A new book on Belgium, Guantanamo chez nous?, is an important contribution to the analysis of racism and the war on terror in Europe. It would be hard to find anyone in the UK who has not heard of Abu Qatada. But how many people know that he was recently acquitted of terrorist charges in Jordan?
Below we reproduce an excerpt from an article in the current issue of Race & Class on the consequences of the co-option of charities and voluntary organisations within the immigration detention market. As a principle, migrant children should not be subjected to detention. (Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights)[1] At Barnado’s, we believe in
A demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre. Saturday 9 August 2014, at 1pm Harmondsworth detention centre, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Speakers include: John McDonnell MP Current & ex-detainee’s Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice
The latest issue of Race & Class examines the consequences of the co-option of charities and voluntary organisations within the immigration detention market. In 2010 the British government announced that the outrage of child detention for immigration purposes was to end. Simultaneously, however, it commissioned the opening of a new family detention centre, CEDARS, which
RAPAR’s Annual general meeting. Friday 18 July 2014, 6pm Friend’s Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS RELATED LINKS Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Research (RAPAR)
The launch of a new film on the Southall Youth Movement. Friday 18 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Monsoon Banqueting Suites, 100 The Green, Southall UB2 4BG Young Rebels – The Story of Southall Youth Movement charts the experiences and responses of Asian young people growing up in Southall in the 1960s and 1970s and the racial
The ability to secure justice has been irrevocably damaged by the combination of secret trials, trials involving secret evidence, and the continuing legal aid cuts – affecting the rule of law itself. The ‘Trojan Horse’ affair has given us a definition of ‘British values’ – in a document for school governors issued by the Department
Protesters gathered outside the Moroccan embassy to demand the release of Ali Aarrass. At around 11 o’clock on 26 June, around fifty people stood outside the Moroccan Embassy, holding placards calling for ‘Justice for Ali’ and photographs of Ali Aarrass. The protesters chanted ‘Morocco: stop torture now!’ and ‘Ali Aarrass: we are with you!’ The picket was
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)
A protest at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres called by Movement for Justice. Saturday 5 July 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth IRC, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Speakers include: John Mc Donnell MP Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice on Facebook View a flyer here
