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The United Families & Friends Campaign is a coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who are killed in secure psychiatric hospitals.

* No annual rally in 2009 *

Would normally assemble at 1pm at Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London
Procession along Whitehall followed by protest at Downing Street
Nearest tube: Charing Cross

Watch this page for details!

See the report on the petition to 10 Downing Street >

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Key Demands:

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  Deaths in police custody must be investigated by a body that is genuinely independent of the police, unlike the recently established ‘Independent’ Police Complaints Commission.’

• Prison deaths must be subject to a system of properly funded investigation that is completely independent of the Prison Service.

• Officers involved in custody deaths be suspended until investigations are completed.

• Prosecutions of officers should automatically follow ‘unlawful killing’ verdicts at inquests.

• Officers responsible for deaths should face criminal charges, even if retired.

• Police forces are made accountable to the communities that they serve.

• Legal Aid and full disclosure of information be made to the relatives of the victims.

UFFC Rally & Procession – Oct 2006 >

Over 200 people turned up at the annual London event to remember and demand justice for those who have been killed in police custody, prisons and mental health institutions.

UFFC Rally & Procession – Oct 2008 >

The Annual United Families & Friends Campaign commemorating 10 years of struggle! Hundreds of people have died in custody in Britain over the last 30+ years. A disproportionate number of these were African-Caribbean men.

UFFC Gathering – Oct 2009 >

Families of those that have died in police, prison and psychiatric custody held their Annual Remembrance Procession on Saturday 31st October 2009. Although numbers were small as there was no official organising of this, the 11th year of the march,families that attended were determined to continue.

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“The greatest weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the minds of the oppressed themselves“

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