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Remembering Sean Rigg - two years on
On Saturday 21 August 2010, sisters Marcia Rigg-Samuel and Samantha Rigg-David were joined by family, friends and members of the public in marking the second anniversary of the death of their brother Sean Rigg, killed during an altercation with police in Brixton on 21 August 2008.
2 September 2010 (408 words)
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Who defends whom?
By Jehanzeb Khan
An anti-racist student organiser discusses, in the light of the upcoming English Defence League (EDL) event in Bradford, what anti-fascists can learn about recent state interventions and particularly the policing of anti-fascist demonstrations.
27 August 2010 (1211 words)
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Attack officer takes Met to tribunal
The police officer accused of assaulting Babar Ahmed during a raid on his home is, along with five other officers, taking the Met to an employment tribunal for racial discrimination.
25 August 2010 (external article)
bradford telegraph and argus Police statement on Bradford demonstration released
West Yorkshire police have confirmed events are being held in Bradford on the 28 August by the English Defence League, Unite Against Fascism and local community groups. They warned protestors of reacting to any violence.
25 August 2010 (external article)
birmingham post Police stonewall inquiry into Birmingham spy cameras
Police have refused to answer questions at an inquiry convened by the Birmingham City Council into the setting up of covert cameras in the city earlier this year paid for by the Home Office Prevent fund.
24 August 2010 (external article)
bbc news Police call for ban on EDL Bradford march
West Yorkshire Police have applied for a ban on the English Defence League march planned for Bradford on 28 August.The Chief Constable , however, notes their legal right to hold a 'static demonstration'
18 August 2010 (external article)
independent Police raid houses in run up to Notting Hill Carnival
Police raided four homes on Wednesday as part of a four week crackdown being undertaken in the run up to London's Notting Hill Carnival
18 August 2010 (external article)
independent Officers charged with assaulting Babar Ahmad
Four police officers have been accused of a 'serious, gratuitous and prolonged' assault on Babar Ahmad during his arrest in 2003. The four face charges of actual bodily harm.
12 August 2010 (external article)
guardian Anti terror hotline radio advert banned
A radio advert by ACPO has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for potentially causing 'serious offence'. The advert encouraged people to report suspicious actions such as keeping curtains closed or paying in cash.
11 August 2010 (external article)
Stop and ... spy?
Are the security services in the UK so desperate to recruit spies and informers that they stop random travellers coming to the UK in order to recruit them?
4 August 2010 (582 words)
Court rules against unauthorised police surveillance
Last week, at Inner London Crown Court, three activists were cleared of charges of obstructing the police as they attempted to film and photograph those attending two London NoBorders meetings in south London in June 2008.
29 July 2010 (277 words)
morning star Seven Gaza protesters have sentences cut
Seven protesters who were arrested following demonstrations against the Israeli invasion of Gaza have had their jail terms reduced by the Court of Appeal.
14 July 2010 (external article)
channel 4 news Gaza protestors win compensation from the Met
Two brothers who were struck with batons by unidentified police during a Gaza demonstration in London in January last year have received £25,000 in compensation from the Metropolitan Police.
13 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Stephen Lawrence murder suspect jailed for drug dealing
Gary Dobson, one of the five suspects arrested for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, has been jailed for supplying class B drugs.
12 July 2010 (external article)
guardian Section 44 stop and search powers to be restricted
Home secretary Teresa May has announced that police officers will no longer be able to stop and search individuals using section 44 powers under the Terrorism Act, following a European Court of Human Rights ruling which found them to be unlawful.
9 July 2010 (external article)
independent Report on the Met reaches mixed conclusions
A report on the Met police commissioned by Boris Johnson has reached the mixed conclusion of claiming the Met is no longer 'institutionally racist' but that not enough is being done to promote black officers who are underrepresented in higher posts.
8 July 2010 (external article)
guardian CPS discrimination case reaches tenth year
Halima Aziz, who won her employment tribunal for race discrimination against the CPS, is facing her tenth year of litigation after the CPS appealed against the findings.
7 July 2010 (external article)
newham recorder Mentally ill teen found hanged was one of a 'spate' of suicides
Newham teenager, Vinith Kannathasan, 18, who suffered from manic depression and was found hanged in his cell at Chelmsford Prison in February 2008, was the fourth suicide in three months in the institution, an inquest heard last week.
7 July 2010 (external article)
birmingham mail Hidden cameras scheme suspended after community uproar
A scheme by police with funding from a counter terrorism unit involving the use of 218 cameras,72 of which were hidden, in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham has been temporarily scraped after local concerns were raised.
5 July 2010 (external article)
Fighting against injustice
London Against Injustice (LAI), which provides indispensible support to families of victims of miscarriages of justice, is helping launch a political campaign against joint enterprise cases.
1 July 2010 (297 words)
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