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Family question police role in death of Asian man
On 3 July 2008, during a police search of a car in High Wycombe, 39-year-old Habib Ullah, became ill, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
10 July 2008 (400 words)
bbc news
Nazi memorabilia auction faces criticism
A war veteran has branded the auction of Nazi badges in Lincoln as 'disgraceful' as he says it degrades the lives of soldiers in his regiment.
4 July 2008 (external article)
stoke sentinel BNP to hold rally to commemorate death
The BNP is planning to hold a rally in Stoke on Trent to commemorate the death of BNP activist Keith Brown who died after being attacked by his Asian neighbour after a long-running dispute.
1 July 2008 (external article)
bbc news Campsfield contract under review
After three men escaped from Campfield House removal centre in Oxfordshire, the government has announced it will review the contract with American company GEO to run the centre.
26 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Four on the run from Campsfield
Four men are on the run after escaping overnight from Campsfield House removal centre in Oxfordshire. Police recaptured three others.
19 June 2008 (external article)
oxford mail Another disturbance at Campsfield centre
Another disturbance at Campsfield removal centre in Oxford has involved small fires being started and prison riot squad officers brought in.
17 June 2008 (external article)
birmingham mail Threats over charity work
A Birmingham restaurant owner organising a charity night for victims of the Burma Cyclone has been threatened by a gang.
17 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Bicester plans cost £29 million
A commons committee has found that the government spent £29 million on Bicester accommodation centre for asylum seekers which was never built, with £8 million being paid as a termination fee to the contractor.
12 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Muslim student detained under the current terrorist legislation
A 23-year-old master's student speaks of his experience after being arrested under the Terrorism Act and segregated in prison for a week.
11 June 2008 (external article)
stoke sentinel Football man suspended over BNP links
An honorary vice president of Staffordshire Football Association has been suspended for three years after standing for the BNP in local elections.
10 June 2008 (external article)
Amdani Juma - deportation delayed
A Nottingham HIV/AIDS prevention worker whose anti-deportation campaign was featured in IRR News in November 2007 has had a last-minute reprieve.
5 June 2008 (272 words)
derbyshire evening telegraph Anti-Fascists to protest over BNP festival licence bid
Anti-fascists have announced that they will lobby a meeting that will decide whether or not to grant an alcohol licence for a BNP festival. Members of two local anti-fascist groups will join forces outside Ripley Town Hall on June 10.
29 May 2008 (external article)
leicester mercury 'Racism' in mental health care
Antony Sheehan, chief executive of Leicestershire Health Trust, has said that Asian patients suffering from mental health problems are missing out on treatment because of 'institutional racism' in the health service.
27 May 2008 (external article)
stoke sentinel Asian man denies murder of BNP man
Habib Khan, 50, has told a court of a long-running feud with neighbour Keith Brown, a BNP activist whom he is accused of killing after his son was attacked outside their Stoke home.
21 May 2008 (external article)
birmingham mail Starvation fears over death of asylum seeker
The friends of Lucy Kirma, an asylum seeker in Birmingham whose claim had apparently failed, have voiced their concerns that she starved herself to death after receiving a refusal letter.
20 May 2008 (external article)
leicester mercury Prison service failures in death of woman
The inquest into the death of Sheena Kotecha, who was found hanged at Brockhill prison, has ruled that she was failed by the Prison Service as she should have been on suicide watch.
22 April 2008 (external article)
bbc news Jail for racial abuse colleagues
Three men who carried out a campaign of racial harassment against a Muslim co-worker have been jailed for three years. The abuse included setting the victim's trousers on fire while he was still wearing them and force-feeding him bacon.
18 April 2008 (external article)
bromsgrove advertiser Two injured in racist attack
Police are searching for a group of males who attacked two Asian youths, leaving one with a broken nose.
18 April 2008 (external article)
bbc newsnight BBC reporter stopped and searched
Max Khan, a radio reporter for BBC Radio Stoke, was forcibly searched by anti-terrorist police officers who were informed about an 'Arabic-looking man acting suspiciously'.
9 April 2008 (external article)
this is nottingham BNP plan Amber Valley festival again
Amber Valley Council has received a planning application from a BNP party member to hold the BNP's annual festival on his farm land again.
4 April 2008 (external article)
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