On Friday 20 December campaigners will hold a vigil in High Wycombe to mark the birthday of Habib Ullah who died in police custody in July 2008. Habib Ullah’s wife, mother, children and siblings will be joined at High Wycombe police station by families of others killed in police custody including that of Leon Briggs,
An overview of Medical Justice’s work over the last year, as well as a film screening, award ceremony and dinner. Thursday 12 December 2013, 6pm Andover Estate Community Centre, Andover Estate, Finsbury Park, London N7 7RY Includes: ‘I am not a criminal’ – film screening Awards ceremonies Food RELATED LINKS Medical Justice
An evening of short film, discussion and prison poetry about the Extradition of Talha Ahsan. Thursday 12 December 2013, 7pm Room DLT, SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Speakers: Nisha Kapoor – author and editor Bill Bowring – expert on human rights law Frances Webber – vice co-chair of the Institute of Race Relations Hamja
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
The launch of the Atlas of Migration in Europe report. Monday 2 December 2013, 6pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers: Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations Jerome Phelps – Detention Action A former detainee – Freed Voices Chris Jones – Statewatch Olivier Clochard – Migreurop Katherine Booth –
An activist comments on the implications of recent arrests of anti-fascists at demonstrations opposing the English Defence League and the British National Party. In the space of just over three months this year, police made upwards of 340 arrests of anti-fascists in London. Of the arrests made over two occasions, less than a dozen will
A discussion on the forgotten women of the war on terror. Thursday 28 November 2013, 7pm The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW Participants: Victoria Brittain – author, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror Haifa Zangana – novelist, artist and political activist RELATED LINKS Mosaic Rooms
The AGM of the Redbridge Equalities and Community Council with a talk on the work of the IRR. Thursday 28 November 2013, 7.30pm Gants Hill United Reformed Church, 39 Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6UH Speaker: Harmit Athwal – Editor, IRR News RELATED LINKS Redbridge Equalities and Community Council
A free legal workshop on asylum law, policy and support. Thursday 21 November 2013, 12pm 3 North Church Street, Butetown, Cardiff CF10 5HB Workshop covers: Asylum refusal, advice on financial support and more RELATED LINKS Women Seeking Sanctuary Advocacy Group Wales Rights of Women
A rally to demand justice for Ricky Bishop, who died in police custody in 2001. Saturday 23 November 2013, 1pm Brixton police station, 367 Brixton Road, London SW9 7DD RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here
