Walthamstow Holocaust memorial day

An afternoon of reflection and discussion, remembering the victims of Nazi Germany, as well as those of genocide in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur. Sunday 29 January 2012, 3-6pm 10 Harmony Hall, Truro Road, Walthamstow E17 7BY Speakers: Jean Lambert MEP Weyman Bennett – Unite Against Fascism Sandor Szoke – Hungarian Civil Movement Ladislav Balaz

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Fractured childhoods

A meeting on families separated by immigration detention followed by the Bail for Immigration Detainees AGM. Tuesday 24 January 2012, 6pm Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers: Ellie Free – Bail for Immigration Detainees A mother who was separated from her children by immigration detention

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Total disaster

Bernard Hogan-Howe’s recent talk on ‘total policing’ at the LSE didn’t go down too well. ‘Total policing’ is how the Metropolitan Police chief, Bernard Hogan-Howe, describes the criminal justice strategy he is importing into London. And part of this strategy, he says, is regularly communicating with the public. At a talk at the London School

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Race, power and the media

An examination of the projected image of black history and culture in the media. Monday 16 January 2012, 6-7.30pm Senate House, room S265, 2nd floor, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1 Speaker: Pam Fraser Solomon Related links Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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Behind closed doors

A meeting on ten years of secret evidence and hidden suffering. Monday 19 December 2011, 6pm London Muslim Centre, 46 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JX Speakers: Gareth Peirce – human rights lawyer Jean Lambert – MEP Green Party Anas Altikriti – Cordoba Foundation Bruce Kent – Pax Christi Asim Qureshi – Cageprisoners Related links Coalition

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Traveller Solidarity Network meeting

The second Traveller Solidarity Network national meeting. Sunday 18 December 2011, 10am-5.30pm Brunei Gallery, SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Agenda includes: Updates from local groups and on the Localism Bill Working groups Network building Prioritising for the year ahead Related links Traveller Solidarity Network

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The Meaning of Waiting

Victoria Brittain will be talking about her play ‘The Meaning of Waiting’ about the experience of women of the war on terror in Britain. Tuesday 13 December 2011, 6.30-8.30pm IHRC Bookshop, Gallery and Information Centre, 202 Preston Road, Wembley HA9 8PA Related links Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)

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An African in Elizabethan England

A seminar by Miranda Kaufmann. Tuesday 13 December 2011, 6-7.30pm University of London Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN Speaker: Miranda Kaufmann Related links Black and Asian Studies Association Institute of Commonwealth Studies

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