IRR News stories
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
