The families of the victims, the Initiative 6th of April, the People’s Tribunal on the NSU Complex and Forensic Architecture demand to know the truth about the NSU murders. Thursday 6 April 2017, 12pm 12pm – press conference with Forensic Architecture (awaiting details of venue) 1pm – demonstration, assembly point for demonstration, Rathaus Kassel Kassel is the home town of Halit
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
To Birmingham with love
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A Birmingham resident fiercely objects, in the wake of the recent deadly terror attack at Westminster, to the depiction of her city as the hotbed of extremism. According to the Daily Mail (‘So how DID Birmingham become the jihadi capital of Britain?’, 24 March 2017), I live in the ‘jihadi capital of Britain’, Birmingham. ‘Birmingham. Birmingham.
Picket at Undercover Policing Inquiry
A picket of the Pitchford Inquiry to demand disclosure on political policing abuses in the UK. Wednesday 5 April 2017, 9-10am Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2 Related links See further info here Police Spies Out of Lives
Failed by Words
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Aisha Maniar examines the UK government’s policy of carrying out language analysis tests on undocumented asylum claimants. Asylum Now According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a record 65.3 million people worldwide were displaced within and without borders in 2015. Although increasing slightly each year since 2010, after having fallen sharply in the first
Calendar of racism and resistance (9 – 23 March 2017)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration March: Women for Refugee Women publish a report: The Way Ahead: An asylum system without detention, download it here (pdf file, 3mb). 2 March: The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) publish a report:
Migrant detention in the European Union: a thriving business
The London launch of a report by Migreurop: ‘Migrant detention in the European Union: a thriving business’. Tuesday 28 March 2017, 6-8pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London E2 0EF Speakers from organisations including: Migreurop Corporate Watch Institute of Race Relations South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) The evening will conclude with an
Enough is enough: deaths on the western Balkans route
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A public push is needed to stop refugee and migrant deaths on the western Balkans route. IRR News continues its investigation into violations and deaths at EU borders, focusing on seven deaths in the Serbian, Hungarian and Bulgarian border zones. All the official reports, photographic evidence, testimonies and case studies are there. Fresh Response Serbia,
Monitoring human rights violations at the Hungarian border
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Sonia Nandzik of the Serbian volunteer group Fresh Response describes how the group has responded to the increasing savagery of Hungarian police at the border. The work of our independent group of volunteers, Fresh Response, has changed and taken on new significance in the light of the increasing human rights violations at the Serbian-Hungarian border.
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 February – 9 March 2017)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 24 February: Following a legal challenge by the Refugee Council, the High Court rules that local authorities must support age-disputed asylum seekers as children. (EIN, 27 February 2017) 26 February: Irene Clennell, 52, is deported
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Human Rights Watch presents its annual film festival. 6-17 March 2017 Barbican, Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS and Picturehouse Central, Piccadilly, London W1D 7DH Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London showing an mix of films and talks highlighting human rights issues and celebrating activist victories. Related links Human Rights Watch Film Festival