August 2002
Some stories
Asian prisoner challenges miscarriage of justice
Satpal Ram, whose case became a cause celebre, was released from prison in June on a life licence after having served fifteen years for the murder, in 1987, of Clarke Pearce in a Birmingham restaurant.
1 August 2002 (417 words)
The case of Satpal Ram
Satpal Ram, 20, was eating with two friends in a Bengali restaurant when six white people also arrived at the restaurant.
1 August 2002 (338 words)
Police officers acquitted in black death in custody case
Five police officers have been found not guilty of the manslaughter of Christopher Alder, a 37-year-old black former paratrooper who died on 1 April 1998 after being arrested by Hull police.
1 August 2002 (646 words)
North London synagogue attacked
Vandals attacked a Finsbury Park synagogue in one of the worst anti-Semitic attacks in recent years.
1 August 2002 (103 words)
Christian school teaches right-wing creationist theories
The government policy of funding for faith schools has been criticised after it was revealed that the Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead is teaching creationism - that human origins are (relatively) recent and divine - as opposed to scientific evolution, to explain our origins.
1 August 2002 (125 words)
Government ministers court controversy over depiction of asylum seekers and Muslims
Europe minister criticised for Muslim comments
1 August 2002 (202 words)
Protesters against asylum centres accused of xenophobia
Plans by the government to construct a network of up to 15 accommodation centres for asylum seekers across rural Britain have led to angry responses from residents, MPs and campaign groups.
1 August 2002 (372 words)
Racist statements by Conservative elected representatives
Shadow cabinet minister sacked
1 August 2002 (119 words)
Neo-Nazi BNP party gains in May local elections
In local elections in May, a neo-Nazi party scored the best result for an extreme-Right party since the 1970s.
1 August 2002 (258 words)
Blair fights far-Right with tough asylum measures
Following Jean Marie Le Pen's success in the French presidential elections, as well as the shock Dutch election results, the prime minister Tony Blair expressed the view that the far-Right can only be countered by taking on the electorate's fears over immigration and asylum.
1 August 2002 (455 words)