An overview of news on recent deaths in custody, upcoming inquests and a failed prosecution. Adrian McDonald: first black taser victim On 22 December 2014, 34-year-old Adrian McDonald died after being tasered by police officers in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. According to the IPCC, which investigates deaths in police custody: ‘Police attended an incident at a flat
The British government is still failing to uphold UN conventions in its treatment of asylum-seeking children and child refugees, according to the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE). On 19 November 2014 – the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) – CRAE published its
JENGbA are holding simultaneous marches in London, Liverpool, Leeds and Leicester. Saturday 6 February 2015 London, Liverpool, Leeds and Leicester Related links JENGbA See Facebook for further details
A demonstration against Channel 4’s series Immigration Street, set to be screened in the run up to the General Election. Saturday 31 January 2015, 11am Channel 4 Headquarters, 124-126 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX For more details of the series and the campaign against it, click here. RELATED LINKS Southampton Communities Alliance
A seminar hosted by Lord Avebury on identity, culture and the issues communities face relating to the provision of Traveller sites. Tuesday 3 February 2015, 1pm Palace of Westminster, Committee Room G, London SW1A 0AA RELATED LINKS The Traveller Movement
In the first of an occasional series from Spinwatch, Hilary Aked examines Sharia Watch and its founder Anne Marie Waters. Spinwatch, which investigates and campaigns on PR, propaganda and lobbying in politics, is currently investigating the counterjihad movement. If we want to empower and inform the anti-racist movement to build a stronger counter-narrative challenging the increasingly
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 23 December: 34-year-old Adrian McDonald dies in Staffordshire after being tasered by police in the early hours of 22 December. (Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 23 December 2014) 30 December: A Freedom of Information request reveals that
The Bill currently going through Parliament, with virtually no opposition, impinges on basic freedoms and seems calculated to entrench the treatment of British Muslims as non-citizens. The Bill is being rushed through parliament with no pre-legislative scrutiny or public consultation on most of its provisions – a speed justified by the increased terror threat posed
The January 2015 issue of Race & Class explores poverty, ‘race’ and criminal justice. Eddie Bruce-Jones, in ‘German policing at the intersection: race, gender, migrant status and mental health’, shows how a cultural defence, of ‘legitimate’ fear of the violence and unpredictability of the ‘other’, is used to justify the recent controversial shooting dead of black
An American campaigner from Ferguson joins UK-based campaigners and activists to discuss issues around deaths in custody. Saturday 24 January – Luton Saturday 24 January – Brixton Sunday 25 January – Tottenham Monday 26 January – University College London Monday 26 January – Portcullis House, London Tuesday 27 January - Goldsmiths Tuesday 27 January – KCL Wednesday 28 January – University
