Searchlight 50th anniversary fundraiser

Playwright Tayo Aluko perdorms his new show ‘From Black Africa to the White House’ in a fundraiser for Searchlight magazine. Saturday 1 June 2013, 7pm Theatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Road, London NW1 1TT Related links Searchlight

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Preserving the rule of law

A day of legal seminars on the erosion of civil liberties. Monday 20 May 2013, 6.30-9.30pm Grays Inn, 8 South Square, London WC1R 5ET Speakers: Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC – ‘Why the Governmen’ts attack on the Human Rights Act must be defeated’ Saghir Hussain –  ‘Secret Courts and the Erosion of Due Process’ Toby Cadman

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The medical professional’s role in protecting torture victims

A meeting to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka and the UK. Wednesday 22 May 2012, 17.30-7pm Committee Room 4A, House of Lords, London  SW1A 0PW Speakers: Lord Avebury – Chair Anthony Good – Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh Yolanda Foster  – South Asia desk and Sri Lanka expert, Amnesty International Dr

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Fire in babylon

A screening and discussion of the iconic film on the West Indies cricket team. Sunday 12 May 2013, 10.30am Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London  WC1N 1AW Discussion: Luke Daniels Tony Dykes RELATED LINKS Renoir cinema

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Justice in immigration bail hearings

Launch of the second report of the Bail Observation Project. Tuesday 14 May 2013, 7pm Grand Committee Room, Houses of Parliament, London  SW1A 2TT Speakers: Gill Baden Bridget Walker Toomaj Karimi-Ayoubloo Caroline White Alison Harvey Bill Mackeith RELATED LINKS Campaign to Close Campsfield

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Children and justice

Lectures on children, armed and psychological conflicts. Tuesday 7 May 2013, 7pm Kaplan Law School, Palace House, 3 Cathedral Street, London SE1 9DE Speakers: Dr Jenny Cooper – LSE Dr Aidrian Sutton – Gulu Medical School, Uganda and Manchester Medical School, UK RELATED LINKS Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile Kaplan Law School

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Extradited to a future of torture

The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) is showing a film, The Worst of the Worst, on the impact of solitary detention. Thursday 16 May 2013, 6-9pm Room S-2.08, Strand Campus, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS Speakers include: Tessa Murphy (Amnesty International) James Ridgeway and Jean Casella (solitarywatch.com) Hamja Ahsan (brother of Talha Ahsan) Related links To

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NCIA inquiry into voluntary services

The launch of the National Coalition for Independent Action’s inquiry into voluntary services, asking whether they can survive and in what form. Friday 10 May 2013, 11-3pm Institute for Family Therapy, 24-32 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HX The NCIA is especially interested in attracting people who are running services and are facing dilemmas about contracting

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A future without immigration detention?

A conference on immigration detention in the UK. Friday 26 April 2013, 5-9pm – Saturday 27 April 2013, 9.30-5pm Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H Speakers include: Dr Parvathi Raman – SOAS Dr Liza Schuster – City University Jerome Phelps – Detention Action Alison Pickup – Doughty Street Chambers Dr Frank Arnold

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Defend school history campaign seminar

A seminar for the Defend School History campaign. Saturday 20 April 2013, 2-4pm Canterbury Hall, 12-18 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1H 9EE Speakers include: Tristram Hunt – Labour MP Ben Walsh – consultant in teacher education Lousie Raw – historian Phil Vasili – historian Katherine Edwards – teacher Richard Huie – teacher Kevin Courtney – NUT

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