Aged 18 he committed three violent offences and was convicted. He was told the minimum time he’d be in prison would be three and a half years. But 16 years and 17 jails later he’s still there, “left to rot”, he says.
Human Rights
Black Lives Matter Movement nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politician Petter Eide for mobilising a world-wide fight against inequality and racial injustice.
Black people are being failed by the UK’s equality watchdog, say MP’s
The EHRC is failing to protect Black people’s human rights. The Joint Committee on Human Rights examined racial inequalities in Britain highlighted across health, criminal justice, immigration and democracy.
BLM UK gains legal status and renames as Black Liberation Movement UK
Registration enables campaign group to access donations of £1.2m. Activists from the Black Lives Matter UK campaign have placed their organisation on an official footing, marking it with a change of name.
Former soldiers angered by UK plans for Iraq war crimes ‘amnesty’
Concerns are growing among human rights groups and ex-soldiers about UK government plans for a new law to protect British soldiers from prosecution for any acts of murder or torture committed after the invasion of Iraq.
Mother of boy who died in state custody warned CPS he was in danger
The death of a 3-year-old Fort Worth boy who died Easter Sunday in state custody is being investigated as a murder, and his mother said she warned child welfare workers weeks ago that he was being physically abused.
COVID-19 leaving refugees & asylum seekers trapped between borders
In March the Immigration & Refugee Board of Canada postponed all in-person hearings for asylum claims until at least April. On March 20, the government announced it would close its borders to asylum seekers from other countries.
Book: The Pride of an African Migrant, In Remembrance of Jimmy Mubenga
Buea, Cameroon – A former African asylum seeker in the United Kingdom has authored a book titled ‘‘The Pride of an African Migrant’, which will be released on May 4 by Pierced Rock Press’.
