Wednesday’s Legal Aid demonstration was a resounding success, with over a thousand lawyers, legal professionals and supporters out in Westminster. The meeting that took place in Friends Meeting House afterwards was completely sold out. This video gives a sense of the mood. Susan Matthews’ Speech Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four. Where Next? [...]
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Publicity for anti-victimisation campaign here: StopVictimisationFlyer These can also be picked up at UCU conference in Brighton next week. If you want us to send you some email info@defendtherighttprotest.org Students and workers need your solidarity: Workers and students at the University of Sussex recently undertook a campaign to halt the management’s privatisation and outsourcing of 235 [...]
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Hannah has been at the Jimmy Mubenga inquest these last few days – by all accounts the gall of the G4S officers is appalling. You can read the court transcripts here, but these are Hannah’s observations. Defend the Right to protest has spent time in the public gallery of Jimmy’s Mubengas Inquest this week. The [...]
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For anyone who didn’t get a chance to, its worth taking an hour to watch the documentary screened on the BBC last night that investigated the claims made by the police force over the Hillsborough massacre. The documentary systematically lays out what families of the 96 have been saying for years; that police, lawyers and politicians [...]
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The coverage of the IPCC’s U-turn this weekend has been relatively good, recognizing the ramifications of the decision to reject previous rulings. Channel 4 – Here. Independent/ITV – Here The Observer – here This just makes building the UFFC protest in October more important than ever.
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Questioning in the Jimmy Mubenga inquest has revealed that the guards who restrained Jimmy before his death had shared dozens of racist jokes in text messages. The excuses they make are pretty transparent: When questioned in court, Hughes and Tribelnig said they had not read all the texts, although both had forwarded some of the [...]
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The Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter is rushing through new laws to give the Gardai more powers in advance of the G8 Summit in Fermanagh next month. Citing the ‘threat of terrorism’ as a justification, ministers are pushing for the ability to cut off mobile phone signal in selected areas; yet another use of anti-terrorism [...]
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Defend the Right to Protest have produced some placards for the Legal Aid protest on the 22nd May – next Wednesday. Feel free to print out, share with your friends, put in your window etc, etc. ‘Defend Legal Aid, Defend Justice’ - Here ‘Justice for all, not just for the rich’ - Here The London Criminal Court [...]
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The inquest into Jimmy Mubenga’s death at the hands of Home Office-hired G4S officers began on Monday and has already shown huge inconsistencies in the accounts of those accused. Despite claiming that ‘he had not heard the father of five young children calling for help during the 35 minutes he estimated Mubenga was handcuffed from [...]
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An independent review into the IPCC’s investigation of Sean Rigg’s death in custody has shown systematic errors in the process. As a result the IPCC has admitted it can no longer stand behind their previous decision to clear the officers involved of any responsibility. The turnaround is a devastating condemnation of the IPCC, especially given [...]
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