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Brutal deaths have racial element
In three recent murder cases there are elements to suggest that the ethnicity of the victim was a factor in the violence used. These cases may therefore fall within the IRR's definition of a racist murder.[1]
23 December 2008 (1177 words)

press release
IRR refutes BNP's claims on racist murders
The Institute of Race Relations has today issued a statement on the BNP's misuse of its figures on racially motivated murders.
2 December 2008 (302 words)

Bank withdraws facilities from Muslim charity
Interpal, a London-based Muslim charity which carries out emergency relief work in Palestine, has been notified of the imminent closure of its banking facilities.
27 November 2008 (608 words)

Australia: Free Lex Wotton
On 6 November, thirty people gathered outside the Australian High Commission in Holborn, London to support Aboriginal, Lex Wotton on trial following a protest after a death in custody in Australia.
20 November 2008 (351 words)

Grinding down the human rights defenders'
The IRR's European Race Bulletin examines the criminalisation of solidarity and protest.
20 November 2008 (291 words)

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this is hampshire
Assault on Nepalese sparks fear of racism
A group of five Nepalese teenagers have been attacked with baseball bats in a suspected racist attack. The unprovoked attack in Basingstoke left the teenagers with bruising and cuts, and some required stitches for head injuries.
6 January 2009

maldon standard
Men jailed after Heybridge stabbing
Two men have been sentenced to five years following an attack in which Alex Goodridge was stabbed eight times, hit with a hammer, stamped on and left unconscious, after he followed men who had racially abused him.
6 January 2009

independent
Family hit out at IPCC over death in custody
The IPCC has been accused of failing to conduct a fair and open investigation into the sudden death of Sean Rigg after his arrest by police in London in August 2008.
5 January 2009

derbyshire evening telegraph
Racist knife attacker jailed for five years
A knifeman who slashed another man's face, causing a five-inch scar, has been jailed for five years. Leon Beresford attacked Aquib Khawaja in a Derby flat after subjecting him to a stream of racist abuse.
5 January 2009

newton abbey times
Petrol bomb attack forces couple to flee
A young couple have been forced out of their Northern Ireland home following a petrol bomb attack. Graeme and Ajita Bowler had been subjected to a campaign of racist intimidation since they moved into their new Ballyclare house on 10 December 2008.
5 January 2009

oxford mail
Detainee tries to kill himself
A detainee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was being held at Campsfield House Removal Centre in Oxfordshire, has been taken to hospital following what was believed to be a suicide attempt.
5 January 2009

bradford telegraph & argus
Family thanks good Samaritans
People from across Bradford who supported a family who suffered a campaign of racist abuse and attacks have transformed the family's garden. The Bi family suffered at the hands of thugs who daubed graffiti and smashed windows at their home.
23 December 2008

bbc news
Teen jailed for race brick attack
Mathew Williams, 18, has been jailed for two and a half years after he hurled a brick from 'point blank range' into the face of a Polish man he had been racially abusing in Holyhead, Anglesey.
23 December 2008

lancashire evening post
Youth's jaw broken in Preston racist attack
An 18-year-old Asian man has been hospitalised after a racist attack in which his jaw was broken in two places. His friend, also 18, suffered cuts and bruises after being punched in the head.
23 December 2008

shropshire star
Man beaten in suspected race attack
An Asian man was left unconscious after an unprovoked racist attack in Donnington, Telford. He was set upon by two White men and also suffered a broken nose, broken tooth and cuts and bruising to his face.
23 December 2008

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Race & Class

January 2009 issue

Race and Class journalRace & Class is the IRR's quarterly journal on racism, empire and globalisation. The January 2009 edition leads with Victoria Brittain's powerful exposé of the rounding up, imprisonment without trial and indefinite house arrest of a number of Muslim men resident in the UK.

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European Race Bulletin

Issue no. 65

European Race BulletinThe European Race Bulletin is the only comprehensive digest of Europe's changing climate of racism, with reports on asylum and immigration policy, the challenge to multiculturalism and the erosion of civil liberties. Issue 65 examines the resistance and the criminalisation of solidarity and protest. The issue also contains an article on the the Austrian general election and the death of Jörg Haider.
20 November 2008

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IRR News Comment

Pioneering a new educational forum
By Liz Fekete
A debate on asylum-seeking children organised by students from Bristol's City Academy, in which the IRR played an active role, could provide a model for schools.
11 December 2008 (1603 words)

Speaking up for young people
An interview with 13-year-old Asiya Hassan, a member of the Bristol City Academy steering committee that organised a forum on the detention of asylum-seeking children.
11 December 2008 (566 words)

Queen's Speech brings gloom for migrants
By Frances Webber
This is a revised version of the article posted on the IRR website on 5 December 2008.
11 December 2008 (1554 words)

Refuge and fortress: a tale of two cultures
By Jeremy Seabrook
We publish below the talk by Jeremy Seabrook launching his new book on the struggles of newly arrived refugees commissioned by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA).
27 November 2008 (1005 words)

Hope for Zimbabwean asylum seekers
By Frances Webber
There is new hope for Zimbabwean asylum seekers following a legal judgement on the risks of returning Zimbabweans to potential persecution and to a desperate humanitarian situation.
27 November 2008 (864 words)

Pulling the Woolas over our eyes?
By Jenny Bourne
What exactly do the immigration minister's recent statements quoted in the press reveal?
20 November 2008 (772 words)

'Papers Please'
A new report finds that exploitation of vulnerable undocumented workers continues despite new laws.
20 November 2008 (461 words)

A new take on Michael X
A new play on Michael X provides a thought-provoking night out.
18 November 2008 (676 words)

End the 'don't give a damn' culture
By Herman Ouseley
Lord Ouseley* addresses IRR's fiftieth birthday celebration conference on the connection between the lacks in political leadership and public morality and the crisis of youth out of control.
13 November 2008 (1879 words)

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