A conference bringing together international human rights defenders. Friday 24 February 2012, 8.30am-8pm The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Workshops include: Criminalisation and victimisation Censorship and media attacks Repression by non-state actors Marginalised and contested rights Related links Download a programme here. Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers Amnesty International
Theme: Health
Secret justice = injustice
Frances Webber assesses proposals in the coalition’s Justice and Security green paper to extend secret evidence regimes to any civil proceedings. ‘I can still recall my deep feeling of shame when I heard the appellant ask the judge the question: why are you sending me to prison? To which the judge replied: I cannot tell
Response to G4S: 900 asylum seekers face eviction in Yorkshire
Academics take issue with G4S’ defence of its treatment of asylum seekers. Two weeks ago on IRR News, we published a letter from Yorshire academics protesting that a contract for housing asylum seekers had been awarded to G4S. The company responded to its critics (pdf file, 1.1mb). And in reponse to this, the group have
New helpline for undocumented migrants
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has announced the launch of an advice line for undocumented migrants in London. The free advice line is aimed at irregular migrants, which includes migrants who have overstayed their visas, those whose asylum applications have been refused and those cases where refugee status has been revoked.[1]
Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks
The launch of Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks (MAMA), a project providing support to victims and witnesses of anti-Muslim hate crime, recording incidents and highlighting the scale of attacks. Tuesday 21 February 2012, 1.30pm Central London venue Related links Faith Matters
Arts and activism, culture and resistance
The seventh annual Huntley conference will explore the use of the arts as a form of cultural resistance. Saturday 18 February 2012, 10-4.30pm London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB Speakers include: Colin Prescod – Institute of Race Relations Winston Trew Roshini Kempadoo – Fowokan George Kelly Jean Joseph
The Legacy of Stephen Lawrence
A lecture exploring the legacy of the legal and public campaign around Stephen Lawrence and its consequence for racial justice in the UK. Friday 17 February 2012 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russel Square, London WC1H 0XG Speakers include: Imran Khan – solicitor for the Lawrence family Suresh Grover – director
Racism and the use of force during deportations
The parliamentary Home Affairs Committee has recently published a report on rules governing enforced removal from the UK. Concerns surrounding the treatment of people being removed by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) [and its contractors] have been growing in light of recent events. In particular, the death of Jimmy Mubenga in October 2010 during a
No Borders activists arrested after west London blockade
Eleven No Borders activists have been charged with public order offences following an action to stop a charter flight to Ghana earlier this week. On Valentines’ evening a group of over forty No Borders activists carried out a blockade of Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres in west London. The aim of the action was an
No Borders Convergence
Three days of workshops and plenaries followed by three days of action. Monday 13 February to Saturday 18 February 2012 Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE14 Monday 13 February 10.30-1.30pm: Deportations with contributions from National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Goldsmiths, Rutvica Andrijasevic and Stop Deportation Network 2.30-4.30pm: Migrant worker and