A solicitor at Harrison Bundey in Leeds explains how, had police officers taken a young black man, who had swallowed packets of drugs, straight to hospital, he might still be alive. On 20 February 2012, an inquest jury returned a verdict of misadventure on Reece Staples, who was 19 when he died in police custody
Geography: Midlands
Injustice: film screening
A screening of Injustice, a film on deaths in police custody, plus other entertainment. Friday 2 December 2011, 8-12 midnight The Law, Leisure & Learning Centre, 56 Villa Road, Birmingham B19 1LB (off Soho Road) Live performances: African dance by Sandra Golding, Ouidah Arts + Poetry by Tryphena Dore Conscious sound system provided by Shekinah
Campsfield: 18 years too long
A demonstration to mark 18 years since the opening of Campsfield House removal centre. Saturday 26 November 2011, 12-2pm Campsfield House removal centre main gates, Langford Lane, Kidlington OX5 1RE Speakers include former detainee and migrant worker. Bring music, placards and banners. After the demo there will be a Barbed Wire Britain Network get-together at
New geographies of racism: Stoke-on-Trent
Research published by the Institute of Race Relations shows that the geography of racial violence is changing rapidly in the UK and yet the authorities show little interest in tackling the problem. Focusing on Stoke-on-Trent, which has been devastated by deindustrialisation, and where the proportion of the city’s Black and Minority Ethnic population has doubled
2011 miscarriage of justice day
The 2011 annual miscarriage of justice day, chaired by United Against Injustice. Saturday 8 October 2011, 10am The Arches Project, Adderley Street, Birmingham B9 4EE Speakers: Kevin McMahon Michael Naughton Paddy Joe Hill Michelle Diskin Sam Raincock Janet Cunliffe Corrine Mitchell Workshops: Andrew Green – getting the best out of solicitors Ange Drozdowski – banner
Defeat of the Champion
A special preview of a documentary, followed by a panel discussion, about the anti-terrorist initiative ‘Project Champion’ and how it was successfully opposed. Wednesday 28 September 2011, 8-10pm Birmingham Library Theatre, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HQ Panel discussion: Ken Fero – co-director of Defeat of the Champion Steve Jolly – active campaigner against CCTV Related
West Midlands Human Rights Film Festival 2011
Birmingham International Film Society presents the regions first ever Human Rights Film Festival. Tuesday 6 September 2011 – Tuesday 4 October 2011 At venues across the Midlands The Festival will be screening a wide range of films that investigate the notion of human rights in the 21st Century as measured against the Universal Declaration of
How the extreme Right hijacks direct democracy
The IRR European Race Audit (ERA) publishes today two briefing papers on the Swiss referendum against minarets and the ways in which direct democracy can be hijacked by the extreme Right. On 29 November 2009, Switzerland became the first country in Europe to vote to curb the religious practices of Muslims when a referendum, banning
Inquest into police death to open after six years
Next week the inquest will begin into the death of Mikey Powell in police custody in Birmingham in September 2003. After a six-year wait, the family and friends of 38-year-old Mikey Powell will finally find out how he died after being arrested by West Midlands police officers outside his mother’s home in the Lozells area
Blow to Black mental health in Birmingham
A petition is to be delivered to Downing Street in protest at the forced closure of Birmingham’s only Black-led community mental health service. Omnicare, a provider of mental health services to Birmingham’s Black community for a quarter of a century, will close its doors to patients after a two-year battle with Birmingham City Council to