Demonstration against Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inaction. This year there have been two damning unlawful killing verdicts into deaths in custody and still the CPS is procrastinating about whether to charge those involved. Friday 6 December 2013, 11-1pm Crown Prosecution Service, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS Related links Download a flyer (pdf
Geography: Midlands
Anti-extremism or anti-fascism?
Anti-extremism frameworks, popular in policy and academic circles, are masking the multi-dimensional and pan-European nature of contemporary fascism and the role of the state. Not since the early 1990s, and the pogroms at Hoyerswerda and Rostock have Europe’s far-right movements posed such a tangible threat to the safety of racial and religious minorities. In truth,
Powell family’s police complaint upheld
Ten years from his death, the family of Mikey Powell have won a victory in their fight to expose the truth about the role of West Midlands police in Mikey’s death. Last week, the family confirmed that the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had upheld their complaint that the report made to the West Midland
Still no protection for asylum seekers
Last week, on 18 October, a fire erupted at Campsfield House detention centre near Oxford. The centre, which can hold up to 216 men, suffered serious damage and those held there were transferred to other removal centres and prisons across the UK. Reports have emerged from the centre that the fire was allegedly started by
Family marks ten years since the death of Mikey Powell
The family of Mikey Powell marked the ten years since his death with a vigil outside West Midlands Police HQ and an inspirational meeting. On Saturday 7 September, family and friends of Mikey Powell as well as the families of others such as Joy Gardner, Sean Rigg, Azelle Rodney, Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah, Lloyd Butler and
Vigil for Mikey Powell
The tenth and final annual vigil in remembrance of Mikey Powell, who died in police custody. Saturday 7 September 2013, 12-1.30pm West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus, Birmingham B4 6NQ Related links Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice United Families and Friends Campaign
Blackness in Britain
An interdisciplinary Black Studies conference. Thursday 12 September 2013, 9.30am Newman University, Bartley Green, Birmingham B32 3NT Confirmed keynote speakers: Dr Tracey Reynolds – London South Bank University Dr Robert Beckford – Canterbury Christ Church University Dr Anthony Reddie – Aston University RELATED LINKS Newman University
From pillar to post: pan-European racism and the Roma
This week, we publish a briefing paper which documents a growing tide of hostility against Europe’s Romani communities. Europe’s Roma face a double victimisation both as Roma and as migrants and are fast becoming the number one scapegoat for the economic crisis, argues IRR’s Director Liz Fekete in this hard-hitting review of anti-Roma hate campaigns
Indian man suffers head injury after police called
A 59-year-old Indian Sikh man is in a serious condition in hospital after sustaining a head injury. The man suffered the serious injury following a ‘domestic incident’ on 26 June 2013 in Hockley, when two police officers arrived following an emergency call and were later joined by two other officers. The man ‘was restrained, he
Highfields Festival 2013
The Highfields Centre holds its annual community and outdoor show. Saturday 29 June 2013, 10-4pm The Highfields Centre, 96 Melbourne Road, Leicester LE2 0DS Related links The Highfields Centre