UN tells France to stop forced expulsion of Roma
France has come under increasing pressure to stop its mass expulsions of Roma when a United Nations human rights panel added its voice to the chorus of condemnation. In recent weeks, French officials have dismantled more than 100 illegal camps and sent hundreds of Roma back to their homes in eastern Europe. A report released yesterday by a UN anti-racism panel urged France to avoid its "collective repatriations" and expressed concern that members of the Roma community weren't receiving full voting, education and housing rights in France. see report at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/un-tells-france-to-stop-forced-expulsion-of-roma-2064038.html
Angela Merkel calls for banker’s sacking over remarks on Jews and Muslims
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, today called on Germany's central bank to dismiss one of its board members over comments he made on Jews and immigrants. Thilo Sarrazin said that "all Jews share the same gene" and Muslim immigrants in Europe were unwilling to integrate or incapable of integrating into western societies. Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the 65-year-old's remarks, which were made before the launch of his book, Deutschland Schafft Sich Ab – or Germany Abolishes Itself – today. Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, reiterated the chancellor's call for the Bundesbank to consider Sarrazin's future. full story here http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/30/merkel-urges-bundesbank-dismiss-board-member
BNP activist arrested in firearms raid
Tactical firearms officers were involved in the arrest earlier this week of 50-year-old David Lucas, of Lakenheath – just two months after he admitted possessing ammunition and gunpowder at Ipswich Crown Court. Mr Lucas was arrested on Wednesday after police officers executed warrants at properties in the Mildenhall and Thetford areas. A police spokeswoman said the arrest was made on “suspicion of possession of firearms without a licence”. She said he had since been released on police bail until September 28. full story here http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/ex_councillor_arrested_in_firearms_raid_1_596494
BNP legal officer quits over ‘conscience’
The BNP’s senior legal advisor, has resigned because he said the far right party “cannot be trusted with political power”. Lee Barnes, who has described the JC as "a front group for the Zionist Nazis", was once considered a close ally of party leader Nick Griffin. Announcing his departure Mr Barnes accused the BNP of covering up “serious allegations of sexual abuse by senior officers” and said he could not in “good conscience” stay on as an officer. He also said that to his knowledge “the party is now technically insolvent”. He blamed legal “debacles” including the dispute with Unilever over the ...
Chinese Takeaway driver dies following youth gang attack
A takeaway delivery driver has died after being beaten by a gang of youths outside his work. Simon San was working at the Yong Hua Garden takeaway on Wednesday evening when he was attacked. Mr San had been sitting in his car on Lochend Avenue when a group of male and female youths approached. On witness described seeing them rock the car before Mr San got out. The situation then escalated and Mr San was attacked by three members of the group. One male youth, believed to have been around 16 or 17-years-old, threw a punch which caused him to fall to the ...
Justice 4 Kash
VIGIL FOR JUSTICE BRADFORD CROWN COURT, Exchange Square, Drake Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire Wednesday 4th August 2010 from 1pm onwards The Monitoring Group (TMG) and JUST West Yorkshire (JUST) have called for a Vigil for Justice for Police Constable Kashif Ahmed.
Dale Farm Travellers: ‘We won’t just get up and leave’
For the moment, peace reigns in the afternoons at Dale Farm, home to around 1,000 people on the outskirts of Basildon in Essex. Dogs lie sleeping in the lanes, women move to and fro, hanging out washing, tending their homes. When school finishes, the hum of traffic on the nearby A127 is drowned out by the sound of children playing, tearing around on bikes. On hot summer days, there are the squeals and delights of water fights. It could be any other housing estate in Britain. But this is far from a suburban idyll. Battle lines are being drawn here for ...
BNP hate party face ruin over joke Marmite ad
Nick Griffin’s racist BNP is facing financial ruin after featuring Marmite in an election broadcast. The party was hit with a massive claim – estimated at up to £170,000 – over the TV stunt, in which leader Griffin was pictured beside a huge jar of the spread. The party then showed a jar of Marmite – slogan “Love it or hate it” – with its own motto “Love Britain Vote BNP”. Griffin claimed he intended the film as a humorous dig at Marmite, who he believed had mocked the BNP in their online and TV ads featuring a “Love Party” and their ...
EDL members arrested over Bournemouth mosque bomb plot fears
ARMED police opened fire during an operation to arrest members of the controversial far-right English Defence League, who were feared to be masterminding an attack at a Bournemouth mosque. Marksmen shot the tyres out on a van belonging to John Broomfield, who describes himself as Dorset EDL head, as he drove alone through Corfe Castle. He and six others were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion at a Bournemouth mosque. full story here http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8293728.EDL_members_arrested_over_Bournemouth_mosque_bomb_plot_fears/?ref=mr
Boy made nailbombs with chemicals bought on eBay
Police found a pipe packed with nails and screws and charged with powder in the 16 year old’s bedroom, and a pipe with a firework inside hidden under a waste oil tank at a nearby petrol station. The youngster also had literature from the right wing groups the British National Party and the English Defence League, together with Nazi emblem see full article here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7855025/Boy-made-nailbombs-with-chemicals-bought-on-eBay.html
BNP faces financial turmoil if found in contempt of court
Fresh from its disastrous showing at the ballot box on 6 May, the British National party now faces financial turmoil with its assets threatened by court action. The high court is to decide whether Nick Griffin and two other BNP officials should face contempt of court proceedings in which their assets could be confiscated under a "writ of sequestration". The assets include Griffin's MEP salary, investments and pensions and any property that they might own. The case shows that no political party is above the law see full article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/28/bnp-finances-contempt-court.
Neo-Nazis sentenced to 4 and a half years jail at Liverpool Crown Court
Two Neo-Nazis have been sentenced to a total of four-and-a-half years behind bars by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court, for inciting racial hatred. Food packer Michael Heaton, 42, was handed a 30-month jail term for "using threatening and abusive language likely to stir up racial hatred". His co-defendant Trevor Hannington, 58, was sentenced to two years after admitting six offences and being found guilty by a jury of the same offence as Heaton. see full story here http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/national-news/129617-neo-nazis-sentenced-to-4-and-a-half-years-jail-at-liverpool-crown-court.html
Harminder Singh Judge Exhibition Nottingham
Among the multiple influences on his recent work, the artist Harminder Singh Judge lists religious and cultural forces such as Buddha, Norwegian death metal, John the Revelator and Jesus. A British-born Sikh with a taste for religious history and rock music, Judge obviously likes to unite disparate elements just to see what aesthetic surprises and stories might arise. His range of creative materials is equally diverse: fibreglass sculpture, sound, neon, drawing, light projection and live performance. So cross associations are conjured between cult ritual, pop posing, mythical symbolism and advertising logos. Perhaps the art lies in the fact that the ...
Police to release secret report on the death of Blair Peach
highly critical report into the death of Blair Peach, the anti-fascist campaigner widely believed to have been killed by police in 1979, is expected to be published on Tuesday. Some 2,000 pages of documents will be released, including a previously secret police report. Peach, a 33-year-old teacher from New Zealand, died after being struck on the head at a demonstration against the National Front in Southall, west London. Witnesses said they saw him being attacked by police, but after an internal investigation no officers were charged. It is understood the report has been redacted to protect the identities of individual officers. However, ...
Racist jailed for south London shotgun murder attempt
A "racist" gunman who tried to shoot a black man in the back of the head with a shotgun has been jailed indefinitely. Jamie Bunter, 20, from Brixton, south London, robbed Nicholas Dwebeng of his phone, racially abused him and tried to shoot at him in June last year. Mr Dwebeng, 30, only survived the attack in Mitcham, south London, when the shotgun cartridge did not explode. Bunter was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in custody for attempted murder, robbery and firearms offences. Bunter robbed Mr Dwebeng, who had been sitting on a wall with his girlfriend, and aimed the shotgun at ...
Events
Chinese Takeaway driver dies following youth gang attack
A takeaway delivery driver has died after being beaten by a gang of youths outside his work. Simon San was working at the Yong Hua Garden takeaway on Wednesday evening when he was attacked. Mr San had been sitting in his car on Lochend Avenue when a group of male and female youths approached. On witness described seeing them rock the car before Mr San got out. The situation then escalated and Mr San... []
Justice 4 Kash
VIGIL FOR JUSTICE BRADFORD CROWN COURT, Exchange Square, Drake Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire Wednesday 4th August 2010 from 1pm onwards The Monitoring Group (TMG) and JUST West Yorkshire (JUST) have called for a Vigil for Justice for Police Constable Kashif Ahmed. Read More →
Britain’s Colour Bars – Racism and Deaths in Prison
Tuesday 5th October 6.30pm to 8.30pm The racist murder of Zahid Mubarek in March 2000 triggered the first ever Public Judicial Inquiry into a death in British prisons. What has happened to the recommendations made by the subsequent Keith Inquiry? Has the prison service changed in its response to racism and violence within the prison estate? What can be done in the future? We have developed... []
Racism and Islamaphobia in Europe – Turning the Tide ?
Tuesday 2nd November 2010 6.30pm to 8.30pm The seminar will explore the alarming evidence of how the agenda of intolerance has become mainstream and how it should be challenged. Read More →
One Murder Too Many – Gang Violence and Social Policy
Tuesday 7th December 2010 6.30pm to 8.30pm The seminar will explore the origins and impact of gang violence, and explore solutions advocated by victim families, young people, youth workers and community activists to the growing problem. Read More →
“The Religious Right” : problems in the new frontier
Tuesday 1 February 2011 6.30pm to 8.30pm This seminar will explore the global emergence of the religious “right” and the associated growth of religious “fundamentalism” especially in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism. Read More →
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