Following a critical Supreme Court judgment on the Home Office’s use of controversial language analysis tests to determine the nationality of asylum seekers, Aisha Maniar asks: why does the government insist on using these tests? Language is a crucial element of the identity of each and every one of us, and a marker of social
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Edge Fund calling for new applications
The Edge Fund, a group working for justice and equality, is calling for new applications to its fund. The Edge Fund is inviting new applications from individuals and grassroots groups, in order to support projects which are relevant to communities campaigning on discrimination and injustice. Grants will be given to groups and individuals working for
Support a victim of brutal policing
A demonstration to support a black woman arrested and charged following a single-handed protest at Downing Street against state racism. Thursday 14 August 2014, 9am City of London Magistrates’ Court, 1 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4XY Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence
Right to Remain annual conference
Right to Remain conference discussing the challenges of migration control, including the cuts to legal aid, and the nation-wide campaigning efforts for migration justice. Saturday 6 September 2014, 12-5pm Praxis Community Projects, Bethnal Green, London E2 0EF Speakers include: Frances Webber – former barrister and Vice-Chair of IRR Saira Grant – Joint Council for the
Welcome home Talha summer rally
A rally to celebrate the homecoming of Talha Ahsan and the resilience of his family-led campaign. Sunday 17 August 2014, 5pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Speakers include: Bruce Kent Mark McGowan – Artist Taxi driver Marium Begg – daughter of Moazzam Begg Sheila Coleman – Hillsborough Justice Campaign AL Kennedy Father
Syria, war and refugees
A South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group information and action workshop on Syrian refugees. Thursday 14 August 2014, 7-9pm (doors open at 6.30pm for refreshments) Houlden Hall next to St Marie’s church on Norfolk Row (between Fargate and the Crucible Theatre), Sheffield S1 2JB Related links See more details about the meeting here South
Brent Anti Racism Campaign meeting
A meeting on a new Home Office immigration operation, called Operation Skybreaker, which will be targeting Brent (and four other London boroughs). Wednesday 13 August 2014, 7pm Brent Trades Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Road, London NW10 2JR (next to Willesden bus garage, 5 mins from Dollis Hill tube). Speakers include: RAMFEL (Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex
Hatred, hysteria and a Trojan Horse
A leading educationalist argues that the report by Peter Clarke into the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair, embraced by the new education secretary, is in fact a grave disservice. On Tuesday 22 July 2014 the new Secretary of State for Education in the UK, Nicky Morgan, made a statement in the House of Commons about the Trojan
Call for apology and inquiry into police spying
This week the mother of Ricky Reel launched a petition following revelations that her family was spied upon, along with a number of others, as they campaigned for justice in the ‘90s. Mrs Reel is the mother of Ricky who was 20-years-old when he was found dead in the River Thames after being racially abused
The ‘Guantánamisation’ of Belgium
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?