Black Lives Matter UK will be releasing more than £100,000 to black-led organisations across the country by the end of the month, as protesters pledge to build on last year’s anti-racism demonstrations.
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Family waits seven years for answers over the death of Leon Briggs
A family’s seven year wait for answers over the death of Leon Briggs after being taken into police custody has started at an inquest in Milton Keynes. He was detained at Luton police station in 2013.
Mogous Abay (suspicious death) Campaign appeal
Mogous Abay died on 30 June 1990 in suspicious circumstances. His brother, Alemseged, friends and supporters are convinced that Mogous did not commit suicide and they dispute the pathologist’s report.
Update on investigation into Sean Fitzgerald’s death two years on
The investigation in to the shooting of Sean Fitzgerald by police in Coventry is still ongoing – two years after his death. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest as officers carried out a raid on January 4, 2019.
Cherry Groce Foundation : Plans for permanent memorial in Brixton
On the 28th September 1985, witnessed by her children, Cherry Groce was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police. The foundation in here name are planning a new Memorial to be situated in Windrush Square, Brixton.
Just by shopping you can support the National Memorial Family Fund
You can easily help raise money for the Fund simply by doing something that we all do on a regular basis… Our shopping for food, furniture, DIY, garden products, movies, clothing or items via Amazon, eBay and many others.
Death penalty at historic lows despite federal resumption of capital punishment
The number of death sentences and executions dropped to historic lows in 2020, according to a group that tracks data, despite the federal government’s move to resume the death penalty after nearly two decades.
US Architects join movement against capital punishment and torture
As the US President Donald Trump rushed to carry out more federal executions before the end of term, the movements against capital punishment and torture received a boost last week from an unlikely source: architects.
