4WardEverUK and Migrant Media have submitted a grant application to the Edge Fund for a project that would essentially be the provision of a sessional role for a National Organiser.
Month: September 2019
Film Review : The Clemency Review LFF 2019
Alfre Woodard gives a career defining turn in Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu’s beautifully understated drama about a death row warden who begins to question her profession after witnessing a botched execution.
Joao Rodrigues to go on trial for Ahmed Timol murder in December
Retired cop Joao Rodrigues, accused of the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, will go on trial in December. The South High court said he will finally be in the dock for the murder of four decades ago.
Eritrea: 28 prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released
The Eritrean government must release the 11 politicians and 17 journalists who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President Isaias Afwerki’s rule, and have never been seen or heard from since, Amnesty International said today.
Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death penalty
Supporters of Rodney Reed point to racial bias and questionable evidence. “He never had a chance.” That’s what Sandra Reed said at the start of a rally at the Texas governor’s mansion calling for a retrial for her son, Rodney Reed.
New evidence of innocence spurs two court filings for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The struggle to free unfairly-convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal took a significant step forward on Sept. 3 when his attorneys submitted two documents to the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
