Ras Judah Adunbi, a grandfather living in Bristol, was tasered in the jaw by the police in January 2017. Support a crowdfunder to create a documentary about his story, for all other victims of these injustices. Support the crowdfunder here View a trailer here
Geography: North-West England
Tamils of Lanka: a timeless heritage
An exhibition organised by The Tamil Information Centre, centred around the theme of resilience. The exhibition aims to explore the history of the Tamil-speaking people in Ilankai through art, culture, history, human rights and politics. Exhibition 11am – 6pm (Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 May) – Free for all Location: Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Surbiton, KT6
Calendar of racism and resistance (3 – 21 April 2019)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS 15 April: A BBC Newsnight investigation uncovers 90 cases in which Home Officials have been wrongly classified child asylum seekers as adults, denying them the support they are legally owed.
European governments’ targeting of migrant solidarity activists for prosecution must stop, says IRR
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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) publishes today a compelling new report on ‘crimes of solidarity’, drawing attention to a dramatic increase in prosecutions, restrictions and penalties, against a variety of civil society actors. The online publication of When Witnesses Won’t be Silenced: citizens’ solidarity and criminalisation comes just days after the Global Legal Action
Promises, promises – justice for Grenfell?
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Colin Prescod, chair of IRR, writes on the launch of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into Grenfell and the continuing wait for justice. Twenty-one months on from the disaster that was visited on their community, Grenfell people still wait for justice. On 13 March 2019 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Calendar of racism and resistance (20 March – 2 April 2019)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS 20 March: The MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, writes to immigration minister Caroline Nokes raising concerns that the Home Office may have acted illegally when it invited a Zimbabwean
Resisting the new colonialisms
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The April 2019 issue of Race & Class shows how the reinvention of colonialism through the domination of digital technology and transnational flows of securitisation is being met by unique forms of resistance. ‘Today, a new form of corporate colonisation is taking place’, argues Michael Kwet, ‘Instead of the conquest of land, Big tech corporations
Who facilitated the Christchurch terrorist’s journey through hate?
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The context of war and the influence of the New Right intelligentsia cannot be left out of the reckoning when it comes to understanding the making of the New Zealand terrorist. The massacre of fifty Muslim worshipers, and wounding of fifty more people, at the Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New
The Christchurch massacre – implications and developments
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The terrible events in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left fifty people dead and fifty people injured, reverberated across the UK. Below we provide a round-up of the most important developments, drawing particular attention to criticism of the media, online posts in support of the perpetrator and attacks on Muslims across the UK. We also draw
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (6 March – 19 March 2019)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. An additional calendar on the Christchurch massacre of fifty people in New Zealand, its European implications, and related racial violence in the UK can be found here. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS 6 March: The public accounts committee