1994
Some stories
Police and black youth clash in Leeds
Afro-Caribbean youth fought pitched battles with the police in Chapeltown, Leeds, after police questioned a black youth who came out of a local youth club, attempting to arrest him after an argument.
1 December 1994 (106 words)
Ethnic minority police officers form independent association
'Black and Asian officers' in the Metropolitan police have announced that they are to launch an independent association to fight for equal rights following the failure of the official union, the Police Federation, to tackle issues like racism and the high drop-out rate among ethnic minority officers - a third higher than for white officers.
1 December 1994 (81 words)
Metropolitan police forced to pay damages
The Metropolitan police have paid out £70000 in an out-of-court settlement to a 34-year-old minicab driver from Stoke Newington, in settlement of his claim of assault and battery, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
1 December 1994 (76 words)
Courts round up
Youth convicted for brutal racist attack
1 December 1994 (297 words)
Black woman killed in east London
There has been criticism of the police investigation of an arson attack on a flat on an east London tower block that led an Afro-Caribbean woman to jump to her death.
1 December 1994 (155 words)
Fascist round-up
BNP fortunes wane
1 December 1994 (354 words)
Foreign Office proposes 'suspect countries' student list
New Foreign Office proposals suggest that university staff should be expected to tip off security services about students from 'suspect countries' such as Iran, Iraq, Libya and North Korea.
1 December 1994 (126 words)
Amnesty condemns UK asylum policies yet again
Amnesty International, in a study of 50 asylum cases, has accused the UK government of systematically violating international law over the detention of asylum-seekers in Britain.
1 December 1994 (104 words)
Algerian asylum-seeker refused
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on the asylum application of an Algerian, named only as Mr T, who is a member of the Islamic Salvation Front and is said to have fled to Britain in March last year, after being linked to the bombing of Algiers airport in which ten people died.
1 December 1994 (78 words)
Labour MP calls for inquiry into deportation of injured man
When, immigration police attempted to deport a Pakistani man, named only as Mr Shah who slashed himself with a razor while being held at Heathrow police station, the captain of the aircraft refused to take him on board.
1 December 1994 (168 words)
Lethal US pepper spray gun could be used for deportations
A leaked Whitehall paper, obtained by the Weekly Journal, suggests that the lethal pepper spray gun, already responsible for 34 deaths in the US, could be used in the UK against deportees.
1 December 1994 (113 words)
PKK spokesperson a threat to national security, says home secretary
A Home Office inquiry has been launched to ascertain why a leading spokesperson for the PKK was allowed into Britain, although, according to the home secretary's account, he was banned from the country on national security grounds.
1 December 1994 (392 words)
London police officers charged after corruption probe
Two London police officers are to prosecuted for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice following a three-year inquiry into alleged corruption at a north London police station serving a multiracial community.
1 September 1994 (90 words)
Silcott detectives acquitted
Two detectives charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice in connection with the conviction of Winston Silcott for the murder in 1985 of PC Keith Blakelock were cleared at the Old Bailey.
1 September 1994 (99 words)
Dismal showing for far-Right in Euro-elections
The far-Right in the UK averaged under 2 per cent of the vote in the 14 seats it contested in the June Euro-elections.
1 September 1994 (61 words)
Asian youth clash with police in Rotherham
A racist attack by a gang of white youths armed with baseball bats on an Asian cab driver at a petrol station in Rotherham was followed by confrontation over two nights between police and Asians.
1 September 1994 (114 words)
Inhuman treatment of asylum seekers
Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment' during the forcible removal of refused asylum-seekers from the UK.
1 September 1994 (187 words)
Black police detective compensated for racism
A black police detective has won compensation and an apology from Cambridgeshire police for racial abuse and discrimination suffered during a training course.
1 July 1994 (56 words)
Policing and immigration
London immigration raids
1 July 1994 (324 words)
Complaints against police rise
According to the annual report of the Police Complaints Authority, allegations of racial abuse and harassment against the police rose by more than 300 per cent last year, but disciplinary action against officers was taken in only 4 per cent of cases.
1 July 1994 (51 words)