Launch of the new Nana Bonsu Oral History project to remember the Manchester activist. Saturday 21 June 2014, 5-9pm Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5ZA Nana Bonsu, also known as Beresford ‘Berry’ Edwards, was of huge importance to Britain’s African community, especially in Manchester which became his home. This oral history project highlights
Theme: Health
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
Stop and search training in Brixton
London Campaign Against Police and State Violence are offering training on what to do and what your rights are on stop and search. Sunday 15 June 2014, 2-4pm Unit 8, Warwick House, Overton Road, London SW9 7JP Related links London Campaign Against Police and State Violence Facebook event listing
Child & youth migrants
The third annual UCL Migration Research Unit Student Conference, postgraduates from across disciplines will share their research and contribute to debates in contemporary migration studies. Saturday 14 June 2014, 8.30-6.30pm University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Topics include: Young migrants’ access to education and healthcare Their treatment by different legal regimes Questions of identity and representation
Are refugees welcome here? If not, what can we do about it?
The Campaign to Close Campsfield is hosting a public meeting as part of Oxford Refugee Week. Monday 16 June 2014, 7pm Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX Speakers: Colin Yeo – barrister at Garden Court Chambers Dr Mina Fazel – Child psychiatrist, NIHR post-doctoral research fellow, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry Clare Cochrane
Vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah
A vigil outside High Wycombe police station, to coincide with Father’s Day, to mark the sixth anniversary of the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah in police custody. Thursday 19 June 2014, 5-7pm High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BE Related links Justice for Paps
Explaining and learning from the ‘UKIP surge’ in South Yorkshire
John Grayson examines the factors behind UKIP’s recent successes in South Yorkshire. On Friday lunchtime 23 May, as the local government results flowed into the BBC TV studio, Nigel Farage nominated Rotherham in South Yorkshire as UKIP’s ‘most significant’ result. He claimed that UKIP had led in the popular vote (41 per cent to Labour’s
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