Tahir Mehmood, a 43-year-old Pakistani man, has died in Pennine House, a short-term holding facility near Manchester airport. A typically terse statement from the Home Office reveals: ‘A 43-year-old man from Pakistan died in Pennine House short term holding facility and his death has been reported to the police and the coroner. The family of
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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
Refugee art exhibition
An art exhibition celebrating the courage of refugees and asylum seekers and the work of legal caseworkers. Thursday 6 June 2013 – Saturday 29 June 2013, 5-9pm weekdays, 10-4pm Saturdays, closed Sundays Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester M15 5ZA Related links Virtual Migrants Asylum Support Housing Advice Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit Z-arts
Heart’s Core
A performance about the reality of refugee women’s lives featuring asylum seeker women. Saturday 15 June 2013, 3.30 pm Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5ZA Related links Boaz Trust Z-arts
G8: week of action
A week of action and events across the UK. Saturday 8 June – Saturday 15 June 2013 Locations across London Related links StopG8 Network StopG8 Network on Facebook StopG8 Network on Twitter Calendar of events
Who polices the police?
A screening of Ken Fero’s film on Sean Rigg, who died in police custody, and his family’s struggle for justice. Friday 10 May 2013, 6-8pm Law Building, Moot Room, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA RELATED LINKS University of Liverpool School of Law and Justice Centre for Crime and Justice Studies View a trailer for
The far-Right in Liverpool: Anti-Irish racism
A meeting to discuss the commonalities and differences between anti-Irish racism and Islamophobia. Wednesday 8 May 2013, 5-7pm Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA Speakers: Neil Doolin will talk about a new report released by Cairde na hÉireann (Liverpool Friends of Ireland) entitled: Under Pressure: A Report into Far-Right
Liverpool’s Irish community under attack
A new report by an Irish community group based in Liverpool is a call for help against growing far-right and Loyalist attacks. In 2012, members of the far Right attacked three commemorative marches organised by the Liverpool Friends of Ireland and other Irish community groups. Among those taking to the streets in opposition were the
No One is Illegal gathering
A No One is Illegal meeting to discuss an anti-raids network, detention centre blockades and theStop G4S coalition. Saturday 9 February 2013, 12-5pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS Related links No One is Illegal
Which way forward on racial profiling?
A review of the major development in initiatives against racial profiling in European policing. Black and Asian kids from poor neighbourhoods repeatedly stopped and searched by police in the UK, identity card checks on people of Muslim appearance in central Paris, or of Muslims outside mosques in Germany, round-ups of migrants without papers in Greece,