A Met police spokesman said in a statement: “A woman interviewed under caution regarding a complaint of racially motivated malicious communication made on a social media network has been summonsed to court.” | A Met police spokesman said in a statement: “A woman interviewed under caution regarding a complaint of racially motivated malicious communication made on a social media network has been summonsed to court.” |
| Mustafa is neither an employee of Goldsmiths nor a student, but an employee of the independent students’ union, elected by union members. | Mustafa is neither an employee of Goldsmiths nor a student, but an employee of the independent students’ union, elected by union members. |
| Mustafa remained in her position as welfare and diversity officer after a petition for a motion of no confidence fell short of the 3% of union members required to trigger a poll. | Mustafa remained in her position as welfare and diversity officer after a petition for a motion of no confidence fell short of the 3% of union members required to trigger a poll. |
| After the furore, Mustafa denied that her initial request for white men to stay away from a union meeting was racist or sexist, and said she had received rape and death threats. | After the furore, Mustafa denied that her initial request for white men to stay away from a union meeting was racist or sexist, and said she had received rape and death threats. |