Civil Protest

4WardEver UK

UFFC 20th Anniversary conference and rally (held October 2018)

UFFC Annual Rally London 2016 - Image credit INQUEST
Akala Supports Families @ UFFC Conference – Image credit : Natasha Thompson (INQUEST)

source: Tippa Naphtali
published: 2 November 2018

This year the United Families marked the 20th year of the annual rally and protest by also holding a conference on 26 October, followed by the rally on 27 October from Trafalgar Square to 10 Downing Street.

The conference entitled Interrogating State Violence: Custodial Deaths, Justice and Resistance, was a co-production by the Centre for Research on Race and Law, United Families & Friends Campaign, Migrant Media and 4WardEverUK.

Over 250 people attended the conference held at The Light, Friends House in Euston London. It was opened by Akala (BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, writer and social entrepreneur, Supporter of UFFC), with a powerful statement on social justice and progression which earned him a standing ovation.

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4WardEver UK

Families march for justice after deaths in police [and other] custody

UFFC Annual Rally 2017
Image Credit : Khushbu Hussain

source: Socialist Worker
published: 28 October 2017

The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) held its annual march in central London on Saturday [28 October 2017].

The event, which commemorates the victims of police and state violence, saw 200 people march from Trafalgar Square to 10 Downing Street. It comes after a summer which saw several men—including Rashan Charles, Edson DaCosta and Darren Cumberbatch die after contact with the police.

Every year new families join people who have been fighting for decades.

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4WardEver UK

UFFC Annual Rally & Procession 2017 (19 years on)

UFFC Bereaved Families Speak Out
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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 are killed in immigration detention and secure psychiatric hospitals in the UK.

Assemble 29 October 2017, 12Noon at Trafalgar Square for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street.

Every year since 1999, the UFFC holds its annual remembrance procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street to remember loved ones who have died in custody.

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