The UFFC held its annual march in central London on Saturday 26 October 2019. This year the annual event also showed solidarity with simultaneous marches and protests with fellow campaigners that took place in Scotland and France.
Month: October 2019
UFFC helps to raise new funds for National Memorial Family Fund
The UFFC held its annual march in central London in October 2019, and they also helped the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund to raise £180.00 selling promotional badges to over 60 of the people that attended the event.
National Day of Outrage demands justice for Atatiana Jefferson
Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old who was shot and killed earlier this month while in her own home, is just one of many Black women who lost their lives during an encounter with law enforcement.
Ahmed Timol commemorated in historic exhibition and dialogue
Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol has been remembered in a historic exhibition and dialogue at Freedom Park. Timol died in October 1971 after falling from the 10th floor of the then John Vorster Square Police Station.
On Tasers, policing and imagining new responses to violence
With the recent announcement of Tasers being made more widely available for use by the police in the UK, black feminist organiser and Global Health postgraduate Sarah Lasoye argues that the health community must take notice.
48 years after his murder, Ahmed Timol to finally get commemoration
Ahmed Timol to be commemorated. In a press statement, the Ahmed Timol Trust said it would be hosting a “historic” exhibition and dialogue in his honour, ahead of the anniversary of his death.
Families face injustice over legal aid for inquests, campaigners say
Grieving families are facing a “shocking” injustice when trying to get legal aid funding for the inquest of a loved one who died in state care, campaigners claims.
Film – Justice for Joy : Who has the Windrush scandal ignored?
Channel 4 Television presents special documentaries – from 1995 – examining the death of Joy Gardner in 1993 and the subsequent public campaign that culminated in the trial at the Old Bailey of those accused of causing her death.
