IRR News stories
Victory for campaign against daft deportation
A respected academic has won his fight against deportation on the ground that his bank balance fell below £800.
26 January 2012 (592 words)
Two deaths in three weeks in Spain's notorious detention centres
Allegations of institutional neglect surround the deaths of two migrants within weeks of a report calling for the centres' closure.
18 January 2012 (557 words)
96 murders since Stephen Lawrence's
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.
5 January 2012 (963 words)
Cardiff cabbies to strike over violence
A mass strike is being threatened by Cardiff taxi drivers next week, in protest against the routine racism, abuse and violence that cabbies face and indifference by the police and local council.
15 December 2011 (782 words)
A tale of two cities
Recent outrages in Liège and Florence have received very different media interest.
15 December 2011 (557 words)
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Forthcoming events
Walthamstow Holocaust memorial day
An afternoon of reflection and discussion, remembering the victims of Nazi Germany, as well as those of genocide in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur.
29 January 2012 (106 words)
NACCOM conference
The annual conference of NACCOM which works with destitute asylum seekers.
4 February 2012 (74 words)
From reaction to revolution
A meeting to audit human rights violations and victories over the last ten years.
5 February 2012 (81 words)
News from other sources
independent
Clegg failing to keep promise on detained children
The Refugee Council has criticised Nick Clegg for failing to keep his promise to end the detention of children in immigration centres after the Home Office announced that 17 young people were held last month.
27 January 2012
independent
Police told they must reopen Chhokar case
Strathclyde police have been told that, under double jeapordy legislation, they must reopen the investigation into the racist murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar who was killed 13 years ago.
26 January 2012
northern echo
Sultan Alam wins £480,000 for wrongful imprisonment
Sultan Alam, a former police officer, has won at least £480,000 for wrongful imprisonment in 1996 for handling stolen car parts. An Appeal Court found that in 2007 other officers suppressed evidence that would have cleared his name.
26 January 2012
independent
Ian Duncan Smith criticised for immigration statistics
The UK Statistics Authority has complained that Duncan Smith's statistics on immigrants on benefits were rushed out by ministers, and that weaknesses in the data were ignored.
26 January 2012
bbc news
Nine football fans held over racist chanting
Nine Charlton Athletic fans have been arrested on suspicion of singing racist songs on a train after a match.
26 January 2012
hull daily mail
Grave of Christopher Alder to be exhumed
Permission has been granted to exhume the body buried in Christopher Alder's grave, following the discovery of his body at a morgue 11 years after his death in police custody.
26 January 2012
guardian
MPs find dangerous deportation techniques still in use
The UKBA has denied findings from an inquiry by the Home Affairs Select Committee that suggest dangerous deportation techniques have not changed since the death of Jimmy Mubenga, and criticise a racist culture among staff.
26 January 2012
stv
Soldier appeals his conviction for racist murder
Michael Ross, former soldier, is appealing against his conviction for the murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood in 1994. For twelve years the case remained unsolved, but in 2007 it was reopened and Ross had been jailed for a minimum of twenty-five years.
25 January 2012
bbc news
Terrorism control order regime abolished from midnight
The control order system restricting the freedom of terrorism suspects is being abolished from midnight and replaced by new measures called T-Pims.
25 January 2012
carlisle news and star
Racially motivated vandalism against Indian restaurant
An Indian restaurant in Carlisle has been vandalised again in an attack that is the latest of a two year campaign against the business, which the owner believes is racially motivated.
25 January 2012













