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Spotlight on racial violence: July – December 2013

A selection of attacks with a racial element and convictions over the last six months. A few weeks ago, 24-year-old Lee James was told he will serve at last eighteen years in prison for killing Iranian refugee Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol. Mr Ebrahimi was harassed persistently by local residents prior to his death. He was

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An assessment of racial violence in Northern Ireland

An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last six months in Northern Ireland. According to the most recent statistics produced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), there are two racist incidents reported, and more than one incident recorded as a racist hate crime in the north of Ireland every day. In

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Vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah

On Friday 20 December campaigners will hold a vigil in High Wycombe to mark the birthday of Habib Ullah who died in police custody in July 2008. Habib Ullah’s wife, mother, children and siblings will be joined at High Wycombe police station by families of others killed in police custody including that of Leon Briggs,

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IRR News 29 November – 5 December 2013

Dear IRR News subscriber, The latest Race & Class radio broadcast is now available to download, featuring Avery Gordon’s interview with Phil Scraton on the Hillsborough disaster and the struggle for justice. In other news, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has outlined the parameters of its investigation into the death of Leon Briggs, which happened

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Press Release

A celebratory offer from Race & Class

Looking for a Christmas gift? This month, the IRR offers Catching History on the Wing for a discounted price, plus a free issue of Race & Class relating to the work of A. Sivanandan, in celebration of his ninetieth birthday.  The IRR is offering for £10 (plus P&P) Catching History on the Wing, a collection

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Hillsborough: the truth

The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. On 28 November 2013, Avery Gordon interviewed Professor Phil Scraton for the latest broadcast of Race & Class radio. Phil Scraton, author of Hillsborough: The Truth, was a member of the Hillsborough Independent Panel and the primary author of its ground-breaking report

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IRR News 22-28 November 2013

Dear IRR News subscriber, At a historic meeting organised by Race & Class and the Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice last night, Phil Scraton discussed the Hillsborough disaster and black campaigners against deaths in custody found common cause with the Hillsborough Family Support Campaign. Chandra Frank and Serginho Roosblad discuss

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Justice and Habib Ignaoua

The case of Habib Ignaoua shows the government’s unconcern about the collateral damage to families and the rule of law caused by its determination to keep ‘undesirables’ out. 53-year-old Ignaoua fled Tunisia in 1994. He came to Britain in 2004 and sought asylum, claiming detention and torture by the Tunisian authorities, whose military courts had

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Press Release

Family struggles for justice

At a historic meeting organised by Race & Class and the LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology, Phil Scraton discussed the Hillsborough disaster and black campaigners against deaths in police custody found common cause with the Hillsborough Family Support campaign. RELATED LINKS Buy a copy of October’s Race & Class, featuring Phil Scraton’s article on Hillsborough, here Race

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‘Zwarte Piet’ and Dutch racism

More and more voices are speaking out against the annual spectacle of blackface ‘St Nicholas helpers’. We have written before about the Dutch blackface tradition of Sinterklaas’ (St Nicholas’) ‘helper’ Zwarte Piet (Black Pete). This year, though, the debate about Zwarte Piet — dressed in a golliwog-style wig, pronounced red lips and gold earrings —

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