A visual art and photography exhibition that showcases a creative dialogue between people in the UK and the Calais Jungle as a way of reaching out and connecting across borders. Thursday 1 September – Friday 9 September 2016 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Rich Mix Birds Crossing Borders View a flyer
Theme: Housing
Calendar of racism and resistance (5 – 18 August 2016)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 30 July: A black man is beaten by up to twelve men in a racially motivated attack in Newquay. (Cornish Guardian, 8 August 2016) 5 August: Following the murder of Father Jacques Hamel, French mosques
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 July – 4 August 2016)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers
Post-referendum racism and the importance of social activism
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A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the
Post-Brexit racism update
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Below we present an update of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 26 June: The home of an Asian family in Chelmsford has eggs thrown at
Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 July 2016)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 8 July: A 20-year-old and two teenagers are charged with ABH and racially aggravated bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver on 8 April at Wokingham station which left him with a fractured
Post-Brexit racism
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Below we present an overview of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 24 June: A Polish man in Yeovil is approached by two men who,
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 June – 7 July 2016)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 21 June: Police appeal for information on a racist attack on 16 June, during the Wales v England Euro 2016 football game, where a man from UAE suffered facial injuries. Three men were arrested and
Vigil for Emmanuel Chidi Namdi
A vigil in memory of Emmanuel Chidi Namdi, a 36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker who was killed in a racist attack in Fermo, Italy. Tuesday 12 July 2016, 6pm Italian Embassy, 4 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 4AG Related links Facebook event listing
Medical Justice AGM and report launch
Medical Justice’s AGM and the launch of a report on deaths in detention. Wednesday 20 July 2016, 6.30pm Doughty Street Chambers, 53-54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS Speakers to be confirmed Related links Medical Justice