Policing and criminal justice system
The use of 20 immigration officers to arrest Isabella Acevedo at Haringay town hall has been criticised by Keith Vaz MP. Acevedo, a Colombian, had worked as a cleaner for seven years for Mark Harper, a government minister.
Hundreds of court cases requiring interpreters have been disrupted so far this year as outsourcing firm Capita has continued to fall short of its contractual requirements. The company has a performance target of fulfilling 98 per cent of the requests for interpreters that it receives.
Jul 21 2014
Two men face longer sentences after sending incendiary devices from prison
Two HMP Full Sutton prisoners, Bret Atkins and Jamie Snow, will be sentenced later this year after incendiary devices and racist letters which they sent from their prison to solicitors in West Yorkshire and Lancashire were intercepted by guards. The letters were said to express ‘deeply racist and Anti-Muslim views'.
Sergeant Charles Pilbeam has denied two charges of common assault at Westminster magistrates’ court. The officer is accused of abusing a mentally ill Somali man who was allegedly pulled by the ear and dragged to the floor with the phrase ‘Welcome to Hackney’.
Recent Publications
April 8, 2014
Race & Class, April 2014
In the latest issue of Race & Class, Sindre Bangstad explores the philosophical and political underpinnings of the freedom of expression debate in Norway. He warns that virulent far-right racism and extremism has been sanitised and made mainstream, threatening liberal democracy and equal citizenship in the process.
January 23, 2014
Investigated or ignored?
Investigated or ignored? An analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson report, analyses the criminal justice system's response to racist murders, or atacks with a known or suspected racial element, since the publication of the Macpherson report.
January 9, 2014
Race & Class, January 2014
In the new issue of Race & Class, three distinguished academics from Sweden's Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, examine the 2013 'riots' in Sweden, comparing these to the August 2011 'riots' in the UK, and similar disturbances across the French banlieues in 2005.
October 16, 2013
Race & Class, October 2013
In the October 2013 issue of Race & Class, Phil Scraton examines the legacy of the Hillsborough football stadium disaster, which claimed the lives of ninety-six people.
Upcoming Events
A march and rally organised by the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA).
A demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre.