A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 22 August: Freedom of Information requests reveal that British Transport Police recorded 119 ‘race hate offences’ in the two weeks following the EU referendum, an increase in incidents of 78 per cent over the same
An evening of comedy in support of the Migrants’ Rights Network. Tuesday 4 October 2016, 8pm Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX Featuring: Grainne Maguire Aisling Bea Nish Kumar Bec Hill London Hughes Andrew Neill Bobby Mair Related links Buy a ticket here Migrants’ Rights Network View a flyer here
The ninth national demonstration at Yarl’s Wood detention centre. Saturday 10 September 2016, 1pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedford MK44 2FQ Related links Movement for Justice (MFJ) Facebook event page London coach tickets Birmingham coach tickets Nottingham coach tickets Coventry coach tickets Bedford train station coach tickets
A visual art and photography exhibition that showcases a creative dialogue between people in the UK and the Calais Jungle as a way of reaching out and connecting across borders. Thursday 1 September – Friday 9 September 2016 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Rich Mix Birds Crossing Borders View a flyer
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 30 July: A black man is beaten by up to twelve men in a racially motivated attack in Newquay. (Cornish Guardian, 8 August 2016) 5 August: Following the murder of Father Jacques Hamel, French mosques
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers
A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the
Below we present an update of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 26 June: The home of an Asian family in Chelmsford has eggs thrown at
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 8 July: A 20-year-old and two teenagers are charged with ABH and racially aggravated bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver on 8 April at Wokingham station which left him with a fractured
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 21 June: Police appeal for information on a racist attack on 16 June, during the Wales v England Euro 2016 football game, where a man from UAE suffered facial injuries. Three men were arrested and
