An afternoon of reflection and discussion, remembering the victims of Nazi Germany, as well as those of genocide in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur. Sunday 29 January 2012, 3-6pm 10 Harmony Hall, Truro Road, Walthamstow E17 7BY Speakers: Jean Lambert MEP Weyman Bennett – Unite Against Fascism Sandor Szoke – Hungarian Civil Movement Ladislav Balaz
Theme: Health
Victory for campaign against daft deportation
A respected academic has won his fight against deportation on the ground that his bank balance fell below £800. This is the sort of story that the tabloids would love if it was about a sturdy British fight against a barmy EU directive or health and safety regulation. But because it’s about an outspoken Muslim
Gill Butler 1942-2012
Remembering a unique campaigner for asylum and human rights. Gill Butler was a dedicated campaigner for the rights of asylum seekers and against the injustices of the asylum system. A trained, specialist nurse until she retired, she brought this knowledge to bear in her work as both Chair of Yarl’s Wood Befrienders and as a
Asians in Britain
A new learning resource, Asians in Britain[1] produced by the British Library[2], explores the contribution that South Asians have made to Britain’s cultural, social and economic life. Focusing on the period 1858-1950, this online resource debunks prevailing myths about the Asian presence in Britain, and the tendency to associate this presence solely with post-World War
Abu Qatada decision causes alarm – to rights activists
As the prime minister derides the European Court of Human Rights as a ‘small claims court’, it isn’t just the anti-human rights brigade who are worried by its recent judgment. ‘Once again, he has made fools of us’, announced the Telegraph,[1] in response to the Strasbourg court’s ruling that Omar Othman, aka Abu Qatada, the
Fractured childhoods
A meeting on families separated by immigration detention followed by the Bail for Immigration Detainees AGM. Tuesday 24 January 2012, 6pm Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers: Ellie Free – Bail for Immigration Detainees A mother who was separated from her children by immigration detention
Climate violence, history and resistance
A workshop examining climate change and how ideas around race and displacement inform understanding and action. Saturday 21 January 2011, 1-3.45pm Hulme Hall, Claremont Resource Centre, Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS Speaker: Kooj Chuhan Related links Southern Voices
The international language of football
Reading of the allegations of racism in football, it struck me as the more sad, that, over the years, football has been for me the great leveller, the international language which speaks across countries, class and gender. It was 1986, my husband and I were on the cheapest of cheapest jolly holidays in Tunisia, packaged
Where detention is the norm
A report on the UK Border Agency’s management of foreign national offenders bears little relation to the press’ coverage. ‘The 5,000 crooks we can’t deport’: was the Sun headline which was repeated, with more or less polite variations, across Britain’s press on 27 October, from the Express to the Guardian, the message all the papers
Total disaster
Bernard Hogan-Howe’s recent talk on ‘total policing’ at the LSE didn’t go down too well. ‘Total policing’ is how the Metropolitan Police chief, Bernard Hogan-Howe, describes the criminal justice strategy he is importing into London. And part of this strategy, he says, is regularly communicating with the public. At a talk at the London School