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Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12, experts say

24 January 2012

children_in_prison_By Zephaniah Samuels
With children from ethnic minority communities making up a staggering 40% of people locked up in the youth justice system calls by a leading think tank for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 12 has been welcomed across the community.

 

National Afrikan People’s Parliament new social media push

20 January 2012

National_Afrikan_Peoples_Parliament_-_interimBy Staff writer
The National Afrikan People's Parliament (NAAP) has launched a facebook page where people from the community can pledge their support and find out more about this initiative.

 

Call to support family of Wayne Hamilton at his Inquest hearing

17 January 2012

Bev_-_Mother_of_Wayne_Hamilton_Facebook_pageA call has gone out through face book for people to support the family of Wayne Hamilton by attending his Inquest scheduled for 10.00 am Monday 30 January at Legal Centre, Watery Street, Sheffield, S3 7ES.

 

Bernard Hogan-Howe Total Policing lecture at LSE this evening

16 January 2012

LSE_logoBy Staff writer
With 70% of the UK's African Caribbean's population living in the capital, this evening Lecture on Total Policing: the future of policing in London by Met Commission Bernard Hogan-Howe is one of major significance to the community.

 

Memorial Lecture: Tottenham; Race, Riots and the Future

13 January 2012

David_Lammy_Tottenham_Riots_August_2011By Ruth Dayspring
Rt Hon David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, will deliver this year's Jim Rose Lecture. He will speak about the challenges he faced during last Summer's riots sparked by the police killing of his constituent Mark Duggan.

 

UFFC petition against deaths in custody launched

23 January 2012

UFFC-peitionbadgegrey-300x118By Staff writer
The UFFC have stepped up calls for an independent judicial inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody with the launch of a new 10 Downing Street petition.

 

Scales of justice found wanting new report shows

19 January 2012

scales_of_justice___By Staff writer
A new report by the Runnymede Trust on Criminal Justice and race exposes the persistent discrimination faced by Britain's ethnic minorities, and in particular black youth, which it can be argued has criminalised a generation.

 

Westminster meeting on reducing reoffending for ethnic minorities

16 January 2012

house_of_commonsWith government figures showing that young men from black and ethnic monitory communities make up a staggering 40% of the population in youth jails, it is hoped that a parliamentary meeting on reducing reoffending planned for this week will go some way to addressing this issue.

 

Campaign to end criminalisation of innocent mental health service users on BBC radio London

14 January 2012

BBC-Radio-London_94.9_FM_-_no_2Black Mental Health UK's campaign to ensure that mental health service users detained under the Mental Health Act do not have their DNA taken in the same way as suspected criminals will be discussed on BBC Radio London from 8.00 – 10.00pm, Sunday 15th October.

 

End collection of innocent mental health service users DNA

12 January 2012

Lord_Henley_1By Staff writer
In an open letter to Lord Henley, Black Mental Health UK, Big Brother Watch and Gene Watch UK have called for changes to made to the Protection of Freedoms Bill to end the practice of taking innocent mental health service users DNA.

 
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