IRR News stories
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)
Home Office hits international students - again
New rules, to make it harder for international students to come and study in the UK, will become law unless Parliament intervenes.
29 July 2010 (737 words)
Not integration but civil rights
The Institute of Race Relations publishes the alternative European integration report.
19 July 2010 (270 words)
End of Prevent?
The government's controversial preventing violent extremism programme is apparently to be dismantled.
15 July 2010 (282 words)
Basil Davidson 1914-2010
To mark the sad death of Basil Davidson, a long-time member of the IRR and member of Race & Class Editorial Committee, we reproduce below the editorial in the 1994 special issue of the journal.
12 July 2010 (621 words)
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Forthcoming events
An introduction to using story-based strategy with smartMeme
A meeting on how to win 'the battle of the story' in campaigning, movement organising and changing the world.
31 July 2010 (160 words)
Fighting Fascism in London
Discussion on the anti-fascist struggles Londoners have engaged in over the years.
11 August 2010 (84 words)
News from other sources
guardian
Ruling on asylum seekers right to work undermined by Home Office
The Supreme Court ruled this week that asylum seekers making a second claim for refugee status should be allowed to work. However, the Home Office is seeking to restrict asylum seekers to jobs in sectors where there is a shortage of skilled workers.
29 July 2010
south wales echo
UKBA in Cardiff cleared of racism
The UK Border Agency in Cardiff has been cleared of allegations, made by a former employee, of the mistreatment of asylum seekers, although the credibility of the internal investigation has been questioned.
29 July 2010
bbc news
Former terror suspects able to sue over control orders
The government has lost an appeal against an earlier High Court decision to allow two former terror suspects who had been under control orders for three years, known as AE and AF, to claim damages for loss of liberty and violations of human rights.
28 July 2010
south london press
Camberwell club owners take council to court
The owners of a nightclub forced to close when Southwark Council granted planning permission for a large residential development, are taking the council to court to claim compensation. There were allegations of racism in the planning process.
28 July 2010
guardian
EDL members arrested for suspected bomb plot
Seven members of the English Defence League were arrested last week in Dorset for conspiracy to cause an explosion at a Bournemouth mosque, but were later released without charge.
28 July 2010
independent
Fast-track removals and dawn raids condemned
The high court has ruled that the 'exceptions policy' of deporting people with little or no notice is unlawful, while a new report by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UKBA has condemned early morning raids on asylum seeking families.
27 July 2010
guardian
1,000 people face eviction from Dale Farm
Dale Farm, the largest Romany and Irish Gypsy Traveller site in the UK, is due to be part demolished after five years of court battles with the local council, with around ninety families facing eviction.
27 July 2010
guardian
Fast-track deportations ruled unlawful
The fast-track process for deporting vulnerable failed asylum seekers with little or no notice, a practice that became part of the Home Office's 'exceptions policy' in March 2007, has been ruled unlawful by the high court.
26 July 2010
voice
Lambeth Council job cuts criticised
The trade union Unison has accused Lambeth Council of racial discrimination, claiming that planned staff redundancies in the Children Services Department will unfairly target black workers.
26 July 2010
