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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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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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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.
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UFFC Annual Rally & Procession 2017 (19 years on)
source: UFFC published: 9 October 2017 Join us for this years annual remembrance procession which takes place on Saturday 28 October 2017. The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) is a national coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who…
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Families of people who died in police custody failed by system รขโฌโ report
source: The Guardian published: 4 September 2017 A long-awaited unpublished official report into deaths in police custody says families who have lost loved ones have been failed by the system and recommends far-reaching reforms to the police, justice system and health service, the Guardian has learned. The report, ordered by Theresa May in 2015 while…