IRR News stories
press release
IRR refutes BNP's claims on racist murders
The Institute of Race Relations has today issued a statement on the BNP's misuse of its figures on racially motivated murders.
2 December 2008 (302 words)
Bank withdraws facilities from Muslim charity
Interpal, a London-based Muslim charity which carries out emergency relief work in Palestine, has been notified of the imminent closure of its banking facilities.
27 November 2008 (608 words)
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)
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Forthcoming events
'Crossing channels'
A NoBorders benefit for transnational solidarity.
6 December 2008 (89 words)
Solidarity with sacked migrant workers
A noisy demonstration in support of sacked migrant workers.
8 December 2008 (72 words)
News from other sources
guardian
Court rules that DNA of innocent people should not be on database
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that keeping DNA data of innocent people breached article 8 of the Human Rights Convention - the right to respect a private and family life.
4 December 2008
bbc news
Tortured asylum seeker awarded compensation
A Cameroonian woman, known only as PB, has been awarded £38,000 damages for unlawful detention in Yarl's Wood, after a judge found that the Home Office had mishandled her asylum claim after she revealed that she was a torture victim.
4 December 2008
glasgow daily record
Immigration victims turned away from refuges
Women with uncertain immigration status, suffering domestic violence, have been turned away from refuges in Scotland because the government refuses to extend funding to them.
4 December 2008
barking & dagenham post
Muggings racially motivated
Police are investigating a series of muggings near an underpass in Chadwell Heath as racially motivated as most of the victims were Asian. In the most recent attack a 71-year-old man suffered shoulder injuries.
4 December 2008
guardian
De Menezes coroner rules against unlawful killing
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes walked out of the inquest into his death as the coroner ruled that the jury was forbidden from considering whether he was unlawfully killed.
4 December 2008
bbc news
Man found dead in back of lorry
An 'Oriental' man's body has been found in the back of a lorry in Hampshire. Police are appealing for information about the lorry after reports that other people may have been in the rear of the vehicle when it entered the country.
4 December 2008
london daily news
Met 'racially profile' gig goers
The Met has been accused of racial profiling with plans to force music promoters to inform them which acts will be performing and what the racial make-up of the audience is likely to be. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment.
4 December 2008
liverpool echo
Three years for man in race threats
Jeffrey Fryer, 52, has been jailed for three years after threatening to petrol bomb the homes of his Asian neighbours in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside.
4 December 2008
reading evening post
Racist abuse and stoning case opens
Melissa Little, 32, has been charged with encouraging her children to stone members of an Asian family and other racially aggravated abuse and assault. The case was adjourned until 23 January 2009.
2 December 2008
bbc news
Migrant workers 'left homeless'
Voluntary agencies have said there has been a sharp rise in the number of foreign nationals seeking emergency accommodation in Northern Ireland.
2 December 2008
