Human rights in Europe are at grave risk from the UK government, argues a leading human rights campaigner. In the wake of the furore over the European human rights court’s ruling that Abu Qatada could not be deported, a draft document leaked to the Guardian reveals that the UK government is determined to reduce the
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Algerian deportees win important secrecy ruling
For once, the supreme court has offered protection to those facing deportation on national security grounds. We are, unfortunately, all too familiar with the scenario where secret evidence is used against those, almost exclusively Muslims, whom the UK Border Agency (UKBA) seeks to deport for ‘reasons of national security’. But in a landmark ruling[1], the
Travellers and Roma organise
On 10 March 2012, in the West Midlands, local activists met with representatives from the Traveller Solidarity Network and Europe-Roma to support European Roma. The meeting, held at Unite the Union offices in Birmingham and supported by the National Union of Teachers, opened with a short film by the Traveller Solidarity Network that examined the
Human Rights Watch film festival
The Human Rights Watch London film festival Colour of the Ocean Friday 23 March 2012, 9.15pm, at Curzon Soho Saturday 24 March 2012, 7pm, at Ritzy Black Block Saturday 24 March 2012, 6.40pm, at Curzon Soho Sunday 25 March 2012, 4.30pm, at Ritzy Special Flight, with Q&A Tuesday 27 March 2012, 9pm, at Ritzy Wednesday
Medieval perceptions
A lecture on racial and religious prejudice in twelfth and thirteenth century European writing. Tuesday 13 March 2012, 6-7.30pm Senate House third floor, room S349, Russell Square, London WC1E 7HU Speaking: Tessa Hosking – author of Medieval Britain Related links See more Black and Asian Studies Seminars
Racism, police and the state
A meeting for trade unionists aiming to expose the relationship between racism, police and the state. Monday, 12 March 2012, 7pm Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, London NW1 2BJ Speaking: Janet Alder – Christopher Alder Campaign Sam Rigg-David – Sean Rigg Justice and Change Campaign Paddy Hill – Birmingham Six Gerry Conlon – Guildford
Campaign to Close Campsfield benefit
Benefit gig for the Campaign to Close Campsfield. Saturday 10 March 2012, 7.30pm Folly Bridge Inn, Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4PD Entertainment: Robb Johnson Tracey Curtis Related links Campaign to Close Campsfield
Defend the Roma Community
Europe-Roma is hosting a meeting to discuss attacks and discrimination facing the Roma. Saturday 10 March 2012, 2-4pm Unite the Union, 211 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1AY Related links Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit Leicester Civil Rights Movement Midlands Refugee Council West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign
First they came for the asylum seeker …
Asylum seekers were the guinea pigs for all kinds of brutal and unacceptable policies that are now beginning to be applied more widely. Private security firms are in the news – a national contract worth £3.5 billion is being rolled out to privatise police functions. Eight public prisons are being market tested with future private
Chronic destitution among young migrants and refugees
The Children’s Society has recently published a report on levels of destitution and poverty among asylum-seeking and migrant youth. An alarming rise in the number of destitute children seeking support through children’s centres in the UK has prompted research on the abhorrent conditions faced by young asylum-seekers and migrants. The report, ‘I don’t feel human’: