IRR News
Segregation policy for foreign national prisoners condemned
The policy of concentrating foreign national prisoners in a small number of prisons, away from home prisoners and from their families, implemented in the early summer of 2009 (read an IRR News story: 'Segregating foreign national prisoners'), was conducted without regard to its impact on race equality or the provision of legal advice to those affected, and without telling the Prisons Inspectorate.
26 February 2010 (431 words)
Notes on the new Conservative Traveller policy
Four leading campaigners on Gypsies and Travellers respond to the recently published Tory policy on Traveller accommodation.
22 February 2010 (1307 words)
comment
Five years of control orders
By Frances Webber
Frances Webber, human rights lawyer, examines Lord Carliles' report on five years operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
18 February 2010 (2947 words)
guardian
Body scanners could be illegal
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has raised concerns with the government over its planned introduction of body scanners the use of which could be discriminatory and breach passengers' rights to privacy.
16 February 2010 (external article)
How the extreme Right hijacks direct democracy
The IRR European Race Audit (ERA) publishes today two briefing papers on the Swiss referendum against minarets and the ways in which direct democracy can be hijacked by the extreme Right.
11 February 2010 (362 words)
Peaceful hunger strikers speak of mistreatment
Four women, who were taking part in a peaceful hunger strike against the conditions of their immigration detention, have been moved to prison following scenes of alleged chaos and mistreatment.
11 February 2010 (612 words)
bbc news Terror asset ruling comes into effect
A recent Supreme Court ruling which quashed asset-freezing orders against five terrorist suspects has come into force despite the Court initially suspending its judgement to allow the government to change the law.
5 February 2010 (external article)
bbc news Muslim student societies under police scrutiny
Special Branch officers have been deployed in some universities that have been deemed by the government to be at a greater risk of Islamic radicalisation.
4 February 2010 (external article)
comment
ID and the final exclusion
By Frances Webber
Biometrics and surveillance are set to make life virtually impossible for those without legal status here.
4 February 2010 (1875 words)
Exposed: more government illegality in the 'war on terror'
On 27 January, the UK Supreme Court held that fundamental rights of suspected Islamist terrorists should not be violated without explicit parliamentary approval and the UN confirmed the UK's complicity in rendition and torture.
28 January 2010 (1069 words)
press release
The reality behind the 'knife crime' debate
The media portrayal of, and government response to, the 'knife crime epidemic' creates a distorted image of the reality on the ground, according to new research undertaken by the Institute of Race Relations.
27 January 2010 (564 words)
comment
Putting John Denham's speech in context
By Jenny Bourne
How progressive is John Denham's apparent shift from 'race' to class strategies?
21 January 2010 (703 words)
Deportation policy breaches human rights
The new decade has started with a rebuff for British deportation policy from the European Court of Human Rights.
14 January 2010 (659 words)
comment
Spirited away
By Frances Webber
UK Border Agency (UKBA) proposals to remove more people from the country without giving them a realistic chance to challenge their removal are causing anger and concern.
7 January 2010 (641 words)
bbc news Pakistanis have most visas rejected
New figures have shown that Pakistanis are more likely to be refused visas to visit the UK than any other nationality.
11 December 2009 (external article)
review
Sivanandan: writing and fighting
Below we reproduce a review of the IRR director's most recent book, Catching History on the Wing, which first appeared in the journal Concept.
10 December 2009 (1150 words)
Yorkshire youth event a great success against all the odds
A ground-breaking civil rights conference, planned by and for young people in Yorkshire, went ahead despite difficulties placed in its path by the local council.
2 December 2009 (1951 words)
comment
Swiss poll crushes minarets
By Graham Murray
Graham Murray writes from Switzerland as the country votes to ban the building of minarets.
30 November 2009 (519 words)
Company's use of anti-terror laws criticised
The use of anti-terror legislation by an energy company to stop protests by a 'blacklisted' worker at one of its plants has been branded 'fanciful' by a High Court judge.
19 November 2009 (203 words)
comment
Calais migrants demand rights
By Calais Migrant Solidarity
We reproduce below a statement from a grassroots group carrying out practical solidarity work in Calais.
19 November 2009 (495 words)
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