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Gill Butler 1942-2012

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
Remembering a unique campaigner for asylum and human rights.
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Asians in Britain

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A new learning resource,
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NACCOM conference

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
The annual conference of NACCOM which works with destitute asylum seekers.
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From reaction to revolution

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A meeting to audit human rights violations and victories over the last ten years.
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Abu Qatada decision causes alarm - to rights activists

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
As the prime minister derides the European Court of Human Rights as a 'small claims court', it isn't just the anti-human rights brigade who are worried by the its recent judgment.
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The international language of football

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
Reading of the allegations of racism in football, it struck me as the more sad, that, over the years, football has been for me the great leveller, the international language which speaks across countries, class and gender.
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Total disaster

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
Bernard Hogan-Howe's recent talk on 'total policing' at the LSE didn't go down too well.
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Where detention is the norm

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A report on the UK Border Agency's management of foreign national offenders bears little reaction to the press' coverage.
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Holocaust memorial day reception

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A Holocaust memorial day reception.
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Climate violence, history and resistance

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A workshop examining climate change and how ideas around race and displacement inform understanding and action.
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Walthamstow Holocaust memorial day

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
An afternoon of reflection and discussion, remembering the victims of Nazi Germany, as well as those of genocide in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur.
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Unsafe return

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A new report on returns to the DRC challenges the government's assertion that refused asylum seekers are not at risk.
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Extradition and human rights

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A talk on experiences of extradition (including under the European Arrest Warrant) and discussion of recent cases.
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Fractured childhoods

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
A meeting on families separated by immigration detention followed by the Bail for Immigration Detainees AGM.
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Race, power and the media

Thu, 2012-01-26 18:46
An examination of the projected image of black history and culture in the media.
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Twit or tweet

Thu, 2012-01-26 16:47
The furore about Diane Abbott's tweet reveals a wilful inability to distinguish between state racism and personal prejudice.
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Germany's Stephen Lawrence

Wed, 2012-01-18 17:46
How can lessons from the Lawrence case be applied to that of Oury Jalloh, who was burned to death in a German police cell seven years ago?
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'Veto nationalism': Populism, nationalism and the Tories

Wed, 2012-01-18 17:46
An examination of the Euroscepticism, nationalism and patriotism being established by politicians and the media in the UK.
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Race & Class, January 2012

Wed, 2012-01-18 17:46
The January 2012 issue of
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96 murders since Stephen Lawrence's

Wed, 2012-01-18 17:46
The convictions of Gary Dobson and David Norris will be bitter-sweet vindication for the family of Stephen Lawrence who have fought an 18-year campaign for justice.
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