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‘Where was our independence?’ The persistent questions about the IPCC’s Mark Duggan investigation

Last week the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report into the death of Mark Duggan exonerated the officers involved – and was immediately condemned by the family as a ‘whitewash’. IRR News analyses previously unreleased internal documents that shed new light on the IPCC’s investigation in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Documents released under

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Calendar of racism and resistance (13 – 26 March 2015)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-Right politics 16 March: Polish police seize live ammunition and weapons when they arrest thirteen neo-Nazis during coordinated raids across Poland. Connected to Blood & Honour and Combat 18, the neo-Nazis are charged with a variety of offences, such

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Justice for Kingsley Burrell

The family of Kingsley Burrell, who died after being detained under the Mental Health Act in March 2011, are calling for people to attend his inquest.  Tuesday 7 April 2015 Birmingham Coroner’s Court, 50 Newton Street, City Centre, Birmingham B4 6NE Related links Location map Facebook event listing Justice for Kingsley Burrell

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Press Release

Deaths of Europe’s ‘unwanted and unnoticed’ migrants exposed

The IRR publishes a disturbing new report, Unwanted, unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe, revealing the extent of Europe’s departure from its vaunted humanitarian ideals. The deaths over the last five years, in the detention and reception centres, the streets and the squats of Europe, are a product of the rightlessness

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Second inquest returns critical verdict on death of Habib Ullah

On 2 March, a second inquest recorded a critical misadventure and narrative verdict into the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah on 3 July 2008, after being stopped  and forcefully searched by police in High Wycombe. The verdict marks seven years of campaigning by his family, who have consistently marked the anniversary of his death, every

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Press Release

Dying for Justice

On Monday 23 March 2015, the Institute of Race Relations published Dying for Justice which gives the  background on 509 people (an average of twenty-two per year) from BAME, refugee and migrant communities who have died between 1991-2014 in suspicious circumstances in which the police, prison authorities or immigration detention officers have been implicated.  It concludes

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Calendar of racism and resistance (27 February – 12 March 2015)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 3 March: Serco suspends two staff members from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre after the showing of a Channel 4 film, made undercover, on the treatment of detainees which revealed what the shadow home secretary called

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Documenting casualisation

The TUC is seeking to interview black workers affected by the casualisation of the job market. Austerity measures affect the black community disproportionately and, just this week, figures were released which show that the number of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, aged 16-24, that have been unemployed longer than a year has risen by

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Handing in the JENGbA petition

Join JENGbA on a march to Downing Street to hand in its petition.  Tuesday 17 March 2015, 2pm Assemble at Victoria Coach Station, 164 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TP to march to Downing Street Related links JENGbA Facebook event page Change.org petition Download a flyer        

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National demonstrations against racism and fascism

National demonstrations across the UK on UN Anti-Racism Day. Saturday 21 March 2015, 12pm Assemble at 12pm at BBC Portland Place, London W1A 1AA Assemble at 11am at George Square, Glasgow Assemble 11.30am at Clare Gardens, Clare Street, Riverside, Cardiff  Related links Download a flyer (PDF file, 845 kb) Facebook event page Stand Up To Racism

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