Last week, on 18 October, a fire erupted at Campsfield House detention centre near Oxford. The centre, which can hold up to 216 men, suffered serious damage and those held there were transferred to other removal centres and prisons across the UK. Reports have emerged from the centre that the fire was allegedly started by
IRR News 11-17 October 2013
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week, Frances Webber reports on an important Supreme Court ruling on the denial of citizenship. The latest issue of Race & Class has been published and features an article by Professor Phil Scraton: ‘The legacy of Hillsborough: liberating truth to power’. We were also sad to learn of the death
Jessica Huntley
It is with sadness that we report the death of Jessica Huntley, who played such a unique role in black publishing in Britain. Long before it was on trend and Black History Month become a convention, she, with her husband Eric, pioneered the publishing and selling of books on black international strugglers. In 1969 they
Deprivation of citizenship: judges restrain the minister
In a significant ruling last week, the Supreme Court rejected the home secretary’s attempt to revoke the citizenship of a released terrorism suspect, exposing as it did so hypocrisy, illogicality and illegality in the minister’s stance. ‘Possession of nationality is essential for full participation in society and a prerequisite for the enjoyment of the full
Fighting for truth and justice
The latest edition of Race & Class includes Professor Phil Scraton’s account about the fight for truth around the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989. Last year, the Hillsborough Independent Panel released its findings into the Hillsborough tragedy that cost ninety-six people their lives, in which it catalogued an institutional cover-up that denied the voice of the
IRR News 4-10 October 2013
Dear IRR News subscriber, Next week as part of Black History Month, on Thursday 17 October, the IRR is hosting the launch of Footprints, a book of poetry by the radical black Caribbean poet Peter Blackman. If you would like to join us, email events@irr.org.uk and we will reserve you a place. We are also
IRR News 27 September – 3 October 2013
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week we are publicising a forthcoming public meeting, hosted by the IRR and the Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice (LSE), on campaigns to uncover the truth about deaths linked to the actions of the state. The main speaker at the meeting, on 27 November 2013,
Hillsborough: resisting injustice, recovering truth
The IRR is hosting a public meeting to discuss family campaigns for justice. On Wednesday 27 November 2013, the IRR and the Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice (LSE) are hosting a meeting to discuss family campaigns against the state to discover the truth about the deaths of loved ones. The
Roma Voices
An important meeting hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma will be held on 28 October – Czech National Day. The meeting will show a short film documenting the impact of nationalism on Romani communities in ther Czech Republic as the neo-Nazis march every week into the neighbourhoods where Roma live,
IRR News 20-26 September 2013
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week we reproduce a letter written by the StopWatch Youth Group and we also have a special Race & Class offer for Black History Month. In news from across the UK, a Nigerian family were targeted in a racist attack in Belfast in which a hatchet was thrown through their