The UK Border Agency (UKBA) does not seem to be aware of its own policy on forced marriage. In June the prime minister announced a new initiative to tackle the menace of forced marriage setting out the government’s intention to create specific criminal offences for perpetrators and to devote half a million pounds to an
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IRR News 31 August-6 September 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week, the IRR’s Jon Burnett assesses the recent conviction of soldier for a racially motivated attack that left his young victim, Mo Bourner, with brain damage. We also carry a review of a new report that investigates police indifference to the growth of the far Right in Germany. And staying
Soldier jailed for ‘senseless’ racist attack
A family have thanked Sussex police for tracking down a soldier who nearly killed their teenage son in a vicious unprovoked racist attack. One drunken punch was all it took to put 15-year-old Mohammed ‘Mo’ Bourner in a coma: a punch of such sheer ferocity that his head smashed first into a car bonnet and
Culture of indifference to the far Right
A new report from Germany highlights the institutional racism that lies behind official responses to the far Right. In the wake of the scandal surrounding the police’s failure to prevent the eleven murders carried out by the National Socialist Underground (NSU), and the subsequent promise by the federal government to strengthen the pro-democracy fight against
IRR News 24-30 August 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week, in news from across the UK, nearly 3,000 students at the London Metropolitan University are facing an uncertain future after the UK Border Agency revoked the university’s licence to take on non-EU students. It has also been announced that the public inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney who was
IRR News 17-23 August 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week, in news from across the UK, the two men convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 have been denied permission to appeal by a single judge at the court of appeal. However they will be allowed to renew their applications before a panel of judges. And lawyers
IRR News 10-16 August 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week in news from across the UK, in a highly unusual move, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has commissioned an external review of its investigation into the death of Sean Rigg after its findings were at odds with the recent verdict of a jury at the inquest into his death.
IRR News 3-9 August 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week Saleh Mamon assesses a report by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. In news from across the UK, the family of Mark Duggan who died after being shot twice by police in Tottenham have marked the year since his death and have also criticised the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for failing to
Second march for Kingsley Burrell
The Campaign for Justice for Kingsley Burrell will be holding a second march for justice on 18 August in Birmingham. The family and their supporters are angry that Kingsley’s body has not yet been released sixteen months after his death in March 2011. They do not understand why Kingsley died after being detained by the
Terror law review highlights collateral damage
In June, the second review of terrorism acts was published by David Anderson, QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. Given the limits of his remit, he has provided a circumscribed critique. Nonetheless, the report points towards possible reform of the now well-entrenched terrorism laws. As far as I know, this is the first report