No Borders host an evening of films, presentation and open discussion. Tuesday 16 July 2013, 6.30-9pm LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES Related links London NoBorders
Theme: Climate
Disquiet over ‘shameful’ policing of racial violence in Brent
A protest was held outside Wembley police station last week, after CCTV evidence of a brutal attack was ‘lost’ by the police. Early in June, a Moroccan man in Willesden, north London, was beaten in an unprovoked violent attack. A car pulled up next to him as he was walking down the street with his
Anti-racism journal launched in Dublin
The Anti Racism Network (ARN), an Irish based migrant-led grassroots initiative, has launched a new journal in Dublin. At the launch in Trinity College on 2 May, co-founder of the ARN Public Journal Luke Bukha Kasuanga emphasised that this is a non-academic publication aiming not just to highlight the activities of campaigning groups but also
Justice4Paps vigil
A vigil to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah during a police stop and search. Wednesday 3 July 2013, 5-7.30pm High Wycombe Police Station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BE Related link Download a flyer (pdf file, 524kb) Justice for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah website Facebook events listing Facebook:
Spotlight on racial violence: May – June 2013
An overview of racial violence and convictions over the last few months. In the aftermath of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in May, the harassment of Muslims continues. Several mosques and Islamic cultural centres have been targeted in attacks, some of which have been attributed to the far Right, and in the most high-profile
The ‘hate crime agenda’
Contributors to the IRR’s journal, Race & Class, discuss the impact of the official ‘hate crime agenda’ on racial violence and anti-racist campaigning. On 22 May 2013, IRR researcher Jon Burnett and IRR director Liz Fekete took part in a radio discussion on KCSB 91.9 FM Santa Barbara’s ‘No Alibis’ programme. Jon Burnett discussed the
G4S confronted
Last week, campaigners from numerous organisations brought their grievances about the human rights abuses of G4S directly to their annual general meeting. A lively protest took place outside Salter’s Hall in the city. As shareholders arrived, they were met with a mock barricade and prison cell and over seventy activists shouting anti-G4S slogans. Inside the
Cracks in the Dutch deportation and detention regime
A series of hunger strikes, following allegations of abuse, force and the use of forged documents, are showing up the fault lines in the Dutch detention system. For the first time in more than a decade, hundreds of people in Dutch immigration detention centres have gone on hunger strikes in protest at their hopeless situation.
Kurdish man alleges nose broken during deportation
IRR News reports on a recent deportation, which resulted in a Kurdish man allegedly having his nose broken by a guard from the private company Tascor (which is contracted to carry out deportations). Omer Kader was being deported to Northern Iraq on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight on Friday 7 June 2013. He has reported
Germany, the far Right and the NSU trial
Attacks in Germany linked to the NSU trial demonstrate that the far Right does not need a stimulus for violence. Following the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich and attacks on several mosques, the government-funded Tell MAMA project warned of the dangers of cumulative extremism, tit-for-tat violence between Islamists and counter-jihadists and a