March 2007
Some stories
A passionate campaigner against racism and injustice
Gilly Singh Mundy, who has died suddenly aged 36, managed to cram so much into his own life and touch the lives of many in a positive, life-affirming way.
29 March 2007 (529 words)
Slavery and racism on the British stage
Launching her book Racism on the Victorian Stage at the Institute of Race Relations, Race & Class co-editor and historian Hazel Waters talked about the destructive impact of slavery on White British culture.
22 March 2007 (164 words)
Help get Alphonsus out of detention
The deportation of Biafran activist Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor to Nigeria has been halted after vigorous campaigning by several groups, including trade unions. Nevertheless, he remains detained at Tinsley House Removal Centre awaiting the outcome of a judicial review of his case.
15 March 2007 (515 words)
New IRR report catalogues appalling treatment of Europe's 'foreign' children
The UK and the other countries of Europe are signatories to children's rights conventions and yet they are systematically robbing a whole group of children of their basic, human rights by classifying them not as children but as foreigners and asylum seekers.
13 March 2007 (443 words)
Community responses to the war on terror
The Institute of Race Relations publishes a briefing paper on the ways in which community organisations are combating the fall-out - in terms of racial violence, Islamophobia, anti-terror policing and human rights abuses - from the war on terror.
1 March 2007 (287 words)