‘It’s been traumatic’: the inside story of Tell Mama’s break with Labour government

Staff faced death threats from the far right, a risk so serious it necessitated an office change at the height of the hate. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

For 13 years, Tell Mama has been the government-funded not-for-profit tasked with recording anti-Muslim hate crime and helping victims get justice.

For its pains, staff faced death threats from the far right, a risk so serious it necessitated an office change at the height of the hate. There have been critics too within Britain’s Muslim community, who, according to the Tell Mama leadership, were intolerant of the organisation’s tolerance.