The case of Child Q and the kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met Police Officer were cited as some of the scandals that have led to the IOPC placing the Metropolitan Police under ‘special measures’.
Read more on The Voice website here
The Met has referred itself to the police watchdog after it identified eight more cases of children being strip-searched by its officers.
The force said the latest referrals involved children aged 14 to 17.
Read more on BBC website here
On 22nd June 2022 the government published the first draft of its Bill of Rights that will see the Human Rights Act scrapped. They intend to increase the right to freedom of speech whilst limiting what they call ‘mission creep’ with what they describe as ‘abuses’ of the human rights legislation. Notably, they aim to alter Article 8 – the ‘right to family life’.
See the Bill of Rights at the government website here
DEMONSTRATE! STOP RWANDA FLIGHTS!
Tue 19 July 9am onwards – rally 1pm to 2pm
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
📢 NO OFFSHORE DETENTION
📢 Scrap the Nationality and Borders Act
Join this urgent protest – on Tuesday 19 July, following the Care4Calais & PCS Union’s legal challenge, the case will go to court again for a hearing to decide whether the Rwanda policy itself is lawful.
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