Next weekend Sheffield will witness a Convergence of activists campaigning against the many faces of G4S. The Convergence has been called by organisations campaigning against the activities of G4S and aims to plan how to build a more effective Stop G4S campaign. Supported and endorsed by the Boycott Israel Network, Corporate Watch, Dundee Trades Council,
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles AGM, with speakers and workshops. Wednesday–Friday, 17-20 October 2012 Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel Dalkey Avenue Dublin, Ireland Speakers include: Nils Muižnieks – Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Jacki Kelly – Irish Refugee Council Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations RELATED LINKS The European Council on Refugees
CARIS Haringey’s AGM with discussion, presentations and an overview of the organisation’s work. Monday 24 September 2012, 6.30pm St Ann’s Church Hall, Avenue Road, Tottenham, London N15 5JH Speakers: Jon Burnett – Institute of Race Relations David Lammy – MP Fr Luke Miller – Archdeacon of Hampstead RELATED LINKS Christian Action and Response in Society
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) does not seem to be aware of its own policy on forced marriage. In June the prime minister announced a new initiative to tackle the menace of forced marriage setting out the government’s intention to create specific criminal offences for perpetrators and to devote half a million pounds to an
A new report from Germany highlights the institutional racism that lies behind official responses to the far Right. In the wake of the scandal surrounding the police’s failure to prevent the eleven murders carried out by the National Socialist Underground (NSU), and the subsequent promise by the federal government to strengthen the pro-democracy fight against
A public meeting to launch the Fight for Sites campaign to challenge evictions of Gypsies and Travellers. Thursday 20 September 2012, 7.30pm Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS Related links FFS Facebook page Traveller Solidarity Network
An event to highlight the 2003 US-UK extradition treaty currently affecting British citizens Talha Ahsan, Babar Ahmad, Richard O’Dwyer and Gary McKinnon. Saturday 8 September 2012, 7-11pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Speakers and acts include: A.L Kennedy – awarding winning novelist David Bermingham – one of the ‘Natwest Three’, expert
In June, the second review of terrorism acts was published by David Anderson, QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. Given the limits of his remit, he has provided a circumscribed critique. Nonetheless, the report points towards possible reform of the now well-entrenched terrorism laws. As far as I know, this is the first report
A recent workshop, Undoc Camp, brought together migrant supporters, activists and lawyers with software developers and designers to help young migrants with irregular status. ‘Who gave you permission to be here? Can I see your forms? You haven’t filled them in properly. You shouldn’t be here. Fill in this form. The one you’ve used is
Research published today by the Institute of Race Relations shows that recently arrived migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation and xenophobic attacks. The new geographies of racism: Peterborough, focuses on a city which has experienced significant population change over the last decade, largely as a result of the expansion of the European Union and the
