December 2007
Some stories
Evidence on assaults and abuse during deportation collected
A coalition of groups assisting asylum seekers, including Medical Justice and the National Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigns, is collecting information on alleged cases of assault during removal.
13 December 2007 (123 words)
White man sentenced for murder
On 11 December, Peter Connolly was sentenced to life - with a minimum term of fifteen years in prison - for the murder of Christopher Alaneme, an 18-year-old who died after being stabbed in Sheerness, Kent on 21 April 2006.
13 December 2007 (493 words)
Eight-year sentence for killing
A 21-year-old Preston man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for the killing of Shezan Umarji in July 2006.
6 December 2007 (550 words)
Anti-Zionist Jews fight anti-Semitism charge
An action against the accusation of anti-Semitism brought by a prominent Jewish anti-Zionist in the UK has been settled out of court, but in Germany, the appeal court in Frankfurt recently upheld an accusation that an anti-Zionist holocaust survivor was in fact anti-Semitic and suffering from self-hatred.
5 December 2007 (584 words)