London Campaign Against Police and State Violence are offering experience and training on what to do and what your rights are on stop and search. Saturday 28 June 2014, 2-4pm Lambeth UNISON, 6A Acre Lane, London SW2 5SG Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence on Facebook London Campaign Against
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Hate crimes and austerity
A TUC seminar on hate crimes motivated by austerity. Thursday 3 July 2014, from 10.30-1pm TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS Speakers include: Nick Antjoule – Galop Stephen Brooks – Disability Hate Crime Netw0rk Estelle Boulay – Newham Monitoring Project Dr Julia Long – feminist and activist Related links Register here Download
Noise demo outside Holloway
The Anti Raids Network is holding a noise demonstration outside HMP Holloway. Friday 27 June 2014, 7pm HMP Holloway, Parkhurst Road, London N7 0NU Related links Anti Raids Network Full details of the event
Police corruption and racism: an endless legacy?
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
Murder of Darfuri student in Sheffield
Police in Sheffield are investigating the death of 25-year-old Anowar Tagabo, a Darfuri refugee, who died following an attack. In the early hours of Sunday 25 May 2014, Anowar Tagabo, a peace and development student at Bradford University, was savagely attacked by a group of men and women near the Viper Rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield.
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
Are refugees welcome here? If not, what can we do about it?
The Campaign to Close Campsfield is hosting a public meeting as part of Oxford Refugee Week. Monday 16 June 2014, 7pm Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX Speakers: Colin Yeo – barrister at Garden Court Chambers Dr Mina Fazel – Child psychiatrist, NIHR post-doctoral research fellow, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry Clare Cochrane
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
Explaining and learning from the ‘UKIP surge’ in South Yorkshire
John Grayson examines the factors behind UKIP’s recent successes in South Yorkshire. On Friday lunchtime 23 May, as the local government results flowed into the BBC TV studio, Nigel Farage nominated Rotherham in South Yorkshire as UKIP’s ‘most significant’ result. He claimed that UKIP had led in the popular vote (41 per cent to Labour’s