A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers
A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the
Below we present an update of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 26 June: The home of an Asian family in Chelmsford has eggs thrown at
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 8 July: A 20-year-old and two teenagers are charged with ABH and racially aggravated bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver on 8 April at Wokingham station which left him with a fractured
Below we present an overview of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 24 June: A Polish man in Yeovil is approached by two men who,
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 21 June: Police appeal for information on a racist attack on 16 June, during the Wales v England Euro 2016 football game, where a man from UAE suffered facial injuries. Three men were arrested and
A vigil in memory of Emmanuel Chidi Namdi, a 36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker who was killed in a racist attack in Fermo, Italy. Tuesday 12 July 2016, 6pm Italian Embassy, 4 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 4AG Related links Facebook event listing
Medical Justice’s AGM and the launch of a report on deaths in detention. Wednesday 20 July 2016, 6.30pm Doughty Street Chambers, 53-54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS Speakers to be confirmed Related links Medical Justice
The launch of Preventing education: the impact on children of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy, Prevent. Wednesday 13 July 2016, 6.30pm Committee Room 2A, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A OAA Speakers: Baroness Kennedy – Chair Yasmine Ahmed – Rights Watch UK Kevin Courtney – National Union of Teachers Rob Faure-Walker – Teacher Rahmaan Mohammadi – sixth
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has launched a CrowdJustice campaign aimed at securing funding for their Separated Families project. Each year, BID helps reunite around 100 families who have been separated by immigration detention. Every year, the government detains over 30,000 people for immigration purposes, routinely separating mothers and fathers from their children. According to
