Dear IRR News subscriber, This week we report on the perverse Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute the three G4S officers involved in the death of Angolan man Jimmy Mubenga in 2010. And news also reaches us of a death in police custody in Germany. The police are again in the news, as PC
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Jimmy Mubenga’s family devastated
The family of Jimmy Mubenga has been left devastated by the recent decision not to prosecute the three G4S officers involved in his death. Jimmy, a father of five, died after being restrained on a plane at Heathrow airport in October 2010. His family have been waiting since that time for the police to complete
Germany – another Black death in custody
Campaigners in Germany demand that the death of Ousman Sey in police custody be properly investigated. On 7 July Ousman Sey, a 45-year-old man of Gambian origin, died after being taken into the custody of the Dortmund police. This is the third black death in police custody in Germany since 2005. Already, the indications are
Perverse failure to prosecute G4S over Jimmy Mubenga’s death
Below we reproduce Frances Webber’s letter to the Guardian about the CPS’ failure to prosecute the G4S officers involved in Jimmy Mubenga’s death. The Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to prosecute G4S or its guards for the death of Jimmy Mubenga (No prosecution of G4S guards for deportee’s death on plane, 18 July) seems perverse,
IRR News 6-12 July 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week Frances Webber reports on a new campaign to provide people with vital information if they are subject to or witness a raid by the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Liz Fekete reviews a new film on the riots made by a group of young people. You can also download a
Migrants and stop and search: know your rights
A campaign has been launched to provide people with vital information if they are subject to or witness a raid by the UK Border Agency (UKBA). IRR News spoke to Indira Kartallozi and Phil Miller, activists in the fast-growing campaign to ensure that undocumented migrants know their rights. IRR: How did the campaign start and
A new film is fully focussed on the riots
On 5 July, Fully Focused Productions’ one-hour documentary Riot from Wrong premiered as part of the East End Film Festival at the Rio Cinema, Dalston, just a few miles down the road from Tottenham police station, where the riots began nearly one year ago. At least four hundred, mainly young, people from the Fully Focused
IRR News 29 June – 5 July 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week Frances Webber reports on the Justice and Security Bill that is currently going through parliament. In news from across the seas, the Iraqi government has banned the forced return of Iraqi asylum seekers from Europe and in a highly unusual move a Sikh man deported to Afghanistan has been brought back
The Justice and Security Bill will diminish accountability
A bill currently going through parliament threatens to close off justice from those at the sharp end of policing by extending secret evidence to civil proceedings. On the face of it, the provisions of the Justice and Security Bill appear eminently reasonable. In civil proceedings (such as claims for damages), judges must withhold evidence from
IRR News 23-28 June 2012
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week the IRR’s Liz Fekete reports on a symposium on ‘Policing Communities: Race, Class and the State’ which was organised by the Institute of Race Relations and the Power, Conflict and Justice Research Group at Edge Hill University, in conjunction with the Tottenham Defence Campaign. Aisha Maniar reports on a