At long last The Cherry Groce Foundation will be unveiling the Cherry Groce Memorial on Sunday 25 April 11am to 12noon with the actual unveiling taking place between 11.45pm and 12noon.
Tag: Campaigners
George Floyd case reignites calls to tackle racial injustice in UK policing
The conviction of a US police officer for murdering George Floyd has reignited calls to tackle racial injustice in British law enforcement, with campaigners calling for an end to a “culture of impunity”.
Nevada Assembly approves death penalty abolition bill
The Nevada Assembly passed a bill that would abolish the death penalty and convert all capital sentences to life without parole. Several similar bills have been floated before, but never made it out of committee.
No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
In October 2020 reporters filed a complaint with the Swedish prosecutor for international crimes, accusing Eritrea’s President and other officials of holding the journalist Dawit Isaak incommunicado since 2001.
The National Memorial Family Fund – Ambitious plans for the future!
The National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund has unveiled some ambitious plans for the future. It is hoped that the new initiatives will be rolled out over the next 3 years.
Police and correctional services deny racism, but Aboriginal’s still dying
On March 2, a 35-year-old Aboriginal man died at the Longbay Correctional Centre prison hospital in Sydney. Three days later, a 44-year-old Indigenous woman died at Silverwater Correctional Facility.
Birmingham mental health unit suicide ‘didn’t need to happen’
The family of a woman who was the seventh person in as many years to take her own life by the same means at units run by an NHS mental health trust said it “shouldn’t have happened”.
Imprisonment for Public Protection jail terms ‘a death sentence’
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.
