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Last week, campaigners from numerous organisations brought their grievances about the human rights abuses of G4S directly to their annual general meeting.

A series of hunger strikes, following allegations of abuse, force and the use of forged documents, are showing up the fault lines in the Dutch detention system.

In the blizzard of coalition measures wreaking destruction on living standards, the justice ministry’s proposals on legal aid will once again bear down hardest on poor BME, Muslim and migrant communities.

IRR News provides a snapshot report from the second day of the inquest in to the death of Jimmy Mubenga[1] which is due to last eight weeks.

Marc Lorenzi explains the work of the Communities Empowerment Network, which helps excluded pupils.

EU countries are accused of leaving asylum seekers from the Russian Federation vulnerable to the repressive reach of the Russian state.

A member of the Swedish anti-racist magazine MANA reflects on the challenges posed by Operation REVA.

Cameron’s nativist policies begin with Thatcher.

There are grounds for hope for improvement in detainees’ health treatment, but vigilance is still needed.

Rights for women extend only as far as the immigration and asylum system allows.

It is poverty not migration that is changing the nature of Britain’s towns and cities.

Below we reproduce a blog by an African-Caribbean mother who recounts the family nightmare of navigating the criminal justice system which was only relieved when she made contact with the campaigning organisation Joint Enterprise - Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA).

An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last two months.

A report by the British Future think-tank suggests the need for a new British patriotism.

Aisha Maniar, a freelance legal translator and editor, reports on the recent privatisation of court interpretation services by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

As if being detained for removal is not trauma enough, asylum seekers in the North East are finding it impossible to reclaim their property from their asylum hostels.

A report into the independence of the voluntary sector holds important lessons for groups struggling for funding and their very existence.

As the European Court partially vindicates employees’ rights to manifest their religion at work, and with coalition measures set to make access to justice more difficult for all employees, employment lawyer, historian and activist David Renton discusses the added difficulties for those bringing race discrimination claims.

Does Eric Pickles’ integration speech last week foretell an emphasis on a new patriotism?

Helen Hintjens, from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, reports from The Hague on the violent eviction of a refugee protest camp.

Is a human rights charity working too closely with the UK Border Agency (UKBA)?

A number of coalition measures will have potentially disastrous consequences for migrants and asylum seekers.

Asylum-seekers and migrants across Europe are determined to change the inhuman circumstances of their existence.

An overview of racist attacks and convictions over the last three months.

A review of the major development in initiatives against racial profiling in European policing.