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
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Bill Of Rights published as Human Rights Act to be scrapped
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 […]
Nationality and Borders Bill comes into effect tomorrow: 28th June 2022
Refugees Welcome ! National Day of Action ! Join the protest on Tuesday 28th June 17.30 pm outside the Home Office ! 2 Marsham Steet SW1P 4DF. on 28th June the Nationality and Borders Bill will come into effect , removing the human rights of refugees and creating a cruel 2-tier system. Say No ! […]
Stop Rwanda Flights: Tues 19th July 2022@ Royal Courts of Justice
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 […]
Hertfordshire teenager arrested on suspicion of far-right terrorism
A teenage boy from Hertfordshire as been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence. The 17-year-old was arrested at an address in the county on Tuesday on suspicion of encouraging terrorism. The investigation relates to alleged offences linked to extreme right-wing terrorism, the Metropolitan Police said. Read full article on Standard website here
First Rwanda flight fails to leave today after EHRC intervention
The flight due to leave from a military airfield to Rwanda with only a handful of asylum seekers this evening, 14th June will not be leaving today. Read about the final legal challenge from the EHRC that led to the Home Office announcing that the flight will not be leaving today on the BBC website […]
Cardiff says no to a sculpture honouring Marconi, “fascist, racist, and anti-Semite.” By Alfio Bernabei
The news that a sculpture honouring Guglielmo Marconi, the “father of radio”, could be abandoned after Cardiff councillors learned of his support for Mussolini has been greeted with relief by Italian antifascists. The fascists, as expected, are incandescent with rage. Eead article on ANPI London Facebook page by Alfio Bernabei here
Man arrested after alleged attack on mosque in Grangetown, Cardiff
The incident on Monday has left worshippers scared about prospective future attacks on the mosque Read more on Wales online here
UK’s first Rwanda deportation flight given go-ahead by High Court
Campaigners ‘disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’ after bid to stop Tuesday’s flight fails Read more at The Independent website here
200 protesters block immigration officers’ van during Peckham arrest
A man arrested for immigration offences was released on bail after protesters gathered in south-east London on Saturday for hours to block a van he was being transported in from leaving. Read at The Guardian website here
UK accused of attempting to deport children to Rwanda
Charities claim asylum seekers under 18 being classed as adults under Home Office age assessments Read full article on The Guardian website here
National Action: Swansea Nazi Alex Davies jailed
A 27-year-old man described in court as a Nazi has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for being a member of a banned fascist group. – BBC website Alex Davies, of Swansea, was a member of National Action (NA) after it was outlawed in December 2016. A jury found him guilty after it heard NA had […]
First Rwanda deportation flight to leave UK on 14 June, says Priti Patel
Group of asylum seekers sent formal notices advising they will be relocated to east African country, say officials There remain few details about the numbers of people expected to be sent to Rwanda in this first flight, and how they have been identified. Officials said those who will be removed are already in detention, while […]
Asylum seekers stage hunger strike as UK prepares Rwanda deportation
Asylum seekers at an immigration detention centre in the UK say they went on hunger strike after being told they would be deported to Rwanda. Seventeen asylum seekers at Brook House detention centre near Gatwick Airport, Sussex, have told the BBC of an atmosphere of distress and despair among detainees. Read more on BBC website […]
Third Met Police child strip-search case investigated
The police watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the strip-search of a third child by the Met Police, after two other controversial cases. Two teenage girls, known as Child Q and Olivia, were strip-searched by officers while they were menstruating. Acting Commissioner Sir Stephen House said last week there was a further case but he […]
Poles who celebrated Hitler’s birthday convicted of promoting fascism
Six people who were filmed celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday while wearing Nazi uniforms and saluting in front of a burning swastika have been found guilty of promoting fascism. The group were all given suspended prison sentences, a punishment prosecutors argue is too light. Read more on Notes from Poland website here
Ray Hill obituary: The Guardian
Ray Hill, anti-fascist activist, born 2 December 1939; died 14 May 2022 Former neo-Nazi activist who changed course and threw himself into campaigning against racism and rightwing extremism Read full obituary at The Guardian website here
A tangled web of fascists, fugitives and secret ops – Alfio Bernabei reports
The trial and investigation into the 1980 Bologna bombing has unearthed unholy alliances and revealed that those involved in the terrorist atrocity were not the first fascists to arrive in London to escape justice Read the latest article from Alfio Bernabei from the Spring 2022 issue of Searchlight click here 16 SL Spring 2022_Italy_v2
Ray Hill – giant of the anti-fascist movement
‘Insider’ who wreaked havoc in the ranks of the far right and who will be much missed by his comrades Read The Morning Star obituary to Ray Hill by Andy Bell here
BBC Radio London remembers Ray Hill
Ray Hill remembered on BBC Radio London on Robert Elms on Sunday 22nd May 2022. Link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c3ywgl. Starts about 70 minutes in at 10.10am