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Alison Leslie has been a volunteer with 4WardEver UK since it was set up. She assists with researching information and submitting them for inclusion on the website and other on-line resources developed by 4WardEver and its associate organisations. 4WardEver UK was launched in 2005 by Tippa Naphtali the cousin of Mikey Powell, who died in the custody of West Midlands police, Birmingham, UK in September 2003.

Sprejeli v bolnišnico zaradi depresije - Dva tedna kasneje je bil mrtev Jonathan Malia

Admitted to hospital for depression – two weeks later Jonathan Malia was dead

Jonathan Andel Malia, an otherwise-healthy father-of-one from Bartley Green, Birmingham, voluntarily attended hospital on 4 January after struggling with depression. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and transferred…

23/02/2013No CommentPreberite več

Ta določa gole težave, ki jih pridržanih črnim

This lays bare the problems faced by detained black men

While by no means an exclusively black issue, the cases of Kingsley Burrell-Brown, Sean Rigg, Olaseni Lewis, Fitz Hicks, Mikey Powell, Roger Sylvester and now Jonathan Andel have highlighted the…

23/02/2013No CommentPreberite več

Trayvon’s mother speaks out on guns and death

This year thousands died because of senseless violence and irresponsibility. With the most recent events that provoked the president to tears on national television, the discussion about safety and gun…

27/12/2012No CommentPreberite več

Do we send too many women to prison?

"We've been asked by the Prison Reform Trust (@prtUK) to find out what Mumsnetters think about women and prison. Več 10,000 women were imprisoned in England and Wales in 2011,…

06/12/2012No CommentPreberite več

Support for end to California death penalty surges

Voter support for a ballot measure to repeal California's death penalty has jumped dramatically, though not enough to ensure its passage, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has found.…

01/11/2012No CommentPreberite več

Extradited Briton Christopher Tappin agrees plea deal

The retired British businessman Christopher Tappin has agreed a plea bargain deal with US prosecutors that his family hopes will guarantee his "swift and safe return" to the UK. Tappin,…

01/11/2012No CommentPreberite več

Prison deaths rising as cutbacks take effect

Nick Hardwick, in his annual report, says there has been a general improvement in jail conditions, with many prisons responding positively to the government's "rehabilitation revolution", but progress has been…

23/10/2012No CommentPreberite več

Starši Trayvon Martina začela sklad za boj proti stand-your-zemlja zakonov

Trayvon Martin’s parents launch fund to fight stand-your-ground laws

The parents of Trayvon Martin have launched a website and a political action committee aimed at fighting the proliferation of stand-your-ground laws. "We need your help to change the laws…

21/10/2012No CommentPreberite več