Demonstration in support of 58 Somali refugees on hunger striker in Lutsk Detention Centre, Ukraine. Monday 6 February 2012, 1.45pm The Ukranian Embassy, 60 Holland Park, London W11 3SJ Related links Border Monitoring Project Ukraine Barbed Wire Britain Migrants’ Rights Network
Theme: Housing
From reaction to revolution
A meeting to audit human rights violations and victories over the last ten years. Sunday 5 February 2012, 2-5pm Friends Meeting House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ Speakers: Massoud Shadjareh – Islamic Human Rights Commission Stephanie Harrison – human rights lawyer Sue Conlan – Peace & Progress Harmit Athwal – Institute of Race Relations Related links
Holocaust memorial day reception
A Holocaust memorial day reception. Tuesday 31 January 2012, 5-7pm NUT Headquarters, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD Related links NUT Holocaust memorial day
Walthamstow Holocaust memorial day
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
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
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
Race, power and the media
An examination of the projected image of black history and culture in the media. Monday 16 January 2012, 6-7.30pm Senate House, room S265, 2nd floor, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1 Speaker: Pam Fraser Solomon Related links Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Behind closed doors
A meeting on ten years of secret evidence and hidden suffering. Monday 19 December 2011, 6pm London Muslim Centre, 46 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JX Speakers: Gareth Peirce – human rights lawyer Jean Lambert – MEP Green Party Anas Altikriti – Cordoba Foundation Bruce Kent – Pax Christi Asim Qureshi – Cageprisoners Related links Coalition
Traveller Solidarity Network meeting
The second Traveller Solidarity Network national meeting. Sunday 18 December 2011, 10am-5.30pm Brunei Gallery, SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Agenda includes: Updates from local groups and on the Localism Bill Working groups Network building Prioritising for the year ahead Related links Traveller Solidarity Network
The Meaning of Waiting
Victoria Brittain will be talking about her play ‘The Meaning of Waiting’ about the experience of women of the war on terror in Britain. Tuesday 13 December 2011, 6.30-8.30pm IHRC Bookshop, Gallery and Information Centre, 202 Preston Road, Wembley HA9 8PA Related links Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)