A Freedom Without Fear meeting to bring together people engaged in state-critical activities and campaigns. Thursday 3 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Room 417, Birkbeck (Main building), University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Kamila Sheikh Lesbian Immigration Support Group Sarah Lamble Related links Facebook event listing Download a flyer here (pdf file, 100kb)
Theme: Climate
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
Asylum in Switzerland – out of sight, out of mind
Swiss asylum policy is characterised by institutional neglect within hostile systems designed to segregate and exclude. Feras Farees Abedal Motaleeb was a Palestinian refugee who, having fled from Iraq to Switzerland to save his life, found death in a remote Swiss valley, in an 8m² space in a metal container which he shared with two
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.
‘Shopping for Peter’ and the question of incitement to racial hatred
Below we reproduce an article from RightsNI, by Daniel Holder, that analyses the controversy surrounding recent comments made by Northern Ireland’s First Minister, Peter Robinson and evangelical Pastor James McConnell. On Saturday hundreds of people lined up outside Tesco in Belfast city centre clutching ‘I am shopping for Peter’ posters, in a creative anti-racist protest
When the state is complicit in hate
Racist violence in Europe is sustained by cultures of impunity, as reports by Amnesty International, and Médecins du Monde and the Greek Council for Refugees make clear. Two reports published last month document in harrowing detail the reality and impact of racist violence across Europe, as well as its intensification against a backdrop of economic
Deaths in immigration detention: 1989-2017
Below we list all deaths that have taken place in immigration removal and short-term holding centres since 1989; we also list those who have died shortly after release from immigration detention. There have been thirty-four deaths in immigration removal centres since 1989; three women and the rest men. Harmondsworth detention centre accounts for nine deaths; five
David Oluwale fundraising event
A fundraiser for the David Oluwale Memorial Association on the 45th anniversary of his death. Saturday 5 May 2014, 7pm Left Bank Leeds, Cardigan Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ Including: Music Food Spoken word Arts and crafts RELATED LINKS David Oluwale Memorial Association Download a flyer here
Establishing a framework for understanding the rise of fascism
A review of a report on the extent of Golden Dawn’s penetration of the Greek state. An excellent free downloadable report published by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is not only an essential primer for understanding the parliamentary rise of the neo-nazi criminal organisation Golden Dawn (GD), but a much-needed corrective to academic fashions that see