What is the significance of the Ellison review and what can be done to ensure that the inquiry is open and transparent to the public? Monday 23 June 2014, 7pm – 8.30pm Committee Room 10, House of Commons, London SW1A OAA Speakers: Imran Khan – human rights lawyers and solicitor for Doreen Lawrence Suresh Grover
Geography: South-East England
Stop and search training in Brixton
London Campaign Against Police and State Violence are offering training on what to do and what your rights are on stop and search. Sunday 15 June 2014, 2-4pm Unit 8, Warwick House, Overton Road, London SW9 7JP Related links London Campaign Against Police and State Violence Facebook event listing
Child & youth migrants
The third annual UCL Migration Research Unit Student Conference, postgraduates from across disciplines will share their research and contribute to debates in contemporary migration studies. Saturday 14 June 2014, 8.30-6.30pm University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Topics include: Young migrants’ access to education and healthcare Their treatment by different legal regimes Questions of identity and representation
Vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah
A vigil outside High Wycombe police station, to coincide with Father’s Day, to mark the sixth anniversary of the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah in police custody. Thursday 19 June 2014, 5-7pm High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BE Related links Justice for Paps
Surround Harmondsworth!
A demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre. Saturday 7 June 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth immigration removal centre, Colnbrook by-pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Related links Movement for Justice Unity Centre Glasgow NUS Black Students Campaign SOAS Detainee Support Group Leeds No Borders London Guantanamo Campaign
Funeral of Christine Case to take place
Christine Case died while being held at Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre on Sunday 30 March 2014. Her family is asking concerned individuals to attend the funeral to show their support. Christine Case, a 40-year-old Jamaican woman, died at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre near Bedford. Emergency services were called to the centre at around 8am but she
Justice Denied screening
A screening of Ken Fero’s documentary ‘Justice Denied’, followed by a discussion. Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 6pm-8pm Brixton Community Base, Talma Road, London SW2 1AS Discussion with representatives from: Anti Raids Network London Campaign Against Police and State Violence RELATED LINKS Anti Raids Network London Campaign Against Police and State Violence Migrant Media on vimeo
Migrant Voice annual conference
A two day conference to initiate an inclusive debate on migration, examine public attitudes and media representations of migrants and raise alternative voices and messages. Friday, 6 June 2014, 12pm-7pm – Saturday, 7 June 2014, 9am-2pm Amnesty International, the Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers include: Philippe Legrain Harriet
No formal apology from Liddle or the Spectator
On Wednesday 14 May 2014, the Traveller Movement protested outside the offices of the Spectator. Last October, Spectator columnist Rod Liddle asked his readers ‘what do you call travellers when they are no longer travelling’, in preparation for the speculated New Year’s flood of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma, which never came. ‘It still seems to
Rally against racism
A Movement Against Xenophobia meeting on countering anti-immigrant discourses in the UK. Monday 19 May 2014, 7pm Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London WC1 6QA Speakers include: Natalie Bennett – Green Party Tommy Tomescu – Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination Jasna Badzak – former UKIP Press Officer Shreya Paudel – International Students Officer, NUS