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Australia: Free Lex Wotton
On 6 November, thirty people gathered outside the Australian High Commission in Holborn, London to support Aboriginal, Lex Wotton on trial following a protest after a death in custody in Australia.
20 November 2008 (351 words)

Grinding down the human rights defenders'
The IRR's European Race Bulletin examines the criminalisation of solidarity and protest.
20 November 2008 (291 words)

Two families unite for justice
Last week two grieving families gathered outside Brixton police station to extend solidarity to one another.
18 November 2008 (266 words)

New Black history DVD
Four seminal Black films on Tiger Bay, Leicester, Ladbroke Grove and Southall have been reissued in a new DVD by the Institute of Race Relations.
6 November 2008 (569 words)

Detention centre confiscates torture survivor's guide on detainee rights
A Kenyan asylum seeker held at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre had a vital self-help guide confiscated by staff days before a crucial deadline for her case.
5 November 2008 (470 words)

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Forthcoming events

Protest ID cards launch
A protest about biometric ID cards (for non-EU students and spouses) on the day they are launched.
25 November 2008 (49 words)

Fifteen years of Campsfield
A demonstration is being held to mark fifteen years of Campsfield immigration detention centre.
29 November 2008 (112 words)

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News from other sources

manchester evening news
Two young men sentenced to life for brutal murder
Andrew Smith, 16 and Jason Bolton, 18, have been jailed for life for their part in the murder of Asian man Asaf Mahmood Ahmed in Bolton a few days before Christmas last year.
20 November 2008

croydon today
High Court case hinges on intimate examination
The High Court has reserved judgement on a case involving an asylum-seeking child referred to as 'A', who had to undergo an intimate examination in order to prove his age after Croydon Council ruled that he was 18 and not eligible for welfare payments.
20 November 2008

guardian
Money for Traveller and Gypsy housing
The government has announced a £97 million scheme to address the shortage of housing available to Traveller and Gypsy families.
20 November 2008

bbc news
Repercussions after BNP members list published
BNP members alleged they have received threatening phone calls and emails after their details were published online. Police in Merseyside have also begun an investigation after a serving police officer was identified as being on the list.
20 November 2008

croydon guardian
Man appears in court over shooting
Peter Mahoney, 31, has appeared in court charged with GBH with intent, possession of a gun and racially aggravated common assault after a Black man wearing an Obama t-shirt was shot three times in south Norwood earlier this year.
20 November 2008

nottingham evening post
Prison for attack on taxi driver
Andrew Cooke, 26, has been sentenced to 180 days in prison after racially abusing and attacking taxi driver, Syed Shah in Nottingham.
20 November 2008

guardian
BNP membership list posted online
The entire membership list of the BNP has been posted on the internet, identifying thousands of supporters of the party.
19 November 2008

dudley news
Jailed taxi driver loses appeal
A Dudley taxi driver who attacked passengers with a piece of metal after being subjected to racist abuse has failed in an appeal against his sentence of indefinite imprisonment for public protection.
19 November 2008

bbc news
Hospital racist given jail term
An assault victim who said he did not want to be treated by a Black doctor at Stirling Royal Infirmary has been jailed for three and a half months after he admitted a racially aggravated breach of the peace.
19 November 2008

manchester evening news
BNP protest after arrests for racial hatred
BNP members have staged a protest outside Burnley police station after four men were arrested for stirring up racial hatred in connection with leaflets which blamed Muslims for 95 per cent of the heroin trade.
19 November 2008

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Race & Class

October 2008 issue

Race & Class is the IRR's quarterly journal on racism, empire and globalisation. The October 2008 edition leads with a reprint of A. Sivanandan's 1974 account of the radical transformation of the IRR and includes Arun Kundnani's examination of 'Islamism and the roots of liberal rage'.

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European Race Bulletin

Issue no. 65

The European Race Bulletin is the only comprehensive digest of Europe's changing climate of racism, with reports on asylum and immigration policy, the challenge to multiculturalism and the erosion of civil liberties. Issue 65 examines the resistance and the criminalisation of solidarity and protest. The issue also contains an article on the the Austrian general election and the death of Jörg Haider.
20 November 2008

IRR News Comment

Pulling the Woolas over our eyes?
By Jenny Bourne
What exactly do the immigration minister's recent statements quoted in the press reveal?
20 November 2008 (772 words)

'Papers Please'
A new report finds that exploitation of vulnerable undocumented workers continues despite new laws.
20 November 2008 (461 words)

A new take on Michael X
A new play on Michael X provides a thought-provoking night out.
18 November 2008 (676 words)

End the 'don't give a damn' culture
By Herman Ouseley
Lord Ouseley* addresses IRR's fiftieth birthday celebration conference on the connection between the lacks in political leadership and public morality and the crisis of youth out of control.
13 November 2008 (1879 words)

Remembering Grunwick
A superb DVD on Grunwick's recalls not just the details of that long dispute but also the flavour of workers' solidarity.
11 November 2008 (845 words)

Catching History on the Wing
By A. Sivanandan
Below we reproduce the speech by the IRR's director, A. Sivanandan, at the IRR's fiftieth celebration conference on 1 November 2008.
6 November 2008 (1834 words)

The Irish dimension to the case against ID cards
By Frances Webber
A new briefing paper from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on the British National Identity Scheme highlights the dangers of the ID cards project.
30 October 2008 (753 words)

Organising in the banlieues
An interview with Pierre Didier, president of the Social Forum of the Banlieues.
9 October 2008 (649 words)

The mantra of our time: 'British values' good, 'multiculturalism' bad
By Rebecca Wood
Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, hit the headlines the weekend before the Conservative party conference with his statement that multiculturalism had left a 'terrible' legacy on the UK. At the same time, he joined with the increasingly vocal constituency which promotes the assertion of 'British values' as a salve to the social malaise of our time.
9 October 2008 (1102 words)

More destitution in Leeds
A report seeking to assess levels of destitution experienced by asylum seekers in Leeds has shown that figures have increased substantially over the past eighteen months.
25 September 2008 (532 words)

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