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G4S guard in dead deportee case shared racist jokes

Tippa Naphtali — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:40:01 +0000

The G4S security guard in charge of restraining an Angolan man who died as he was being deported from Britain was told in court to read out a string of racist jokes he received and forwarded using his mobile phone.

Police watchdog criticised over Sean Rigg custody death investigation

Tippa Naphtali — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:39:17 +0000

An independent review has criticised the way the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) handled an inquiry into the death of a man in custody. Sean Rigg, who had mental health problems, died on August 21 2008 after collapsing in the custody corridor of Brixton Police Station.

British drug company acts to stop its products being used in US executions

Larry Fedja — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:38:54 +0000

A drug manufacturer based in Britain has vowed to add new restrictions to sales of its products in the US after it was revealed that it sold a batch of barbiturate to the Arkansas department of corrections, which intended to use it in executions.

Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan’s trial put back until March 2014

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:38:27 +0000

The trial of extradited British men Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan has been put back until March 2014 due to the size and complexity of trial, it has been reported. The two men were extradited to the US on terror charges in October last year.

Remembering Pauline: Six Years On…

4WardEver UK — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:50:46 +0000

Tippa Naphtali, of 4WardEver and The Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign said; "Pauline was the type of person that if you only ever met once you would be sure never to forget. This had a more worrying connotation for Government officials and departments and authorities within the prison and mental health service, and she became a most forceful and articulate thorn in their side forcing home the message that deaths in the prison and psychiatric system simply had to be addressed."

Film – The Resistance of Others : Urgent Appeal

Zinzi Eka-Naphtali — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:33:52 +0000

After the multi-award winning feature 'Injustice' comes a powerful & poetic cinema documentary about resistance to state brutality. Some films just need to be made. This project is to complete the edit of a cinematic feature documentary on the struggles for justice by families of those who have died in state custody in the UK.

David Schanzer : Guantanamo’s Collapse

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:30:08 +0000

The Department of Defense has requested $170 million to upgrade the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in next year's budget, but no amount of money will repair the government's irrational terrorism detention policy that is collapsing even more quickly than the dilapidated facility in which the hunger striking detainees are housed.

Government announce inquiry into axe murder of Thornton Heath private eye

Larry Fedja — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:28:32 +0000

Home Secretary Theresa May has today announced an independent inquiry into the notorious unsolved murder of a Thornton Heath private detective. A judge-led panel is to scrutinise failed police investigations into the death of 37-year-old Daniel Morgan, who was brutally killed with an axe in a Sydenham pub car park in March 1987.

Met Police attacked for failing mentally ill

Tippa Naphtali — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:27:26 +0000

Scotland Yard was criticised today for a series of failings in dealing with vulnerable people with mental illness. An independent report found “failures in systems, misjudgments or errors by individuals” and “discrimination” by officers that led to the deaths of people with mental health problems.

Met ‘blocks’ quizzing of officers in probe over restraint death

Tippa Naphtali — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:25:33 +0000

Scotland Yard is refusing to allow officers to be questioned under caution over the death of a university student who was forcibly restrained by police at a psychiatric hospital, a watchdog claimed today. University graduate Olaseni Lewis, 23, collapsed and slipped into a coma after he was held down by up to 11 police officers at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham in August 2010.

Privatised justice is no justice at all

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:24:25 +0000

Imagine the following scenario: you're on a protest with thousands of others about something you believe in strongly – against the government going to war, say, or against a massive rise in tuition fees, or because the cuts have left you and many you know in a precarious position.

INQUEST and family response to not guilty verdict on death of Colin Holt

Larry Fedja — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:45:06 +0000

Sharon Holt, Colin Holt’s sister said: “Losing Colin in this way has caused terrible and unnecessary grief for us all. We miss him so much. He was let down by a system that should have been protecting and caring for him. “The evidence we have heard points to basic and unacceptable failures of communication, common sense and care.

On The Web (Issue 28)

Administrator — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:42:09 +0000

The 4WardEver Volunteer Team regularly scan the web and other resources for websites and information that our readers are likely to find of interest. Check out our new selections. If you spot something, let us know via 4WardEver Volunteer Team.

Mortuary managers face prosecution after they gave custody death family the wrong body

Tippa Naphtali — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:25:15 +0000

Three mortuary managers could face prosecution after missing 10 chances to realise they had given the family of a paratrooper who died in custody the wrong body for burial. Christopher Alder's relatives unwittingly buried the body of a 77-year-old woman in 2000.

Deaths in immigration detention on the increase?

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:24:48 +0000

This year, two men have died following their detention in immigration removal centres near Heathrow, and another two people have died in hospital shortly after release from detention in 2012 and 2011. Two deaths of asylum seekers in the first three months of this year is a worrying development.

Scotland Yard let staff ‘resign to avoid justice’

4WardEver UK — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:24:20 +0000

Scotland Yard officers accused of sexual assault, racism and theft have been allowed to resign from the force before facing dismissal and professional disgrace at misconduct hearings, according to new figures out today.

Event: Belfast to host death row exhibit

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:23:47 +0000

The global campaign to save death row inmate Troy Davis - executed in the US in 2011, while still protesting his innocence - has been documented in a photo exhibition to be staged in Belfast. Davis was found guilty of murdering a police officer in Savannah, Georgia, in 1989.

Police constables cleared of allowing mentally ill man to die in front of them

Tippa Naphtali — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:46:40 +0000

Two police officers have been found not guilty of allowing a mentally ill man to die in front of them after detaining him in his home. PCs Maurice Leigh and Neil Bowdery, of Kent Police, both denied misconduct in public office over the death of paranoid schizophrenic Colin Holt.

Brendan Dixon’s family and friends fight on

Zinzi Eka-Naphtali — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:23:25 +0000

Can't say it has been easy for Brendan or his family over the last Eight years with the wrongful conviction still hanging over him, the miscarriage of justice organisation have with the help of his legal team forwarded a submission to the Scottish cases criminal review commission in the hope of having his conviction sent back for appeal.

Attorneys in Trayvon Martin case address media

Kushi Amlak-Sakhu — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:05:01 +0000

Social media have set a precedent in the way the country will engage with high profile cases, the attorneys in the Trayvon Martin shooting case said Saturday at an Associated Press event in Orlando.

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