A protest against the Ministry of Justice proposals for legal aid cuts. Tuesday 4 June 2013, 4.30-7.30 Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ Speakers include: Dinah Rose QC Stephen Knafler QC Liberty Nick Armstrong (Matrix) Children’s Society Deepti Patel (Kids Co) Martha Spurrier (Public Law Project) Sue Willman (Deighton Pierce Glynn) Dr
Theme: Violence and harassment
Jimmy Mubenga: a day in the life of an inquest
IRR News provides a snapshot report from the second day of the inquest in to the death of Jimmy Mubenga[1] which is due to last eight weeks. The day of the inquest started with legal issues and the choosing of the jury. This took some time as potential jurors were read a long list of
Fighting school exclusions
Marc Lorenzi explains the work of the Communities Empowerment Network, which helps excluded pupils. Education is in the spotlight. It’s future, in the hands of Education Secretary Gove, is under review. Though the press has widely reported Gove’s assault on the national curriculum, less space has been given to the effects of austerity measures in
The fear that stalks asylum seekers from the Russian Federation
EU countries are accused of leaving asylum seekers from the Russian Federation vulnerable to the repressive reach of the Russian state. In the early hours of 17 January 2013, 36-year-old Aleksandr Dolmatov, a Russian engineer, was found dead at a Rotterdam deportation centre. Dolmatov, an activist linked to the opposition Other Russia movement, fled Russia
Save legal aid
A demonstration outside Parliament to save legal aid from government privatisation followed by a rally. Wednesday 22 May 2013 Demonstration at Old Palace Yard, London SW1P 3JY at 10.30am Rally at Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ at 1.30pm Speakers include: Clive Stafford Smith – Reprieve Gerry Conlan – Guildford 4 Dave
From colour bar to post racial Britain?
Lord Ouseley speaks on the marginalisation of racism and social justice in political thinking. Monday 20 May 2013, 4.45-7pm Building R19, Edgbaston Campus, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT. Related links Kick It Out
The medical professional’s role in protecting torture victims
A meeting to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka and the UK. Wednesday 22 May 2012, 17.30-7pm Committee Room 4A, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW Speakers: Lord Avebury – Chair Anthony Good – Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh Yolanda Foster – South Asia desk and Sri Lanka expert, Amnesty International Dr
Inquest into Jimmy Mubenga’s death at the hands of G4S to begin
On Monday 13 May 2013, the inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga begins. Jimmy Mubenga, who was being deported to Angola, died on 12 October 2010 while being restrained by three guards from G4S on board a BA plane at Heathrow airport. Jimmy’s death was the first in the UK during a deportation since
Who polices the police?
A screening of Ken Fero’s film on Sean Rigg, who died in police custody, and his family’s struggle for justice. Friday 10 May 2013, 6-8pm Law Building, Moot Room, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA RELATED LINKS University of Liverpool School of Law and Justice Centre for Crime and Justice Studies View a trailer for
Europe’s pariah state? the future of human rights in Britain
This week, we publish a briefing paper on the future of human rights in Britain, written by the IRR’s vice-chair, Frances Webber. With nativism, racism and fascism on the rise throughout Europe, informing government policies towards migrants and other unpopular minorities as well as popular right-wing, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Roma movements, the European system of