Policing and criminal justice system
A police officer accused of making false statements about UAF campaigner Alan Clough regarding a 2010 anti-EDL demonstration has walked free from court.
An inspection by the Human Tissue Authority, following the mix-up over the body of Christopher Alder who died in police custody, has found areas of concern.
Two men who racially attacked and injured a Muslim man on the tube last year have been given six month prison sentences, suspended for 18 months. The men have also been banned from EDL demonstrations.
In Scotland, a 321 per cent increase in religiously aggravated offences directed against Islam, from 19 in 2011/12 to 80 in 2012/13, has been linked to the Scottish Defence League, with 57 incidents occurring at one of its demonstrations.
Recent Publications
May 8, 2013
Europe’s pariah state? the future of human rights in Britain
A report on the future of human rights in Britain.
April 4, 2013
Briefing Paper no. 6
State intelligence agencies and the far Right: A review of developments in Germany, Hungary and Austria examines the security services’ approach to the far Right and finds that far from clamping down on growing fascism, some of the tactics of security services are enhancing conditions for its growth.
April 4, 2013
Race & Class, April 2013
The April 2013 issue of Race & Class contains a special section on Cuts, crime and racialisation, which examines how neoliberalism, at a time of austerity, changes the very nature of racism and criminal justice.
Upcoming Events
The first annual human rights conference of Justice Watch Ireland.
A conference on challenges facing legal services for lawyers, advisers, advocates, campaigning organisations and legal services in public bodies.