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Court rules against unauthorised police surveillance
Last week, at Inner London Crown Court, three activists were cleared of charges of obstructing the police as they attempted to film and photograph those attending two London NoBorders meetings in south London in June 2008.
29 July 2010 (277 words)
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Seven Gaza protesters have sentences cut
Seven protesters who were arrested following demonstrations against the Israeli invasion of Gaza have had their jail terms reduced by the Court of Appeal.
14 July 2010 (external article)
channel 4 news Gaza protestors win compensation from the Met
Two brothers who were struck with batons by unidentified police during a Gaza demonstration in London in January last year have received £25,000 in compensation from the Metropolitan Police.
13 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Stephen Lawrence murder suspect jailed for drug dealing
Gary Dobson, one of the five suspects arrested for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, has been jailed for supplying class B drugs.
12 July 2010 (external article)
guardian Section 44 stop and search powers to be restricted
Home secretary Teresa May has announced that police officers will no longer be able to stop and search individuals using section 44 powers under the Terrorism Act, following a European Court of Human Rights ruling which found them to be unlawful.
9 July 2010 (external article)
independent Report on the Met reaches mixed conclusions
A report on the Met police commissioned by Boris Johnson has reached the mixed conclusion of claiming the Met is no longer 'institutionally racist' but that not enough is being done to promote black officers who are underrepresented in higher posts.
8 July 2010 (external article)
guardian CPS discrimination case reaches tenth year
Halima Aziz, who won her employment tribunal for race discrimination against the CPS, is facing her tenth year of litigation after the CPS appealed against the findings.
7 July 2010 (external article)
newham recorder Mentally ill teen found hanged was one of a 'spate' of suicides
Newham teenager, Vinith Kannathasan, 18, who suffered from manic depression and was found hanged in his cell at Chelmsford Prison in February 2008, was the fourth suicide in three months in the institution, an inquest heard last week.
7 July 2010 (external article)
birmingham mail Hidden cameras scheme suspended after community uproar
A scheme by police with funding from a counter terrorism unit involving the use of 218 cameras,72 of which were hidden, in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham has been temporarily scraped after local concerns were raised.
5 July 2010 (external article)
Fighting against injustice
London Against Injustice (LAI), which provides indispensible support to families of victims of miscarriages of justice, is helping launch a political campaign against joint enterprise cases.
1 July 2010 (297 words)
Family remembers two years on
A family and their supporters will gather outside High Wycombe police station this weekend to remember a loved one who died after an altercation with the police.
1 July 2010 (186 words)
bucks free press Inquest into death of Habib Ullah announced
An inquest is to be held in December into the death of Habib Ullah, who died two years ago after being searched and restrained by police over in High Wycombe.
29 June 2010 (external article)
observer Tough parole conditions condemned
Lawyers are considering legal action over 'unprecedented' parole controls placed on people convicted of offences under the Terrorism Act. Napo, the probation officers union, has condemned the measures as tantamount to control orders 'by the back door'.
28 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Terror law reviewer calls for changes to stop and search
Lord Carlisle, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws, is to call for further police powers to allow random stop and searches after similar laws were ruled unlawful by the European court.
24 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Barristers rally in support of Refugee Migrant Justice
Barristers from across the UK have called for Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), which provides legal representation to thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants and was last week forced into administration, to be paid for its legal work.
21 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Birmingham's 'Project Champion' halted
West Midlands police and Birmingham city council have announced that the automatic number plate cameras set up to monitor two Muslim suburbs in Birmingham will not be turned on until a 'full consultation' has taken place.
18 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Black people seven times more likely to be stopped by the police
Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that the number of Black and Asian people stopped and searched by police has risen seventy per cent since 2005.
18 June 2010 (external article)
bbc news Refugee legal charity goes into administration
Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), a charity providing legal representation to thousands of asylum seekers and migrants, has been forced into administration due to legal aid cuts.
16 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Legal challenge to surveillance of Muslims
Human rights lawyers have begun gathering evidence to challenge Project Champion, the counter-terrorism surveillance project due to start in August, in which two Muslim suburbs of Birmingham will be monitored by 150 numberplate recognition cameras.
14 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Azelle Rodney judicial inquiry to be held in 'secret'
An inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Azelle Rodney, who was shot by undercover police in Edgware, North London, five years ago will be partly held in secret due to the use of covert surveillance evidence by the police.
11 June 2010 (external article)
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