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No charges for Scottish police over Sheku Bayoh death in custody
Scotlandรขโฌโขs chief prosecutor has decided not to charge any police officers over the death of Sheku Bayoh, a trainee gas engineer who died in custody three years ago.
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Mental health triage scheme recognised internationally
A specialist emergency unit which offers immediate assessments to suspected mental health sufferers in the West Midlands has been recognised internationally – Counterparts from Australia visited the region to learn about best practice.
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Memorial Event: Justice Denied – The Life and Times of Joy Gardner
This memorial event is to mark the 25th Anniversary of the death of Joy Gardner. A screening of the Migrant Media film ‘Justice Denied’ first shown on Channel 4 will be followed by contributions to mark this important date.
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IAP analysis on deaths in custody to March 2018
The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody has published statistical report into deaths in custody รขโฌโ covering the period to March 2018. The report also gives information about incidents of self-harm and assaults in prison.
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UFFC Event – Interrogating State Violence: Custodial Deaths, Justice and Resistance
A conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Families & Friends Campaign will take place on 26 October 2018 in London. The conference aims to bring to focus research on the issue of deaths in custody in the UK.
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Marcia Rigg : Almost ten years without true justice
“I could never have imagined that almost ten years after his death Iรขโฌโขd still be fighting for justice for my brother, Sean Rigg. Towards the end of what I call a รขโฌหcut throat battleรขโฌโข, I have learnt that true justice is unlikely, probably impossible.”
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Benjamin Zephaniah on how Colin Roachรขโฌโขs death sparked a movement 35 years ago
The death of Rashan Charles, and its aftermath, has tragic echoes of the case of Colin Roach. The 21-year-old was shot inside Stoke Newington police station 35 years ago. Benjamin Zephaniah was at the first protest after his death, he tells the Gazette.
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The Sean Rigg Surgery Project launched
The Sean Rigg Project is a monthly police complaint surgery in South London, set up by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence and StopWatch. Volunteer buddies are wanted.
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Families march for justice after deaths in police [and other] custody
The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) held its annual march in central London on Saturday. The event, which commemorates the victims of police and state violence, saw 200 people march from Trafalgar Square to 10 Downing Street.
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Police custody deaths in UK รขโฌหshould be treated like murder inquiryรขโฌโข
Deaths in custody should be investigated with the same urgency as murder inquiries, says a long-awaited report that aims to restore trust in the police. It will be unveiled by home secretary Amber Rudd on Monday following a 15-month delay.