1996
Some stories
Compact disc manufacturer withdraws racist title
One of Britain's largest compact disc manufacturers, Nimbus Manufacturing UK, based near Cardiff, has been forced to withdraw one of its titles after complaints about its racist content.
1 December 1996 (134 words)
Sikh boy kills himself after racial bullying at school
A 13-year-old Sikh boy, Vijay Singh, hanged himself from the banisters of his Manchester home after being racially bullied at school.
1 December 1996 (105 words)
Dissidents bill drafted
Smarting from its failure to deport Mohammed al-Masari, the Home Office has drafted a new dissidents bill which would outlaw conspiracy or incitement to 'substantive acts' abroad.
1 December 1996 (99 words)
British Airways routinely photocopied black people's passports
A black British family, backed by the Commission for Racial Equality, have received an out-of-court settlement from British Airways after an air stewardess photocopied their passports as they were about to board a flight from Birmingham to the United States.
1 December 1996 (90 words)
Pakistani dies after government blocks private hospital treatment
A Pakistani heart patient has died after British officials blocked his trip to Britain for a bypass operation in case he overstayed his visa, even though his family had raised funds for his treatment at a Glasgow private hospital.
1 December 1996 (106 words)
Court decision saves asylum-seekers from total destitution
The High Court has ruled, in four test cases, that the government acted illegally by passing provisions in the Asylum and Immigration Act which, in effect, left 10000 asylum-seekers destitute by removing access to welfare benefits and public housing.
1 December 1996 (341 words)
Government claims asylum and immigration review benefits taxpayers
According to the Home Office, its present review of immigration and asylum procedure will lead to the saving of £100m of taxpayers' money over the next three years.
1 December 1996 (97 words)
National security deportation illegal
Sikh activist Karamjit Singh Chahal was released from Bedford prison after six years in detention, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that he could not be deported to India, where he faces likely torture.
1 December 1996 (111 words)
Race, robbery and the Chinese community
The Chinese community in Northern Ireland is being victimised.
1 December 1996 (528 words)
Actors at Kurdish centre targeted for police raid
Armed police raided a Kurdish community centre in north London after a concerned resident spotted a group of armed and uniformed men entering the building.
1 October 1996 (130 words)
Kurdish trade unionist wins damages
A Kurdish refugee and trade union branch secretary has been awarded £13000 in damages and legal costs against the Metropolitan Police for assault, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
1 October 1996 (55 words)
Death in custody
A second post-mortem is to be carried out into the death of Donovan Williams who was arrested for suspicion of possessing drugs and died while in custody at Peckham police station.
1 October 1996 (63 words)
Manchester man blinded
An Asian man, Amer Rafiq has been left blind in one eye after being arrested by Manchester police.
1 October 1996 (44 words)
Children at risk from racial harassment
Ethnic minority children are suffering racial harassment on a daily basis says a report published by ChildLine.
1 October 1996 (47 words)
Racial attacks victims cannot give testimony screened
A judge refused the victims of a racist attack permission to give their evidence from behind screens and by so doing avoid retribution.
1 October 1996 (54 words)
The refugee terrorist equation
Britain demands UN refugee convention changed
1 October 1996 (241 words)
Police sanctuary break-up prompts heart attack
When police broke into a Cornwall church to arrest a Hong Kong immigrant married to a British woman and with a child born in this country, Mr Tong suffered a mild heart attack and had to be taken to hospital.
1 October 1996 (86 words)
Immigration raid on Hereford and Worcester farm
Officers from West Mercia police and immigration and benefits officers raided the Summer Farm at Wyre Piddle in an operation codenamed Operation Vesuvius.
1 October 1996 (151 words)
Iraqi hijackers claim political asylum
The hijacking of a Sudan airways plane by seven Iraqis on 26 August carrying 192 passengers has raised questions as to whether carrying out a criminal act negates an application for political asylum.
1 October 1996 (318 words)
Nigerian High Commission accused of targeting exiles
A BBC documentary broadcast in the 'Black Britain' series claims that Nigerian intelligence agents are using the London Nigerian High Commission to spy on exiled members of its democratic opposition and that British private security firms have been hired to follow and report on the movement of dissidents.
1 October 1996 (169 words)