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Public meeting on black deaths in custody

A public meeting on the issue of black deaths in custody will be held at the London School of Economics Students Union (LSE SU), The Quad, East Building, London, School of Economics Students Union London WC2A 2AE.

Time: 6.30-9.00pm

Date: Wednesday 26 October 2011.

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By David Mery                    August 2010
The European Court of Human Rights ruling against the use of Section 44 powers  led to the Home Secretary Theresa May  to remind officers that 'instead [of relying on section 44], they will have to rely on section 43 powers, which require officers to reasonably suspect the person to be a terrorist.'

By Olu Alake                                  April 2010

‘As this is going to be such a tight election, as many as 100 marginal seats across the UK can be settled by the black vote - yes, that means your vote can determine who gets to sit in 10 Downing Street for the next four years,' Olu Alake president of 100 Black Men of London says. 

By Melba Wilson                               April 2009
'Many readers of the Black Mental Health UK website may be familiar with the background and genesis of the Delivering Race Equality in Mental Heathcare programme (DRE).

July 2008
The difficulties anyone faces having their DNA removed from the National Criminal Database in comparison to the ease with which half the male population of the black community have found themsleves on it could not be more stark.

'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'

21 January 2008

In a society where we are given to believe that the sanctity of human life is paramount, and every citizen is considered innocent until proven guilty, the Ministry of Justice's publication of the exponential rise in alleged prison suicides, raises questions about how much our society values human life.

There are very few who aren't familiar with the old adage you are what you eat and the same principle must apply to a large extend to what you read.  The word as a man thinketh in his heart so is he - still rings true .