Ten years from his death, the family of Mikey Powell have won a victory in their fight to expose the truth about the role of West Midlands police in Mikey’s death. Last week, the family confirmed that the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had upheld their complaint that the report made to the West Midland
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An interactive session for those stopped and searched at airports under schedule 7. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 6.30pm 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH Related links Download a leaflet Cageprisoners
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The recent stabbing of Thavisha Lakindu Peiris exposes the dangers facing BME workers in the night-time economy, and is the latest such attack to have proved fatal. Significant media attention has focused on Thavisha Lakindu Peiris’s death, in Sheffield on Sunday 27 October. As widely reported, at about 9.50pm the 25-year-old man delivered one last
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A talk by Dr. Richard Stone on his book ‘Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry’ followed by a discussion. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 5.30-8.30pm University of East London Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ Related links View a leaflet here Download the agenda here (word doc, 888kb) Newham Monitoring Project
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The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) marched on Downing Street last weekend, as it has done for the last fifteen years, to mark the deaths of loved ones in the custody of the state. The annual remembrance procession was led by the families of those including Ricky Bishop, Mark Duggan, Demetre Fraser, Joy Gardner,
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A film screening of ‘Po Po’, which looks at the death of Jason McPherson in Notting Hill police station, followed by a discussion with its director Ken Fero. Tuesday 12 November 2013, 6.30-9.30pm The Bartlett UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Related links Migrant Media on Vimeo See the event on Facebook
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A meeting hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, on racism and discrimination. Monday 28 October 2013, 5pm House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA RELATED LINKS Europe Roma International Read an IRR News Story: ‘Roma Voices‘.
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A session at this year’s Historical Materialism conference on the work of A. Sivanandan, Race & Class and the Institute of Race Relations. Sunday 10 November 2013, 12pm SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG Panel includes: Avery Gordon – in conversation with A. Sivanandan (recorded) Jenny Bourne – on revolution and reconstruction Colin Prescod
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A screening of poetry, film and music from participants who attended an event on injustice earlier this year. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 6pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA RELATED LINKS Voices that Shake!
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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
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