Black Deaths in Custody
Deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody since 1978. We list below those deaths of black and minority ethnic individuals which have taken place in prison, police or hospital custody and which have given rise to concern because of unexplained or mysterious circumstances surrounding those deaths and / or allegations of maltreatment, dereliction of duty or brutality.
Each entry in this list contains the following details: Name, Age, Date of death, Category code , Circumstances surrounding death, Inquest verdict. Catgeory codes: Po: Police; Pr: Prisons, Young Offenders Institutes, Remand Centres; Ps: Psychiatric Hospitals.
Michael Ferreira, 19, 10/12/78, Po, Died in Stoke Newington police station after being stabbed in a racist attack, Inquest verdict unknown
S. Singh Grewal, 40, 02/08/79, Po, Died in Southall police station, Inquest verdict unknown
Henry Floyd, 26, 23/08/79, Po, Found hanged in cell of West End Central police station, Suicide
John Eshiett, 26, 24/10/79, Pr, Died in Brixton prison while awaiting trial, Inquest verdict unknown
Richard Campbell, 19, 31/03/80, Pr, Died of de-hydration after being force fed and large quantities of drugs in Ashford remand centre, Death by self neglect because of inadequate medical facilities
Leroy Gordon, 20, August 80, Po, Died in Pershore police station after crowd suspecting him of robbery-sat on him, Asphyxiation due to compression of the neck
Winston Rose, 27, 13/07/81, Po, Died in police van after being restrained by police officers taking him to psychiatric hospital, Unlawful killing at the hands of the police
Shohik Meah, 43, 06/11/81, Po, Died in Thornhill Road police station - Birmingham, Inquest verdict unknown
Paul Worrell, 21, 12/01/82, Pr, A suicide risk; was found hanged in Brixton prison after obtaining the materials to kill himself, Open verdict
Changa Singh, 60, 25/03/82, Po, Died of alcoholic poisoning in Cathay Park police station, Misadventure
Franklyn Lee, 20, September 1982, Po, According to the police died of injuries sustained during a burglary, Inquest verdict unknown
Simeon Collins, 17, 10/12/82, Po, Died of acute injuries to liver and spleen day after being arrested by City Road police, Accidental death
Colin Roach, Age unknown, 12/01/83, Po, Died of gunshot wound sustained while he was in Stoke Newington police station, Suicide
James Ruddock, 44, 14/02/83, Po, Died after being denied treatment for diabetes and sickle cell for 12 hours in Kensington police station, Natural causes attributed to self neglect
Nicholas Ofusu, 31, 06/05/83, Po, Death by misadventure
Mathew Paul, 19, 06/05/83, Po, Found hanged in Leman Street police station, Suicide due to lack of care
Leslie George Singh, Age unknown, 06/12/83, Pr, Fell from 4th floor of Hammersmith hospital after being transferred from Wormwood Scrubs, Inquest verdict unknown
Michael Dean Martin, Age unknown, 06/07/84, ?, ?, Accidental death aggravated by lack of care
Curtis Marsh, 27, 21/10/84, Pr, A suicide risk who hanged himself inside Brixton prison, Suicide
Chittaranjan Joshi, Age unknown, 02/01/85, Pr, Found hanged in his cell while on remand in Pentonville, Suicide
Harold Roberts, Age unknown, 11/03/85, Ps, Suicide
James Hall, Age unknown, 30/03/85, Po, Inquest verdict unknown
John Mikkelson, 34, 15/07/85, Po, Unlawful killing; after police appeal verdict changed to death by misadventure
Cynthia Jarrett, Age unknown, 06/10/85, Po, Accidental death
Keith Hicks, 34, 1986, Pr, A schizophrenic epileptic who died in Brixton prison, Misadventure
Anthony Lloyd Powell, 18, February 1986, Ps, A schizophrenic, died after being given an injection of modecate, Open verdict
Stephen Bogle, 27, 12/08/86, Po, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Donald Chambers, 29, 11/09/86, Ps, Death by misadventure
Anwar Kureshi, Age unknown, 06/10/86, Pr, An obvious suicide risk - managed to hang himself in Brixton prison while on remand, Suicide
Caiphas Lemard, Age unknown, 08/10/86, Po, Non-dependent drug abuse aggravated by lack of care
Akhtar Moghul, 47, 27/01/87, Pr, Died in Holloway prison while on remand - spoke no English and was allegedly denied medical treatment for a heart condition, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Clinton McCurbin, Age unknown, 20/02/87, Po, Death by misadventure
Ahmed Katangole, 24, 23/03/87, Pr, A suicide risk was found hanged in his cell at Pentonville, Suicide aggravated by official indifference and lack of care
Jasbir Singh Rai, 32, 23/04/87, Pr, Found hanged in Wakefield prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Nenneh Jalloh, Age unknown, 24/04/87, Po, Death by misadventure
Mohammed Parkit, 50, 01/05/87, Po, Open verdict
Anachu Osita, 28, 18/05/87, Pr, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Tunay Hassan, 25, 26/06/87, Po, Drug dependency aggravated by lack of care
John Ryan, 24, July 1987, Pr, Died in Winson Green hospital, 3 days after being admitted suffering from dehydration, had been seen drinking his own urine, Death by lack of care
Terence Brown, 35, August 1987, Ps, Open verdict
Anthony Mahony, 24, 19/08/87, Pr, Died almost naked in a strip cell in Brixton prison; had a history of mental illness, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Mark Ventour, Age unknown, 24/09/87, Po, Asphyxia caused by chewing gum in throat
Joseph Palombella, 40, October 1987, Po, Inquest verdict unknown
Femi Adelaja, 36, February 19, Pr, Died of a heart condition in a cell at Old Bailey; was denied treatment for sarcoidosis of the heart, Inquest verdict unknown
Samuel Carew, 22, 05/02/88, Pr, Killed himself in Brixton prison's hospital wing, Suicide
Armando Belonia, Age unknown, 16/03/88, Pr, Died of pneumonia in locked hospital wing of Wandsworth prison, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Bahader Singh, 26, 13/05/88, Pr, Died in India hours after leaving Barlinnie jail where he had suffered physical and racial abuse, Inquest verdict unknown
Oakley Ramsey, 25, June 1988, Po, Inquest verdict unknown
Kelroy Briscoe, 32, 20/06/88, Pr, Hanged himself in Wormwood Scrubs, Inquest verdict unknown
Joseph Watts, 30, 23/08/88, Ps, Accidental death
Derek Buchanan, 19, 04/09/88, Po, Drowning
Sajjan Atwal, 36, 04/09/88, Pr, Hanged himself in Winson Green; was a suicide risk and had made other attempts on his life, Lack of care - verdict was quashed and a new verdict recorded of suicide due to lack of care
Martin Richmond, 30, 04/12/88, Pr, Found hanged in Brixton prison, Open verdict
Wayne Tombison, Age unknown, December 88, Pr, Found hanged in Wandsworth prison, Inquest verdict unknown
David 'Duke' Daley, 44, February 1989, Po, Open verdict
Nicholas Bramble, 17, March 1989, Po, Accidental death
Vincent Graham, 40, July 1989, Po, Inquest verdict unknown
Jamie Stewart, 22, 02/07/89, Po, Death by misadventure due to excessive overdose of cocaine
Edwin Carr, 39, 12/07/89, Po, Inquest verdict unknown
Mr Romany, Age unknown, October 1989, Pr, Found dead in Chanings Wood prison; other prisoners said his screaming for a day and a night had been ignored, Inquest verdict unknown
Siho Iyugiven, 27, 05/10/89, Pr, Kurdish asylum seeker set himself alight in Harmondsworth detention centre after being refused asylum, Misadventure
Germain Alexander, Age unknown, 06/12/89, Pr, Died after being removed to strip cell in Brixton; had bruising all over his body, Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
Kimpua Nsimba, 24, 15/06/90, Pr, Zairean asylum-seeker found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre; no-one had spoken to him in over 4 days, Suicide
Oliver Pryce, 30, 24/07/90, Po, Unlawful killing
Aslam Khan, 29, 12/10/90, Pr, Hanged himself while on remand in Brixton, Inquest verdict unknown
Edwin Robinson, 28, 30/11/90, Pr, A suicide risk with a psychotic illness hanged himself in Brixton prison, Killed himself because of lack of care
Delroy McKnight, 29, 19/01/91, Pr, Cut his own throat with glass from cell window and bled to death in Wandsworth prison, Killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed and death was contributed to by lack of care
Vandana Patel, 21, 29/04/91, Po, Died after being stabbed in DVU in Stoke Newington police station, Inquest verdict unknown
Kwaku Ohene, 30, 13/06/91, Pr, Had mental problems and committed suicide in hospital wing of Swaleside, Death aggravated by lack of care
Ian Gordon, 24, 12/08/91, Po, Psychiatric patient shot dead by Telford police, Lawful killing
Orville Blackwood, 31, 28/08/91, Ps, Died after being given injection of 'calming' drugs in secure unit at Broadmoor, Accidental death; on appeal to High Court by Orville's family, verdict quashed and a verdict of accidental death recorded again
Omasase Lumumba, 32, 08/10/91, Pr, Died of a 'heart attack' while being 'controlled and restrained' by 6 guards in Pentonville, Unlawfully killed using improper methods and excessive force in the process of control and restraint
Arthur Allison, 50, 1992, Po, Died four days after being arrested by Leicester police, Inquest verdict unknown
Melita Crawford, 24, 03/01/92, Pr, Had mental problems and was found dead while on remand at Risley, Misadventure
Mark Fletcher, 21, 08/01/92, Ps, Detained under the Mental Health act and died in All Saints psychiatric hospital after being given an injection in his spine, Cardiac arrest
Munir Yusef Mojothi, 26, June 1992, Ps, Died of overdose in Clifton hospital after being given 2 injections of droperidol, Lack of care
Jerome Scott, 27, 23/06/92, Ps, Collapsed and died on the way to hospital in a police van after being given two injections, Therapeutic misadventure
Errol Commock, 24, 03/07/92, Pr, A known suicide risk committed suicide in hospital wing of Winson Green, Suicide
James Segawa, 28, 28/08/92, Pr, HIV+ asylum-seeker died in Belmarsh after officials refused to believe he was ill, Inquest verdict unknown
Ian Francis, 28, 05/09/92, Pr, Died of blood poisoning twelve days after injuring himself at Send prison, Death by natural causes
Leon Patterson, 32, 21/11/92, Po, Died while on remand at Stockport police station, Unlawful killing verdict was overturned in 1994 and changed to 'Misadventure to which neglect contributed'
Nadeem Younus, 21, 04/12/92, Pr, Died of an overdose in little Hay prison after obtaining paracetamol tablets from the hospital, Open verdict
Randhir Showpal, 43, 19/12/92, Po, Died in Norbury police station after being detained under the Mental Health Act, Misadventure
Warren Jones, 26, 01/01/93, Pr, Found hanged in Leicester prison, Suicide
Adejare Akinbiyi, 30, 10/03/93, Pr, Died after suffering a succession of severe asthma attacks in Belmarsh, Accidental death brought about by lack of care
Turan Pekoz, 43, 16/03/93, Pr, Died after setting himself alight in Quest House immigration centre (Croydon), Misadventure
Joy Gardner, 40, 01/08/93, Po, Died after being arrested by 'specialist' officers from the Extradition Unit of the Met; was gagged with 13 feet of tape, Inquest adjourned till trial of officers involved, officers later acquitted
Rupert Marshall, 29, 30/01/94, Ps, Died in Horton psychiatric hospital after being injected with an anti-psychotic drug, Inquest verdict unknown
Kwanele Siziba, 27, 27/04/94, Po, Fell 150 feet to her death, attempting to flee what she believed were immigration officials, Misadventure
Carl Owens, 22, 31/05/94, Pr, Died while on remand of a methadone OD in segregation unit of Brixton prison, Misadventure
O. Akinbobola, 24, 26/06/94, Pr, Found hanged in cell at Woodhill prison; had protested innocence and had gone on hunger strike, Suicide
Mark Harris, 31, 10/07/94, Po, Found hanged after arrested by Bristol police officers, Open verdict
Jonathan Weekes, Age unknown, 10/08/94, Ps, Died in Chase Farm hospital, Natural causes - pneumonia
Shkander Singh, 37, 19/09/94, Po, Died in Stewart Street police station (Glasgow); Had been heard shouting and crying in cell but was ignored, Heart Failure
Norman Manning, 26, 29/09/94, Pr, Stabbed to death by inmates in Long Lartin prison in November 1997, 41-year-old Frederick Low was convicted of Norman's murder
Joseph Nnalue, 31, 23/10/94, Po, Died after falling from balcony in flat in Stockwell - police and immigration officials wee calling at his flat at the time, Accidental death
Tyrone Wilson, 34, 18/11/94, Po, Died 18 days after police were called to his flat in Ipswich, Inquest verdict unknown
Oluwashiji Lapite, 34, 16/12/94, Po, Died during a struggle with police officers from Stoke Newington police station, Unlawful Killing. In June 1998 the CPS reaffirmed its decision not to prosecute the officers involved.
Mark Holness, 28, 14/01/95, Pr, Found hanged in his cell at Whitemoor prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Lungile Simelane, 27, 06/05/95, Pr, Found hanged in her cell at Holloway prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Brian Douglas, 33, 08/05/95, Po, Died 8 days after being restrained with new batons by Clapham police officers, Misadventure
Dajin George, 26, 05/06/95, Ps, A schizophrenic died after falling 15 floors from a flat in Leyton, was meant to be under supervision by hospital staff, Inquest verdict unknown
Mohammed Massaquoi, 22, August 1995, Pr, Found hanged in his cell at Highdown prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Muttavel Vasanthan, 25, 25/08/95, Pr, Sri Lankan asylum seeker found hanged in his cell at Norwich prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Peter Williams, 19, 31/08/95, Pr, Found hanged in his cell at Aylesbury YOI, Inquest verdict unknown
Raja Khan, 24, 05/10/95, Pr, Found hanged in his cell at Mount prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Denis Stevens, 29, 18/10/95, Pr, Found dead in punishment block of Dartmoor prison; had been restrained in a body belt for 24 hours, Accidental death - December 1997, despite appeal to Court of appeal by family who wanted verdict of unlawful killing, coroner would not allow this, family boycotted resumed inquest
Brian Augustine, Age unknown, 30/10/95, Pr, Found hanged in his cell at Pentonville prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Kenneth Severin, 25, 26/11/95, Pr, Found dead in his cell at Bellmarsh after being restrained face down by 8 guards, Open verdict
Wayne Douglas, 25, 05/12/95, Po, Died in Brixton police station, Accidental death
Alton Manning, 33, 09/12/95, Pr, Died after being forcibly restrained by 8 guards at Blakenhurst (private) prison, Unlawful killing. In March 1999 the CPS decided not to prosecute the officers involved in his death, saying that there was no realistic prospect of obtaining a conviction
Newton White, 33, January 1996, Ps, Drowned in bath at Denis Hill Unit of Maudesley hospital, Open verdict
Noorjahan Begum, 35, 15/03/96, Po, Died after falling from balcony of flat where she was living; two immigration officials were calling at the flat at the time, Accidental death
Ibrahima Sey, 29, 16/03/96, Po, Died after being sprayed (while handcuffed) with CS spray in Ilford police station, Unlawful killing. In October 1998 the CPS decided that thare was not enough evidence to prosecute the officers involved in his death.
Ziya Bitirim, 47, April 96, Po, Died after collapsing and vomiting during his arrest, Accidental death
Donovan Williams, 36, April 96, Po, Died after collapsing in his cell during a search in Peckham police station, Accidental death
Dominic Otoo, 19, 22/05/96, Pr, Found dead in Hindley remand centre, Natural Causes
Ahmed El Gammal, 33, 13/8/96, Po, Died after struggling with police from Leyton police station, Inquest verdict unknown
Fred Tokunpor Akiyemi, 46, 4/10/96, Po, Died after falling from 5th floor of flat; Peckham police were calling at his flat at the time, Inquest verdict unknown
Veron Cowan, 32, October/November 1996, Ps, Died in secure unit of Blackberry Hill hospital, Natural Causes
George Bosie Davies, 36, 7/10/96, Po, Died in Marylebone police station after being arrested on suspicion of being drunk, Inquest verdict unknown
Oscar Okoye, 53, 11/11/96, Po, Died 5 months after being arrested by Streatham police on suspicion of being drunk, Natural causes
Herbert Gabbidon, 68, 10/01/97, Po, Died while in the custody of Walsall police who were deporting him back to Jamaica, Inquest verdict unknown
Peter Austin, 30, 30/01/97, Po, Found hanged in Brentford magistrates court, Lack of care contributed to accidental death
Ronnie Clarke, 38, 06/03/97, Pr, Found unconscious in cell at Wellingborough; taken to Kettering hospital where he died without regaining consciousness, Inquest verdict unknown
Abel Mukuna, 39, 12/03/97, Pr, Died in Greenwich hospital five days after being admitted from Belmarsh, Inquest verdict unknown
Marlon Downes, 20, 23/03/97, Po, Found hanged in cell of Harlesden police station, Open verdict
Peter San Pedro, 25, 3/04/97, Po, Died after walking into path of lorry hours after being arrested and sprayed with CS spray, Open verdict (December 98)
Lytton Shannon, 36, 1/05/97, Po, Collapsed and died after being arrested by Wolverhampton police, Inquest verdict unknown
Jason Sebastian, 23, 19/09/97, Pr, Found hanged in Belmarsh following 4 day segregation as punishment, Open verdict
Elliott Mitchell, 20, 26/02/98, Pr, Found hanged in Reading remand centre, Inquest verdict unknown
Christopher Alder, 37, 1/04/98, Po, Died after being arrested by Hull police; dragged to the station; placed on floor face down and handcuffed. In June 2002 a judge ordered the jury to clear 5 police officers charged with manslaughter and misconduct in public office charges because of conflicting evidence on how he died, Unanimous unlawful killing verdict
David Bennett, 38, 31/10/98, Ps, Died after being restrained face down for over 20 minutes by at least three nurses at the Norvic Clinic (Norwich), Accidental death aggravated by neglect; coroner made six recommendations
Patrick Louis, Age unknown, 2/11/98, Po, Died in the custody of Plumstead police who arrested him for being drunk and incapable, Inquest verdict unknown
Roger Sylvester, 30, 18/01/99, Po, Died 7 days after being restrained by police in Tottenham, Inquest verdict unknown
Robert Allotey, 37, 24/01/99, Po, Collapsed and died after being arrested by Wolverhampton police, Inquest verdict unknown
Paul Jemmott, Age unknown, 3/05/99, Pr, Attempted suicide by hanging at Aylesbury YOI and died five days later in hospital, Inquest verdict unknown
Leon Marshall, Age unknown, 15/07/99, Po, Died in hospital two days after being arrested for drugs related offences; officers were aware he had swallowed drugs but failed to take him to hospital, Accidental death
Spencer Weston, 21, 8/99, Po, Died after being hit by a car during a police chase. Spencer was involved in a fight in Leicester city centre between black and white youths and suffered head injuries from a racist attack. Chased by police wanting to make an arrest, he received fatal injuries after falling in the path of a passing car. The inquest into his death in May 2003 recorded a narrative verdict that 'Spencer James Weston received fatal multiple injuries when he was hit by a motor car. At the time of the road traffic collision the deceased had evidence of MDMA (Ecstasy) at a concentration of 66 milligrams per litre and quite high levels of alcohol in his blood. He had also been seen a few minutes prior to the collision to run from the scene of a public order disturbance, with a head injury of unknown severity. The head injury, together with the alcohol and ecstasy, may have impaired his judgement.'
Sarah Thomas (aka Lai Hong Cheng), 34, 6/08/99, Po, Died in hospital two days after collapsing in Stoke Newington police station, Inquest verdict unknown
Ertan Uzan, 25, 14/12/99, Pr, Found hanged in his cell in Brixton prison, Inquest verdict unknown
Mr. Benmerabet, 42, 3/1/00, Po, Algerian Mr. Benmerabet collapsed outside the Atomics nightclub in Kent; Kent police were called to assist the ambulance service but deny restraint was used, Inquest verdict unknown
Asif Dad, 26, 16/1/00, Po, Died in the custody of Chelmsford police; according to the police, Asif was arrested after they were called to a disturbance in the street and he collapsed and died after a struggle, Inquest verdict unknown
Robertas Grabys, 49, 24/1/00, Pr, Lithuanian asylum-seeker hanged himself at Harmondsworth detention centre, Inquest verdict unknown
Keita Craig, Age unknown, 1/02/00, Pr, Suffered with mental health problems; took his own life in Wandsworth prison, Killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed. February 2001 - High Court orders new inquest after judicial review of the verdict. New inquest in October 2001 finds the same verdict but adds a rider that neglect was a contributory factor to the death.
Zahid Mubarek, 19, 23/3/00, Pr, Victim of a racist attack in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders Institute; he was just 12 hours from being released; the attack left Zahid with massive head injuries and he died five days later, His assailant, his cellmate, 19-year-old Robert Joseph Stewart, was jailed for life for his murder in November 2000
Edita Pommel, 20, 5/5/00, Pr, Edita Pommel was found hanged in HMP Brockhill; she had complained about racial harassment from a prison officer; her death is now the source of an investigation being carried out by West Mercia police, Inquest verdict unknown
Cheryl Simone Hartman, Age unknown, 18/6/00, Pr, Cheryl was found hanged in her cell at Holloway Prison; Cheryl had a history of mental illness and had asked to go to prison for medical help, Open verdict
Sultan Khan, 50, 30/6/00, Po, Died after being restrained by police officers in Clarence Park, St Albans. He had just left a nearby mosque and was restrained using handcuffs and leg restraints. The PCA press release commented that he had been arrested for drugs offences. The inquest into his death opened in November 2001.
Rashid Kausmally, 48, 1/01, Pr, A Mauritian found dead in the hospital wing of Lewes Prison. He had been charged with rape and robbery offences committed in Brighton. He was a known suicide risk and died after putting a plastic bag over his head - suffocating to death.
Eugene Edigin, 19, 3/01, Psy, He attended the psychiatric unit at the Whittington hospital and was detained the day before his death under the Mental Health Act because of 'erratic behaviour'. The following day he was found unconscious in his bed. The inquest in February 2003 recorded an open verdict. His family were critical of staff who, they allege, failed to monitor his diabetes.
Derek Bennett, Age unknown, 16/7/01, Po, Shot dead in the street by Brixton police who alleged they were called by a member of the public; Derek was carrying a novelty lighter shaped like a gun, Inquest verdict unknown
Michelle Allen, Age unknown, 2/11/01, Pr, Found hanged at Barking magistrates court; The company responsible for prisoners - Securicor Custodial Services - refused to comment, Inquest verdict unknown
Ricky Bishop, Age unknown, 22/11/01, Po, Taken to Brixton police station to be searched where he was restrained; then taken to Kings College hospital where he died, Inquest verdict unknown
Jospeh Crensil, Age unknown, 25/11/01, Po, Died after falling from a third floor window of a flat in Streatham; two immigration and two police officers were questioning five other men at the flat; Jospeh - who was hiding in the bathroom - tried to escape and fell to his death, Inquest verdict unknown
Nariman Tahamasbi, 27, 25/2/02, Pr, Found hanged in Lewes prison, he was serving a six-month sentence, for fraud and deception.
Marcus Downie, 21, 11/5/02, Pr, Found hanged in Chelmsford prison.
Lee Duvall, 23, 14/08/02, Po, Found dead in Ladywell police station a day after his arrest.
Fosta Errol Thompson, Age unknown, 15/08/02, Po, Shot dead by police in St. Werbergh's area of Bristol, Inquest verdict unknown
Kwame Sasu Wiredu, Age unknown, 30/08/02, Po, Arrested and taken to Stoke Newington police station where he complained of stomach pains; a doctor claimed he was fit enough to be detained; he was later found collapsed in his cell and died in Homerton hospital, Inquest verdict unknown
Beverley Fowler, 32, 2/10/02, Pr, Found hanged, two days before the end of her sentence, in Durham prison. She was a mother of three from Jamaica who was due to be deported back there after serving a sentence for drug smuggling. In September 2003, an inquest recorded an open verdict. The inquest was told she feared for her safety back in Kingston; the man who forced her into drug smuggling had murdered her partner.
Stuart Warwick, 29,16/1/03, Pr, Died from burns in HMP Winchester.
Mihail Bognarchuk, 42, 31/1/03, Pr, Ukrainian asylum seeker found hanged at Haslar removal centre.
Sponford Antonio Green, 43, 27/3/03, Po, Died after falling from the thirteenth floor balcony of the flat where he was staying. The inquest jury recorded a narrative verdict that 'he accidentally fell from the 13th floor whilst trying to evade custody.' Police were calling at his flat to arrest him for a breach of licence. According to his girlfriend, Antonio fled to the balcony (as he had on previous occasions when the police called) but was surprised to find police offices waiting on the neighbouring balcony. She also commented that 'one of the officers grabbed hold of him on the shoulder. I didn't know whether he was pulling Antonio back or pushing him over.'
Adel Muftah El-Hage, 29,16/3/03, Pr, Found electrocuted at Woodhill (category A) prison. Adel, a Libyan, was on remand after being arrested and charged in February 2003 with the murder of his wife, Salma Abusedra. At pre-trial hearings he had begged the judge to send him to Saudi Arabia so that he could face the death penalty, but had been refused.
Patrick Okello, 32, 21/5/03, Pr, found hanged at Wandsworth.
Rajwinder Singh Mutti, 29/3/03, Pr, Found hanged in Blakenhurst (private) prison where he was on remand for a charge of GBH. Rajwinder, an asylum seeker, had been in the UK for a few years and was granted indefinite leave to remain.
Ertal Hussein, 32, 21/6/03, Psy, Found collapsed at Bethlem Royal hospital, he was taken to Princes Royal University hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Since 1990, Ertal had been sectioned several times. A police investigation is ongoing and the hospital has launched an internal inquiry.
Tema Kombe (aka Emmanuel Silva/ Gladwell Moseki Keenao), 32, 4/9/03, Psy, A Ugandan asylum seeker was found hanged in the toilet of a psychiatric ward at Heatherwood hospital, Ascot. In January 2004, an inquest returned a verdict of misadventure after hearing that he had made three previous attempts on his life.
Iqbal Shamraz, 35, 5/9/03, Pr, Found hanged at Nottingham prison.
Michael Powell, 38, 7/9/03, Po, Died after being arrested by police in Lozell's, Birmingham. The police were called by his family after he began behaving erratically. During the course of the struggle to restrain him, Michael was knocked over by a police car and then, according to witnesses, restrained by police using batons and CS spray. Six officers were suspended.
Mohammed bin Duhri, 20, 20/10/03, Pr, Palestinian asylum seeker found hanged at Belmarsh maximum security prison. He had been held at Dover Immigration Removal Centre but after he allegedly assaulted a guard he was moved to Belmarsh. Three prison officers were suspended after they allegedly filed reports saying he was alive and well when he was already dead.
Paul Yorke, 38, 2/11/03, Po, died after being arrested by police officers at Terminal Two of Heathrow airport. He was taken to Heathrow police station where he was charged with being a 'prohibited person' (it is alleged that he had been banned from airport property) and then detained in a cell. He was, according to police, seen by a Forensic Medical Examiner on at least three occasions and deemed fit for detention. However, the following day, officers called an ambulance at 7.00 am after he was found collapsed in his cell. He was taken to Hillingdon hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Police Complaints Authority and the Directorate of Professional Standards are investigating his death.
Liang He, 23, 10/11/03, Pr, Found hanged at Bedford prison.
Last updated: 19 February 2004
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Commuter Nzube Udezue files complaint over armed arrest ordeal
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Nzube Udezue revisits scene of arrest An innocent commuter mistakenly detained at gunpoint has filed an official complaint over his arrest after it emerged that he did not match the description of the armed suspect police had been seeking.
Nzube Udezue, 21, an Oxford University graduate, was ordered to the ground, handcuffed and arrested by a team of armed officers after disembarking a train at Bournemouth station on Saturday.
It had been thought that Udezue, who boarded his train in Southampton, directly matched the description of another man seen earlier in the day brandishing an imitation firearm 30 miles away in Basingstoke.
Dorset police have repeatedly insisted that Udezue had no complaints - and nothing more to say - about his wrongful arrest.
But in his first interview since the ordeal, Udezue said police had since admitted the Basingstoke suspect had been described as black, with short hair and wearing a brown T-shirt with orange writing. Udezue, who had a shaven head, was wearing a black T-shirt with orange writing and long white sleeves.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) took just a few hours this week to deem the actions of Dorset police "appropriate and proportionate to the circumstances". The complaints watchdog decided not to launch a full investigation, instead opting to "supervise" an internal inquiry by the Dorset force.
Udezue's solicitor has filed an official complaint to the IPCC, calling for a full and independent investigation. A commissioner from the complaints body is expected to visit Udezue this week.
In a statement that appeared to concede the IPCC had not been told about the mix-up, the complaints body said: "The IPCC decided that Dorset police's actions in stopping Nzube Udezue were appropriate and proportionate in the circumstances because the force's account to the IPCC was that they were acting on intelligence that at the time was believed to be correct."
Revisiting the station platform for the first time, Udezue, an aspiring hip-hop musician, recounted the moment he was forced to the ground by officers pointing handguns and submachine guns at his head.
"What I felt was fear, primarily, but then confusion and embarrassment," he said. "I was completely compliant with their orders. But it's something that could have gone wrong. I can imagine very easily that a different person could have reacted in a different way. That would have had terrible consequences."
It was an altercation in Basingstoke shopping centre hours earlier that resulted in Udezue's arrest. Two men - one carrying an object that "looked like a gun" - fled the scene, according to an account of the incident police have given to his family.
Hampshire police put out a description of the suspected armed man as black and wearing a brown T-shirt. Two transport police officers identified Udezue, who was wearing a black T-shirt, as that man as he sat on the train listening to his iPod.
During the next 30 minutes there was a crucial failure in communication over the colour of Udezue's T-shirt. It was described by the transport police officers as "brown", and then became described as "dark".
A firearms team was dispatched to Bournemouth station and, just after 6pm, Udezue was apprehended on the platform. The following day, a dramatic image of the moment he was ordered to the ground was released, prompting comparisons with the case of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian man mistakenly shot dead by police after the failed July 21 bomb attacks.
Udezue wrote an account of his experience on his blog to try to assure friends who may have heard of his arrest. "People who saw me must have thought: what's Zuby done?" he said.
His blog entry was written in a light-hearted style. "When I woke up this Saturday morning, I could happily say that I'd managed to get through (almost) 22 years of my life without any real incident with the police. I could also say that I'd never had a gun pointed at me," he wrote. "Little did I know that by 6.10pm. I'd be lying face down on the ground, handcuffed, with several submachine guns pointed at me and the entire county's specialist police firearms unit on me."
Udezue now says he has important grievances. It was only once in the patrol car, for example, and after repeatedly telling officers that he was an Oxford graduate who had not been anywhere near Basingstoke, that police began to doubt themselves. "At that point, one of them said to the other: 'He certainly doesn't seem like the regular customer'."
After a brief stop at the police station, the officers offered Udezue a cup of tea, apologised, and drove him back to Bournemouth station. He was not informed him he had the right of complaint. He then travelled home alone. When he arrived, still shaking, he was unable to place his keys in his front door.
A senior officer only came to the family home to apologise for the incident after Udezue's distraught family phoned the station demanding the visit. Udezue's family want an explanation for the failure in communication that led to his arrest. They are also angry that Dorset police and the local MP, Tobias Ellwood, who has come out in support of the force, "assumed" that the computer science graduate had no complaints.
"There seems to be an understanding that [Udezue] recognises that these things can happen," Ellwood has said. "I think it is important that police don't fear stepping in for fear of reprisals if they get the wrong person."
Udezue, who is of Nigerian descent, believes his race was not pivotal to his wrongful arrest, but should still form a part of any investigation.
"As the person who experienced this, I don't think [race] is a core issue," he said. "I think where race may be an issue is the point at which somebody jumped to the conclusion that I was the suspect – based on a description that was not precise. It's possible that being a black person in an area where there isn't a lot of black people – that a conclusion could have been jumped to."
Asked about Udezue's complaints, Dorset police said in a statement: "It would be inappropriate to comment further because of the investigation by Dorset police's professional standards department into the incident which is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
"I don't want to damn the police," Udezue said. "I know they do a hard job. I just want to make sure this never happens again. Because it could happen to anyone."
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Saturday, 19 July 2008
ZIMBABWE INFLATION HITS 2.2 MILLION PERCENT HARARE
Zimbabwe's inflation rate,already the world's highest,hit an astronomical 2.2 million percent Wednesday after Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-man poll critics had said the nation could ill afford.
After months of silence on the inflation rate,central bank governor Gideon Gono let slip it was well into seven figures as he rejected suggestions by a leading economist that it was in reality many times higher."Statistics provided by the CSO (central statistical office) indicate that it is now at 2.2(million percent),"Gono said in a brief address in Harare ahead of a speech by Mugabe,the country's 84-year-old president.
The figure is the first from the authorities in Zimbabwe since the announcement of the rate for February,when it was put at 165,000 percent.
Source:AFP
Zimbabwe's inflation rate,already the world's highest,hit an astronomical 2.2 million percent Wednesday after Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-man poll critics had said the nation could ill afford.
After months of silence on the inflation rate,central bank governor Gideon Gono let slip it was well into seven figures as he rejected suggestions by a leading economist that it was in reality many times higher."Statistics provided by the CSO (central statistical office) indicate that it is now at 2.2(million percent),"Gono said in a brief address in Harare ahead of a speech by Mugabe,the country's 84-year-old president.
The figure is the first from the authorities in Zimbabwe since the announcement of the rate for February,when it was put at 165,000 percent.
Source:AFP
Friday, 18 July 2008
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The Congo Support Project is holding an evening of Congolese traditional music, dance, food, poetry, drama etc.
Saturday 26 July 2008, 5-9pm.
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
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Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns has published: 'Outsourcing abuse: The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers'.Download the report at:http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/images/stories/reports/outsourcing%20abuse.pdf (pdf file, 2mb)
The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee has published: 'Community Cohesion and Migration'.Download the report at:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmcomloc/369/369i.pdf
Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Post-mortem on the AU Summit
The 11th Session of the African Union Assembly, held at Sharm el Sheik from 30 June to 1 July, can be considered to have been largely successful. Both the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and the Peace and Security Council gave their support to the Somali peace process and to the agreement signed in Djibouti on June 9 by the TFG and the opposition ARS. Both bodies strongly condemned attacks, threats and acts of violence against AMISOM. Both the Peace and Security Council and the Assembly condemned Eritrean aggression against Djibouti, calling on both parties to use all peaceful means to resolve their differences. Eritrea, although invited, failed to turn up to the relevant Peace and Security Council meeting. In a letter to the Council a few days earlier, the Eritrean Foreign Ministry said it had serious reservations about the Council’s modalities of operation and its standards. These apparently related to the Council’s failure to deal with what Eritrea claimed were Ethiopian violations of the Constitutive Act of the African Union. Until these were addressed Eritrea felt unable to respond to the Council.
On Union Government, the Assembly accepted the proposals of the Committee of Twelve Heads of State and Government on Union Government as a sound basis for moving the integration process forward. It was the consensus of the Summit that the next session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa should bring finality to this interminable debate. Prime Minister Meles, a member of the Committee of Twelve, underlined the need to stop going round and round in a circle on the issue. There were two options, he said. One was to accept the views of the majority as provided in the Constitutive Act of the African Union. This, he said, would prevent the abomination of another grand debate. Alternatively, as member states were sovereign, they could chart their own course, even if they were in a minority. Variable geometry would imply that everyone could move forward at the pace they were able to do so. So, he added, those that want could go ahead and show the way to do it faster. This would break the log-jam of seven years. Seven summits and one special summit had not provided a solution. The grand debate in Accra did not solve the issue. One more extra-ordinary summit would not solve it either. “Save us from another summit of abomination,” he said. “We need to solve this issue here and now, without disturbing our common endeavor.”
On the venue of Summits, the Assembly agreed to continue to hold the January Summits at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The July Summits will also continue to be held either at the headquarters or in any member state which invites the Assembly. Libya’s suggestion to move the July Summits permanently to Sirte was rejected. On Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Meles said that everyone was saddened by how things had turned out. The election monitors of SADC and the AU said that the elections did not reflect the unfettered views of the people of Zimbabwe. Disenchantment, Prime Minister Meles said, was a fact that needed to be addressed. The status quo was untenable and unsustainable. It required real solutions with both sides listening to each other. It was only then, the Prime Minister emphasized that Zimbabwe could again move forward.
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Post-mortem on the AU Summit
The 11th Session of the African Union Assembly, held at Sharm el Sheik from 30 June to 1 July, can be considered to have been largely successful. Both the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and the Peace and Security Council gave their support to the Somali peace process and to the agreement signed in Djibouti on June 9 by the TFG and the opposition ARS. Both bodies strongly condemned attacks, threats and acts of violence against AMISOM. Both the Peace and Security Council and the Assembly condemned Eritrean aggression against Djibouti, calling on both parties to use all peaceful means to resolve their differences. Eritrea, although invited, failed to turn up to the relevant Peace and Security Council meeting. In a letter to the Council a few days earlier, the Eritrean Foreign Ministry said it had serious reservations about the Council’s modalities of operation and its standards. These apparently related to the Council’s failure to deal with what Eritrea claimed were Ethiopian violations of the Constitutive Act of the African Union. Until these were addressed Eritrea felt unable to respond to the Council.
On Union Government, the Assembly accepted the proposals of the Committee of Twelve Heads of State and Government on Union Government as a sound basis for moving the integration process forward. It was the consensus of the Summit that the next session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa should bring finality to this interminable debate. Prime Minister Meles, a member of the Committee of Twelve, underlined the need to stop going round and round in a circle on the issue. There were two options, he said. One was to accept the views of the majority as provided in the Constitutive Act of the African Union. This, he said, would prevent the abomination of another grand debate. Alternatively, as member states were sovereign, they could chart their own course, even if they were in a minority. Variable geometry would imply that everyone could move forward at the pace they were able to do so. So, he added, those that want could go ahead and show the way to do it faster. This would break the log-jam of seven years. Seven summits and one special summit had not provided a solution. The grand debate in Accra did not solve the issue. One more extra-ordinary summit would not solve it either. “Save us from another summit of abomination,” he said. “We need to solve this issue here and now, without disturbing our common endeavor.”
On the venue of Summits, the Assembly agreed to continue to hold the January Summits at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The July Summits will also continue to be held either at the headquarters or in any member state which invites the Assembly. Libya’s suggestion to move the July Summits permanently to Sirte was rejected. On Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Meles said that everyone was saddened by how things had turned out. The election monitors of SADC and the AU said that the elections did not reflect the unfettered views of the people of Zimbabwe. Disenchantment, Prime Minister Meles said, was a fact that needed to be addressed. The status quo was untenable and unsustainable. It required real solutions with both sides listening to each other. It was only then, the Prime Minister emphasized that Zimbabwe could again move forward.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Above is the cameroon ambassador in the uk with a commonwealth official.The constitutional amendment will allow President Paul Biya, 75, to seek re-election in three years' timephoto : ayoub mzee
MEPS' EXPENSES
David Cameron yesterday set out proposals to "deep clean" the system of MEPs’ expenses.
From September, all Conservative MEPs will follow a Code of Conduct similar to the one already in place for Conservative MPs:
- Expenses must be published in 'Right to know' forms- The use of service companies will be outlawed- Details of any family members employed must be published
David promised these measures would introduce "more detail, more transparency and more honesty" to the system of expenses, and urged other political parties to follow suit.
Find out more about the measures
CAMERON DIRECT
After a successful and lively event in Brentford on Monday, Cameron Direct moves to Swindon tomorrow evening.
The evening will be broadcast live on Conservatives.com, so tune in from 6.30pm and have your say on the rolling Cameron Direct blog.
You can see what to expect by clicking on the image opposite and watching highlights of previous Cameron Directs.
Watch Cameron Direct in Swindon - live from 6.30pm tomorrow
TACKLING KNIFE CRIME
On Monday, David Cameron launched an action plan to deal with the growing problem of knife crime.
The plan contains a number of short-term measures to toughen up policing and sentencing, and a number of longer-term proposals to strengthen families and deal with the causes of crime.
David stressed, "While our society is broken today, it is not broken for ever. We can and will repair it."
Read our action plan to reduce knife crime
David Cameron yesterday set out proposals to "deep clean" the system of MEPs’ expenses.
From September, all Conservative MEPs will follow a Code of Conduct similar to the one already in place for Conservative MPs:
- Expenses must be published in 'Right to know' forms- The use of service companies will be outlawed- Details of any family members employed must be published
David promised these measures would introduce "more detail, more transparency and more honesty" to the system of expenses, and urged other political parties to follow suit.
Find out more about the measures
CAMERON DIRECT
After a successful and lively event in Brentford on Monday, Cameron Direct moves to Swindon tomorrow evening.
The evening will be broadcast live on Conservatives.com, so tune in from 6.30pm and have your say on the rolling Cameron Direct blog.
You can see what to expect by clicking on the image opposite and watching highlights of previous Cameron Directs.
Watch Cameron Direct in Swindon - live from 6.30pm tomorrow
TACKLING KNIFE CRIME
On Monday, David Cameron launched an action plan to deal with the growing problem of knife crime.
The plan contains a number of short-term measures to toughen up policing and sentencing, and a number of longer-term proposals to strengthen families and deal with the causes of crime.
David stressed, "While our society is broken today, it is not broken for ever. We can and will repair it."
Read our action plan to reduce knife crime
CAMERON DIRECT
After a successful and lively event in Brentford on Monday, Cameron Direct moves to Swindon tomorrow evening.
The evening will be broadcast live on Conservatives.com, so tune in from 6.30pm and have your say on the rolling Cameron Direct blog.
You can see what to expect by clicking on the image opposite and watching highlights of previous Cameron Directs.
Watch Cameron Direct in Swindon - live from 6.30pm tomorrow
After a successful and lively event in Brentford on Monday, Cameron Direct moves to Swindon tomorrow evening.
The evening will be broadcast live on Conservatives.com, so tune in from 6.30pm and have your say on the rolling Cameron Direct blog.
You can see what to expect by clicking on the image opposite and watching highlights of previous Cameron Directs.
Watch Cameron Direct in Swindon - live from 6.30pm tomorrow
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The lessons learnt in Northern Ireland are considerabl"Building Trust and Share for the Middle East, for Kashmir, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Darfur, Western Sahara and even for Cyprus.(Peter Hain, MP)
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The Rt Hon Peter Hain, MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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Somalia’s Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein ‘Adde’, was in Addis Ababa last weekend, holding talks with Foreign Minister Seyoum. During two meetings, they discussed progress in the peace process, and what needed to done to strengthen security in Somalia. The Prime Minister briefed Minister Seyoum on the progress made towards the establishment of regional administrations in Kismayo and Lower Juba region, and in Mogadishu and Benadir region. Following the successful establishment of an elected administration in Gedo region earlier this year, and in Bay and Bakool last year, the TFG is in the process of establishing similar administrative structures in Lower Juba and Benadir. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Somalia’s Minister of Defense and the Commissioner of Police who were in Ethiopia to attend the completion of training for over 2,000 Somali army and police at the Blatten training camp near Awassa. Before leaving Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Nur ‘Adde’ told journalists that all Somalis should seize the opportunity created at Djibouti: “the agreement signed in Djibouti is the key and opens the door to peace so anyone can join, any organization opposing the government of today”. He also reiterated that UN forces were needed: “the UN and the international community must provide financial support and deploy peacekeepers without delay so that Ethiopian forces would withdraw in accordance with the agreement.”
According to the agreement signed in Djibouti on 9 June between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) a ceasefire should have come into effect on Wednesday, July 9. Despite claims to the contrary, it did, and it appears the cease fire is largely holding despite the upsurge of violence in the immediately preceding weeks. This included a series of assassinations and attacks by Al-Shabaab, targeting UN and other aid agency personnel, among them even drivers of aid vehicles. The UN’s OCHA in its latest situation report noted that humanitarian access was being limited by “the deliberate targeting” of aid workers including the kidnapping of four workers from the Merka–based INGO, Water for Life. Among those killed was the head of UNDP operations in Somalia, Osman Ali Ahmed, shot as he left a mosque after evening prayers last Sunday. Unusually, Al-Shabaab denied responsibility, though UNDP recently donated 30 vehicles to TFG ministries as part of a capacity building program.
Other elements of the Djibouti agreement have yet to make much progress. Under the agreement, two committees were to be set up within two weeks. A Joint Security Committee was to be established to follow up the implementation of security arrangements. A High Level Committee, chaired by the UN, was to follow up on political cooperation between the two sides and concerns over justice and reconciliation. No names have yet been put forward by either side. The delay, it appears, is related to the ongoing efforts to reconcile the ARS group that signed the Djibouti peace agreement with the splinter group led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and based in Asmara. Both sides sent delegates to Sana’a to iron out their differences. Yemen is providing the venue of the meeting but it is the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) which is organizing the effort.
Sources close to the negotiations say that the failure to reach any agreement at the outset in Sana’a prompted the establishment of a committee of elders which included the businessman and former major ICU financier, Sheikh Abu Bakar Omar Adani, Sheikh Abdulkadir Sheikh Omar, and Sheikh Ibrahim Suley, spokesperson for the ICU wing of the ARS and three others. According to sources, the majority of the committee supports the peace process. They are pushing the splinter group from Asmara to completely stop any military activity and accept the opportunity for peace. The Asmara group criticized those who signed the peace agreement for illegal actions, and said these actions had to be nullified. In addition, they demanded that all ARS members should go to Asmara to sort out their differences. The rejection of these demands triggered the establishment of the elders committee.
The Sana’a talks are an effort to reconcile two groups, one of which has opted for a peaceful resolution of the Somali crisis, the other, a splinter group based in Eritrea, who wants to impose itself on the people of Somalia through terror. As might be expected, there are concerns that concessions might be offered to accommodate the more violent party. This in turn could open a door encouraging actors like Eritrea to continue to play a role negating efforts to achieve peace and stability in Somalia.
Book Now - Tickets selling fast!Once again the search is on for the world's best sushi chefs - and of course the world's best sushi - to compete for the title of the 2008 Sushi of the Year. You too can try out some magnificent sushi creations and help decide the winner at the 2008 awards night - but you'll have to be quick, as tickets are selling fast for this popular event!
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Learn from the Sushi Experts!
For the first time ever, Eat-Japan is broadening its ever-popular sushi workshops to include a class geared for non-professionals. Pick up skills for making delicious sushi dishes and become the envy of your friends and family! Tickets are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment!
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Win some delish prizes!
The Eat-Japan prize draw is a superb opportunity for Japanese food fans to win a whole host of tasty prizes. Entering is quick and simple, so apply now, and you will be one step nearer to being one of our lucky 2008 winners!
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Lessons in Peace from Northern Ireland" The lessons learnt in Northern Ireland are considerabl"Building Trust and Share for the Middle East, for Kashmir, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Darfur, Western Sahara and even for Cyprus.(Peter Hain, MP)
Chair: The Baroness Blood of Blackwatertown, MBE
The Rt Hon Peter Hain, MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Pat Doherty, MP, MLA, Vice President of Sinn Fein
The Rt Hon Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, (David Trimble), Nobel Peace Laureate and former MP & First Minister of Northern Ireland
Key players in the peace process spoke of the challenges they faced and overcame in Northern Ireland's extraordinary transformation from horror of the worst kind to hope. Without pretending that all the problems in Northern Ireland have been resolved, the speakers offered their insights into the lessons that can be learned for other conflicts around the world.
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Sunday, 13 July 2008
Lambeth Conference 2008 News
Strong Ecumenical presence set for Lambeth Conference
Vatican Cardinal Dias and Evangelical Brian McLaren to address bishops
There will be a strong ecumenical presence at the 2008 Lambeth Conference. The Archbishop of Canterbury will welcome more than 75 representatives from a wide variety of churches and Christian communities.
Two of the principal speakers at the conference come from the ecumenical world.
Cardinal Ivan Dias is head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, and deeply involved in the mission work of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Dias has served not only in his native India, but also in Denmark, Sweden, Indonesia, Madagascar, Poland, and Albania. A frequent speaker at Vatican-sponsored events, the Cardinal continually stresses the need for a "strong witness to the Christian faith, in every situation".
Brian McLaren is an American evangelical, the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, a prolific author, and an internationally recognised contributor to post-modern thought and culture. Dr McLaren is also an activist, serving as chair of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, a US-based evangelical social justice ministry. He is also a founding member of Red Letter Christians, a group of evangelical leaders who work to apply Christian values to issues such as poverty, environmental care, and peace.
The Anglican Communion has a longstanding commitment to the ecumenical movement, and is presently involved in dialogues at the international level with the Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Old Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches. Recent international bilateral ecumenical agreements include The Church of the Triune God with the Orthodox Church, and Growing Together in Unity and Mission with the Roman Catholic Church. Both documents were issued only last year and will be discussed at the Lambeth Conference.
Among other ecumenical participants at the conference are: Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Armenian Church; The Revd Dr Canon Joel Edwards, Evangelical Alliance, UK; The Revd Prof Robert Gribben, World Methodist Council; Metropolitan Kallistos of Diolkeia, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; The Revd Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; The Revd Dr Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation; Patriarch Theophilus III, Patriarchate of Jerusalem; The Very Revd Prof Iain Torrance, World Alliance of Reformed Churches; The Revd Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, Director of the World Evangelical Alliance. A full list of ecumenical participants will be available at the conference.
In addition to these ecumenical relationships, some member churches of the Anglican Communion have established full communion agreements with churches of other traditions, involving a complete mutual recognition of ministry and sacraments. Several representatives of these full communion partners will also participate in the conference: Archbishop Joris Vercammen and Bishop Joachim Vobbe, Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht; Bishop Ernst Baasland, Church of Norway; Metropolitan Mar Basilios, Malabar Independent Syrian Church; The Most Revd Godfredo David, Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Bishop Mark Hanson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; Archbishop Jukka Paarma, Finnish Lutheran Church; Bishop Ragnar Persenius, Church of Sweden; Archbishop Karl Sigurbjornsson, Icelandic Lutheran Church.
The Lambeth Conference occurs every 10 years and comprises some 650 Anglican bishops and their spouses. It will be held 16 July-4 August 2008 at the University of Kent at Canterbury and Canterbury Cathedral.
Bruce Myers and Jessica Caballero contributed to this report.
For more information, contact:
Canon James Rosenthal Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office Mobile phone: +44 (0)7803 894
Strong Ecumenical presence set for Lambeth Conference
Vatican Cardinal Dias and Evangelical Brian McLaren to address bishops
There will be a strong ecumenical presence at the 2008 Lambeth Conference. The Archbishop of Canterbury will welcome more than 75 representatives from a wide variety of churches and Christian communities.
Two of the principal speakers at the conference come from the ecumenical world.
Cardinal Ivan Dias is head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, and deeply involved in the mission work of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Dias has served not only in his native India, but also in Denmark, Sweden, Indonesia, Madagascar, Poland, and Albania. A frequent speaker at Vatican-sponsored events, the Cardinal continually stresses the need for a "strong witness to the Christian faith, in every situation".
Brian McLaren is an American evangelical, the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, a prolific author, and an internationally recognised contributor to post-modern thought and culture. Dr McLaren is also an activist, serving as chair of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, a US-based evangelical social justice ministry. He is also a founding member of Red Letter Christians, a group of evangelical leaders who work to apply Christian values to issues such as poverty, environmental care, and peace.
The Anglican Communion has a longstanding commitment to the ecumenical movement, and is presently involved in dialogues at the international level with the Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Old Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches. Recent international bilateral ecumenical agreements include The Church of the Triune God with the Orthodox Church, and Growing Together in Unity and Mission with the Roman Catholic Church. Both documents were issued only last year and will be discussed at the Lambeth Conference.
Among other ecumenical participants at the conference are: Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Armenian Church; The Revd Dr Canon Joel Edwards, Evangelical Alliance, UK; The Revd Prof Robert Gribben, World Methodist Council; Metropolitan Kallistos of Diolkeia, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; The Revd Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; The Revd Dr Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation; Patriarch Theophilus III, Patriarchate of Jerusalem; The Very Revd Prof Iain Torrance, World Alliance of Reformed Churches; The Revd Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, Director of the World Evangelical Alliance. A full list of ecumenical participants will be available at the conference.
In addition to these ecumenical relationships, some member churches of the Anglican Communion have established full communion agreements with churches of other traditions, involving a complete mutual recognition of ministry and sacraments. Several representatives of these full communion partners will also participate in the conference: Archbishop Joris Vercammen and Bishop Joachim Vobbe, Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht; Bishop Ernst Baasland, Church of Norway; Metropolitan Mar Basilios, Malabar Independent Syrian Church; The Most Revd Godfredo David, Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Bishop Mark Hanson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; Archbishop Jukka Paarma, Finnish Lutheran Church; Bishop Ragnar Persenius, Church of Sweden; Archbishop Karl Sigurbjornsson, Icelandic Lutheran Church.
The Lambeth Conference occurs every 10 years and comprises some 650 Anglican bishops and their spouses. It will be held 16 July-4 August 2008 at the University of Kent at Canterbury and Canterbury Cathedral.
Bruce Myers and Jessica Caballero contributed to this report.
For more information, contact:
Canon James Rosenthal Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office Mobile phone: +44 (0)7803 894
Friday, 11 July 2008
Saturday, 5 July 2008
COMMON CAUSES UK, Platform of the Congolese women in United Kingdom
In collaboration with Congolese Safeguarding Action Group, Mabe ya Mbila, LAHP and CORECOG
Cordially Invites:
(Children, adolescents, young and mature adults)
Date:5th of July 2008
Time:3pm -8pm
Place: The Hub Community Centre
Star Lane, Canning town, London E16 4PZ
(Off Hermit Road, near Barking Road)
Buses: 69,330, 115,474, 276
Underground/Train: Canning Town and Plaistow Stations
We will hold the following activities:
History of the D.R.Congo for children /youths
Awareness Raising on Immigration laws
A presentation of a video about the condition women in RDC
Health awareness: Chlamydia
Refreshments will be available.
Info: e-mail to commoncauseuk@hotmail.co.uk.
Tel: 07950131557 (Marie-Jeanne) 07980997569 (Joséphine) and 07939822625 (Marie-claire)
Lilianne 07943080877, Mado 07944393896
PROGRAM OF THE DAY
3.00 – 4.00 pm: Registration and Refreshments
4.10 pm: Welcome and Introduction by COMMON CAUSE UK Chair Lady
4.20 pm: UK Congolese Safeguarding Action Group by Mr. Romain Matondo
4.50pm: D.R.Congo’s history and its natural resources by Mr. Koko Kalambayi
5.30pm: UK Immigration law by Ms Josee Kalanda
6.00 pm: Discussion, short break (Short Video projection and refreshments)
6.30 pm: Health awareness (Chlamydia) by Ms Kwenga Zaya
7.00pm: The situation of Women in the D.R.Congo by Ms Marie Louise Pambu
7.30 pm: Discussion and refreshments
8.00 pm: End
Commonwealth Team to observe Local Elections in Sierra Leone
Former Belize Minister to lead Team
A Commonwealth Expert Team will observe the 5 July 2008 local elections in Sierra Leone, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma announced today.
Mr Sharma said that the Team of four, supported by a three-person staff team, will be led by Ambassador Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Former Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society of Belize. The Expert Team is jointly organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF).
The Team which arrived in Sierra Leone on 27 June will remain in the West African country until 12 July 2008. It has been constituted at the invitation of the Independent Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone.
The full composition of the Commonwealth Expert Team is:
Ambassador Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Former Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society, Belize
Mr Vuyo Mlokoti, Chairperson, Municipal Demarcation Board, South Africa
Mr Milton Brown, Mayor of Clarendon and Chairman of the Association of Local Government Authorities, Jamaica
Mr Kanor Sanakey, Executive Council Member of NALAG and Presiding Member of Dangme East District Assembly.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Trinidad and Tobago launches 2009 CHOGM logo, website
30 June 2008
“CHOGM is a spectacular national event. It leaves behind a legacy of skills and infrastructure, and belief” – Kamalesh Sharma
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma officially launched the countdown to the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) with the unveiling of the logo and website in Port of Spain on 30 June 2008.
Mr Sharma arrived in Trinidad at the weekend ahead of the Monday event. On Sunday he visited some of the possible conference venues, hotels and general infrastructure that are expected to support the summit. A CHOGM involves meetings of leaders and foreign ministers, as well as several parallel events, such as business, people’s and youth forums.
“CHOGM will catapult Trinidad and Tobago as a nation and the Caribbean as a region into the prominence they deserve,” stated Mr Sharma. “This country is a dynamo for the Caribbean, a place of energy – both literal and metaphorical.”
Mr Manning announced that CHOGM 2009 would be held on 27-29 November in the Trinidad and Tobago capital, Port of Spain. The Secretary-General will now formally inform Heads of Government about the date.
CHOGM 2009 website
Mr Manning and Mr Sharma unveiled the CHOGM 2009 website, http://www.chogm2009.org/.
Trinidad and Tobago has earned a reputation as a dynamic economy and hub for international businesses, boasting one of the highest growth rates and per capita incomes in the Caribbean and Latin America.
“To host a big summit like CHOGM requires meticulous preparations, in terms of the logistics and infrastructure as well as the substance of the meeting. We at the Commonwealth Secretariat, who have considerable experience of organising such summits, work in close partnership with the host government,” said Mr Sharma.
Before the launch on Monday, Mr Sharma held talks with Mr Manning which focused on the preparations for the CHOGM and other issues of interest to Trinidad and Tobago and the Commonwealth, including Caribbean regional issues. The Secretary-General also called on Trinidad and Tobago President Professor George Maxwell Richards, Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, House Speaker Barendra Sinanan and Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday.
Mr Sharma was then due to fly to Antigua and Barbuda on 1 July for the second leg of his official visit to the Caribbean, where he had been invited to address regional leaders at the 29th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Click here for the full text of Kamalesh Sharma's speech
30 June 2008
“CHOGM is a spectacular national event. It leaves behind a legacy of skills and infrastructure, and belief” – Kamalesh Sharma
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma officially launched the countdown to the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) with the unveiling of the logo and website in Port of Spain on 30 June 2008.
Mr Sharma arrived in Trinidad at the weekend ahead of the Monday event. On Sunday he visited some of the possible conference venues, hotels and general infrastructure that are expected to support the summit. A CHOGM involves meetings of leaders and foreign ministers, as well as several parallel events, such as business, people’s and youth forums.
“CHOGM will catapult Trinidad and Tobago as a nation and the Caribbean as a region into the prominence they deserve,” stated Mr Sharma. “This country is a dynamo for the Caribbean, a place of energy – both literal and metaphorical.”
Mr Manning announced that CHOGM 2009 would be held on 27-29 November in the Trinidad and Tobago capital, Port of Spain. The Secretary-General will now formally inform Heads of Government about the date.
CHOGM 2009 website
Mr Manning and Mr Sharma unveiled the CHOGM 2009 website, http://www.chogm2009.org/.
Trinidad and Tobago has earned a reputation as a dynamic economy and hub for international businesses, boasting one of the highest growth rates and per capita incomes in the Caribbean and Latin America.
“To host a big summit like CHOGM requires meticulous preparations, in terms of the logistics and infrastructure as well as the substance of the meeting. We at the Commonwealth Secretariat, who have considerable experience of organising such summits, work in close partnership with the host government,” said Mr Sharma.
Before the launch on Monday, Mr Sharma held talks with Mr Manning which focused on the preparations for the CHOGM and other issues of interest to Trinidad and Tobago and the Commonwealth, including Caribbean regional issues. The Secretary-General also called on Trinidad and Tobago President Professor George Maxwell Richards, Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, House Speaker Barendra Sinanan and Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday.
Mr Sharma was then due to fly to Antigua and Barbuda on 1 July for the second leg of his official visit to the Caribbean, where he had been invited to address regional leaders at the 29th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Click here for the full text of Kamalesh Sharma's speech
Best Wishes
The Team
Mr and Miss East Africa UK
Tel: +44(0)2030397642
Mob: +44(0)7704193590
Websites: http://www.misseastafrica.co.uk/
www.misseastafrica.co.uk/maureen
www.misseastafrica.co.uk/magazine
Grand Double Crowning of Mr & Miss East Africa UK
26th July 2008 at Bloomsbury Theatre, London Euston 6PM TILL 11PM
- A Surprise Crowning
- Surprise Celebrity Guests and Celebrity Judges
- African Cultural Dancers
- Exclusive Performance by Ali Kiba
- Exclusive Fashion Show choreographed by top London choreographer
- Hosted by UK King of Comedy KOJO & Supermodel Anya James
- FUNDRAISING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN
The Team
Mr and Miss East Africa UK
Tel: +44(0)2030397642
Mob: +44(0)7704193590
Websites: http://www.misseastafrica.co.uk/
www.misseastafrica.co.uk/maureen
www.misseastafrica.co.uk/magazine
Grand Double Crowning of Mr & Miss East Africa UK
26th July 2008 at Bloomsbury Theatre, London Euston 6PM TILL 11PM
- A Surprise Crowning
- Surprise Celebrity Guests and Celebrity Judges
- African Cultural Dancers
- Exclusive Performance by Ali Kiba
- Exclusive Fashion Show choreographed by top London choreographer
- Hosted by UK King of Comedy KOJO & Supermodel Anya James
- FUNDRAISING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The Africa Trade Insurance
Agency (ATI) Annual
General Meeting has
appointed COMESA Secretary
General Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya as a
board member on the ATI board.
The appointment was made in
Nairobi Kenya at the 7th AGM
held on 22nd July 2008.
Meanwhile, ATI has continued
to record positive growth in all
areas of its operations. the Agency
achieved a profit of US$126,000 as
a result of the increased premium
income, increased commission
and investment income,
coupled with a tight control
on administrative expenses. ATI
Chief Executive Officer Mr. Peter
Jones revealed this at the AGM.
He also added that Standard
& Poor’s, a major international
credit rating agency, assigned
to ATI a long term ‘A’ (rating),
ATI Records
US$126, 000 Profit
and COMESA Secretary
General is Appointed
ATI Board member
Strong, counterparty and insurer
financial strength ratings with a
Stable outlook. This makes ATI
the second highest rated African
institution after the African
Development Bank.
This Strong Rating was only
made possible following the
substantive completion of the
legal and capital restructuring of
the Agency. “The Agency now
has paid-in capital of US$79
Million, which together with
approximately an additional
US$60 million in committed
contingent capital enables the
Agency to support almost US$2
billion in Gross Exposure, a fivefold
increase over what would
have been possible under the
previous underwriting capital
structure”, Mr. Jones said.
During 2007, in almost all areas
of its operations, ATI crossed
new frontiers and posted new
performance records during
2007. The agency generated a
record gross written premium
of over US$1 million, thereby
exceeding its business targets
for the year. Furthermore, for the
first time in its history it recorded
17 policies and renewals,
covering a cross-section of the
economy, from aviation and
agriculture to construction and
telecommunications.
Mr. Jones added that ATI paid
its first claims amounting to
just under US$ 65,000, thus
protecting the exporter’s balance
sheet and employees from the
adverse financial impact which a
loss could otherwise have caused
and entered its first co-insurance
and re-insurance arrangements
with Zurich Financial Services
of the USA, and Sovereign Risk
Insurance limited, a subsidiary of
the ACE Group of Bermuda;
Since it was created in 2001
and commenced operations in
2002, the Agency has supported
almost US$500 million of inward
investment and in the past two
and a half years has supported
exports by private corporations
worth over US$180 million.
In addition, it has supported
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Agency (ATI) Annual
General Meeting has
appointed COMESA Secretary
General Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya as a
board member on the ATI board.
The appointment was made in
Nairobi Kenya at the 7th AGM
held on 22nd July 2008.
Meanwhile, ATI has continued
to record positive growth in all
areas of its operations. the Agency
achieved a profit of US$126,000 as
a result of the increased premium
income, increased commission
and investment income,
coupled with a tight control
on administrative expenses. ATI
Chief Executive Officer Mr. Peter
Jones revealed this at the AGM.
He also added that Standard
& Poor’s, a major international
credit rating agency, assigned
to ATI a long term ‘A’ (rating),
ATI Records
US$126, 000 Profit
and COMESA Secretary
General is Appointed
ATI Board member
Strong, counterparty and insurer
financial strength ratings with a
Stable outlook. This makes ATI
the second highest rated African
institution after the African
Development Bank.
This Strong Rating was only
made possible following the
substantive completion of the
legal and capital restructuring of
the Agency. “The Agency now
has paid-in capital of US$79
Million, which together with
approximately an additional
US$60 million in committed
contingent capital enables the
Agency to support almost US$2
billion in Gross Exposure, a fivefold
increase over what would
have been possible under the
previous underwriting capital
structure”, Mr. Jones said.
During 2007, in almost all areas
of its operations, ATI crossed
new frontiers and posted new
performance records during
2007. The agency generated a
record gross written premium
of over US$1 million, thereby
exceeding its business targets
for the year. Furthermore, for the
first time in its history it recorded
17 policies and renewals,
covering a cross-section of the
economy, from aviation and
agriculture to construction and
telecommunications.
Mr. Jones added that ATI paid
its first claims amounting to
just under US$ 65,000, thus
protecting the exporter’s balance
sheet and employees from the
adverse financial impact which a
loss could otherwise have caused
and entered its first co-insurance
and re-insurance arrangements
with Zurich Financial Services
of the USA, and Sovereign Risk
Insurance limited, a subsidiary of
the ACE Group of Bermuda;
Since it was created in 2001
and commenced operations in
2002, the Agency has supported
almost US$500 million of inward
investment and in the past two
and a half years has supported
exports by private corporations
worth over US$180 million.
In addition, it has supported
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Monday, 30 June 2008
Oppositions to Ethiopia's bids to full coffee trademark rights brushed off: EIPO
(28 Dec 2007)
No foreign company that had held Ethiopian coffee brand names as its registered trademark will be eligible to be identified with it anymore, nor will such a trademark be issued to any company whatsoever, says EIPO in announcement of the consummation of the fight to put an end to the long-held patent injustices related to global coffee trade.
Ethiopia's moves to get its ownership rights to its coffee brands -- especially to its two specialty coffees namely Harar and Sidamo -- fully ensured in the global coffee trading regime was being challenged in some parts of the world where some companies had already held their trademark with one or the other of such names, says Getachew Mengistie, Director General of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office.
Getachew said, apart from the issue of precedence in trademark registration, Ethiopia's bids were met with objections in some countries on the claims of 'similarity', he said.
Ethiopia has been taking issue with the objecting companies in the U.S., Japan as well as in Europe, to have managed now at long last to convince all to its side, he said.
resistance to Ethiopia's rightful claims from companies in Japan, Germany and the U.S. has been countered successfully, he added.
The trademarking of Harar and sidamo fine coffees has been ensured in the US, according to Getachew, and the US Patent office has recently published a summoning for any company with a claim-against to submit its complaint as a last procedural step before giving full recognition to Ethiopia's rights.
Currently, agreements have been signed with 60 companies in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America to distribute Ethiopian fine coffees.
No company will trade eligibly with Ethiopian coffee names as its trademark, Ato Getachew announced. "No more stealing of Ethiopia's trademark rights." (ENDS)
Britain's leading Muslim police officer sues Met for discrimination
· Decision follows crisis meeting with Blair · Black police association calls for intervention
Vikram Dodd, crime correspondent
The Guardian,
Friday June 27, 2008
Article history
Sir Ian Blair was last night facing his worst race crisis as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, after it was announced that Britain's most senior Muslim officer would sue the force for racial discrimination and victimisation. The decision was announced after assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, the force's number three in command, met with Blair, who had summoned him to crisis talks, with the threat of disciplinary action if he refused to attend.
Blair's attempt to head off the crisis did not work, and after the hour-long meeting, Ghaffur met members of the National Black Police Association (NBPA). Its president and legal adviser, Ali Dizaei, said last night that Ghaffur would sue the force. Dizaei told the Guardian: "No doubt about it, he will sue. He's just had enough."
Ghaffur is not only the most senior Muslim and Asian officer in the country, he is also one of the UK's most senior officers.
Nearly 10 years after the McPherson inquiry found the Met to be "institutionally racist", Ghaffur's accusation of discrimination threatens to undermine the force's claims to have make progress in stamping out racism in its ranks.
He had consulted lawyers for several weeks about taking the Met to an employment tribunal. He believes Blair and his aides have sidelined and undermined him, especially over his role running policing for the London Olympics in 2012.
Dizaei said the government should now intervene. He added: "This is of such significance it should not be left to the police authority [which oversees the Met] to mediate. Senior ministers must get involved because of the risk to confidence in the police."
In a statement, the NBPA, which will represent and support Ghaffur, said: "AC Ghaffur appears to have been treated extremely poorly. We are totally convinced of the legitimacy of this claim and will be fully supporting AC Ghaffur with regard to this matter, together with the 43 local BPAs around the country."
Arriving at the meeting with the commissioner, which was officially about the Olympics, Ghaffur said he had nothing to fear: "I have the great privilege of working with hundreds of police officers in making London safer. These officers work day in and day out and do a brilliant job. It is also a great privilege in doing the work I do with communities and the great amount of work in relation to the Olympics. I intend to continue doing that."
Earlier, Blair had made a public statement at the start of the monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority, to which he answers. He demanded that Ghaffur explain himself in person. He told the MPA: "I hope that this will be resolved satisfactorily between us, but will state here publicly that every member of the Met works to my direction and must meet my reasonable requirements.
"Any other position is impossible. If that does not occur, I will deal with the matter robustly and quickly."
Both sources favouring the commissioner and those close to Ghaffur viewed the commissioner's statement as "bullish". One source said the mood among the upper level of Scotland Yard was "sorrow and regret", and that Blair was trying to assert his authority to stop the situation spiralling further out of control.
The commissioner cannot discipline senior officers, but he has the power to refer senior officers to the MPA for alleged disciplinary offences.
In his statement, Blair praised Ghaffur, and denied he had acted in a racist manner: "I believe I have a long, honourable and occasionally bloodstained record of the championing of diversity, not perfect but always principled and persistent."
Ghaffur is the latest senior ethnic minority officer to decide to sue the Met for discrimination. Dizaei, who is a commander in the Met, received a payout in his case, while the case of Shabir Hussain is still being heard.
The chairman of the MPA, Len Duvall, who believes Ghaffur's employment tribunal action may name him, said: "I have done nothing wrong in the way of racism or otherwise in carrying out my responsibilities in the last four years. It is the same for my actions that have been carried out by the Metropolitan Police Authority. Any claim against myself or the authority will be vigorously contested."
Zimbabwe : what happens next for the country?
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Sunday, 29 June 2008
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS TEAM
International Congolese Day
30 June 2008
Demonstration organised by International Congolese Rights.
Monday 30 June 2008, 12-3pm
Opposite Downing Street, London (Nearest tube station: Westminster)
London unions sever all links with Rise FestivalBy IRR News Team
A number of London unions have severed all links with the London Mayor's Rise Festival.
The Rise Festival, established following the murder of Stephen Lawrence and organised by the TUC, was known as the Respect anti-racist festival. The idea was taken up by Ken Livingstone, who changed the name from Respect to Rise and held seven annual festivals during his mayoralty.
Unite, the union, has accused the organisation of the event this year as being 'a fiasco from start to finish'. Mayor Boris Johnson's new cultural advisor, Munira Mirza, has, according to the union, 'stripped the festival title of its sub-heading "London United Against Racism" only for the Mayor to say to the BBC that he knew nothing of this decision. Ms Mirza [has] also banned the Cuba Solidarity Campaign from continuing their joint sponsorship of the Latin American stage in partnership with Unite, and from even participating in the event. The unions have decided that this package of measures changes the focus and nature of the Rise Festival to such an extent that it will be just another musical event in Finsbury Park, and therefore that money earmarked for anti-racist campaigning will be better spent in other ways.'
Union comments:
Megan Dobney, (TUC London Regional Secretary): 'Trade unions are greatly offended by the removal of the central anti-racist message as well as by the ban on an organisation supported by the TUC. Trade union negotiation has proved fruitless and SERTUC is therefore left with no alternative but to withdraw.'
Steve Hart, (Unite London Regional Secretary): 'Rise, or Respect as it was known, was launched by the trade unions as a means of involving mainly young people in anti-racism in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence and other racist murders. What is the point of what was explicitly an anti-racist festival if it drops its commitment to anti-racism?'
Matt Wrack, (Fire Brigades Union General Secretary): 'We have supported the Rise Festival as a celebration of London's diverse communities and of anti-racism. It appears that this clear message is now being lost and the FBU no longer feels able to participate. We remain committed to any genuine initiative aimed at combating racism.'
Ayoub mzee had an opportunity to meet Presidential Press Team from East Africa.These guys travel with their heads of state.
What is happening in china? This scene was at the china emabssy on Portland Place -London .Its a Que for visasEVENT
With over 200 hundred different meetings, 5000 people, stalls, music, food over 5 days there surely is something for everyone.Tony Benn says: "Marxism, at which I speak at every year, is one of the most important universities of the labour movement. It brings together a vast range of people. It is an honour to be invited, and I am very much looking forward to the discussion and debate that will go on"Book online at bookings@marxismfestival.org.uk or call me for more details on 07958 034 181.Free accommodation and creche availableClick here for audio files from Marxism 2007 http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/audio2007.htmlTopics include:
Africa:
Why is Africa poor?, Makola Mayambika
The crisis in Zimbabwe and the way forward
Trade unions and the struggle for democracy in Nigeria, Abiodun Olamosu
Africa, imperialist rivalries & the war on terror, Ken Olende
What’s happening in South Africa ? Trevor Ngwane and Zodwa Madiba
Education: Race, class & exclusion How not to bore the pants off your kids Academies to McQualifications – what’s the market doing to our education system? LGBT:Is Queer politics radical? The roots of LGBT oppressionThe red in the rainbow – the struggle for sexual liberation Imperialism & the struggle for LGBT liberation in the Middle EastScience:War & capitalism – can science be redeemed? Rob OwenThe science & politics of reproduction - John ParringtonCan genetics explain human nature? Steven Rosehttp://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/courses.htmlArts & Culturehttp://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/culture.htmlAnd much more. See http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/ for full timetable and detailsSome of the key speakers include:David Hilliard - Black Panther PartyPaul Gilroy - Author of There Ain't No Black in the Union JackGary Younge - The GuardianNick Davies - The GuardianLarry Elliot - The GuardianHoward Zinn - Historian, activist and celebrated author of A People's History of the United StatesMoazzam Begg - Former Guantanamo prisoner and campaignerIlan Pappe - Israeli historian and peace campaigner, a vocal supporter of Palestinian resistanceSee here for more: http://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/keyspeakers.html
Africa:
Why is Africa poor?, Makola Mayambika
The crisis in Zimbabwe and the way forward
Trade unions and the struggle for democracy in Nigeria, Abiodun Olamosu
Africa, imperialist rivalries & the war on terror, Ken Olende
What’s happening in South Africa ? Trevor Ngwane and Zodwa Madiba
Education: Race, class & exclusion How not to bore the pants off your kids Academies to McQualifications – what’s the market doing to our education system? LGBT:Is Queer politics radical? The roots of LGBT oppressionThe red in the rainbow – the struggle for sexual liberation Imperialism & the struggle for LGBT liberation in the Middle EastScience:War & capitalism – can science be redeemed? Rob OwenThe science & politics of reproduction - John ParringtonCan genetics explain human nature? Steven Rosehttp://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/courses.htmlArts & Culturehttp://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/culture.htmlAnd much more. See http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/ for full timetable and detailsSome of the key speakers include:David Hilliard - Black Panther PartyPaul Gilroy - Author of There Ain't No Black in the Union JackGary Younge - The GuardianNick Davies - The GuardianLarry Elliot - The GuardianHoward Zinn - Historian, activist and celebrated author of A People's History of the United StatesMoazzam Begg - Former Guantanamo prisoner and campaignerIlan Pappe - Israeli historian and peace campaigner, a vocal supporter of Palestinian resistanceSee here for more: http://marxismfestival.org.uk/2008/keyspeakers.html
Operation Black Vote & the National Assembly for Wales AM Shadowing Scheme
Unveiling Wales’ Barack Obama Generation
Winner of the 2008 Channel 4 Political Awards, Operation Black Vote’s Welsh Assembly Member (AM) Shadowing Scheme has continued to nurture the next generation of decision-makers and looks set to produce Wales’s first Black and minority ethnic (BME) Parliamentarian.
Run in partnership with the National Assembly for Wales, this unique leadership project has untapped a wealth of BME political talent. Mari Rees, shadowing Lorraine Barrett AM, is poised to make Welsh political history as the first BME MP with her selection as Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Preseli and Pembrokeshire. Shazia Awan, shadowing Angela Burns AM has also trailed a blaze of success as the first Asian female to speak at the Welsh Conservative Party Conference.
The aim of the country’s only AM Shadowing Scheme is to help change the face of Welsh politics by addressing the deficit of BME political representation and ensuring that minority communities engage with the Assembly in all areas and at all levels of regional governance.
The unique cross party initiative has enabled nine individuals from BME communities across Wales to shadow high level AMs. For the past six months participants have gained invaluable insights into the roles and responsibilities of an AM. As Community Ambassadors, they have played vital roles helping to raise awareness amongst BME communities about our democratic institutions as BME communities on the whole are up to three times as likely to be unregistered to vote as the white community.
Rt. Hon Lord Dafydd Elis -Thomas PC AM, Presiding Officer for the National Assembly
for Wales will be joined by Assembly Members, Shadows and local dignitaries at a Graduation Ceremony to recognise the contributions and achievements which Shadows, Assembly Members and the Assembly have made in improving diversity within Welsh politics
‘Wales’ Barack Obama Generation’ will take place on Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at the Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL from 5.30pm – 7.30pm.
Participants on the 2007/8 Welsh AM Shadowing Scheme
PLAID CYMRU
Shadows
Mentors
Elizabeth Musa
Helen Mary Jones AM
Omar Ali
Dr Dai Lloyd AM
Mashahid Ali
Leanne Wood AM
Abdool Rahman Khodabocus
Bethan Jenkins AM
LABOUR
Shadows
Mentors
Humie Webbe
Joyce Watson AM
Mari Rees
Lorraine Barrett AM
Ayman Abalmageed
Christine Chapman AM
CONSERVATIVE
Shadows
Mentors
Shazia Awan
Angela Burns AM
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Shadows
Mentors
Tarig Sanousi
Kirsty Williams AM
Unveiling Wales’ Barack Obama Generation
Winner of the 2008 Channel 4 Political Awards, Operation Black Vote’s Welsh Assembly Member (AM) Shadowing Scheme has continued to nurture the next generation of decision-makers and looks set to produce Wales’s first Black and minority ethnic (BME) Parliamentarian.
Run in partnership with the National Assembly for Wales, this unique leadership project has untapped a wealth of BME political talent. Mari Rees, shadowing Lorraine Barrett AM, is poised to make Welsh political history as the first BME MP with her selection as Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Preseli and Pembrokeshire. Shazia Awan, shadowing Angela Burns AM has also trailed a blaze of success as the first Asian female to speak at the Welsh Conservative Party Conference.
The aim of the country’s only AM Shadowing Scheme is to help change the face of Welsh politics by addressing the deficit of BME political representation and ensuring that minority communities engage with the Assembly in all areas and at all levels of regional governance.
The unique cross party initiative has enabled nine individuals from BME communities across Wales to shadow high level AMs. For the past six months participants have gained invaluable insights into the roles and responsibilities of an AM. As Community Ambassadors, they have played vital roles helping to raise awareness amongst BME communities about our democratic institutions as BME communities on the whole are up to three times as likely to be unregistered to vote as the white community.
Rt. Hon Lord Dafydd Elis -Thomas PC AM, Presiding Officer for the National Assembly
for Wales will be joined by Assembly Members, Shadows and local dignitaries at a Graduation Ceremony to recognise the contributions and achievements which Shadows, Assembly Members and the Assembly have made in improving diversity within Welsh politics
‘Wales’ Barack Obama Generation’ will take place on Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at the Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL from 5.30pm – 7.30pm.
Participants on the 2007/8 Welsh AM Shadowing Scheme
PLAID CYMRU
Shadows
Mentors
Elizabeth Musa
Helen Mary Jones AM
Omar Ali
Dr Dai Lloyd AM
Mashahid Ali
Leanne Wood AM
Abdool Rahman Khodabocus
Bethan Jenkins AM
LABOUR
Shadows
Mentors
Humie Webbe
Joyce Watson AM
Mari Rees
Lorraine Barrett AM
Ayman Abalmageed
Christine Chapman AM
CONSERVATIVE
Shadows
Mentors
Shazia Awan
Angela Burns AM
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
Shadows
Mentors
Tarig Sanousi
Kirsty Williams AM
Saturday, 28 June 2008
President Museveni on Thursday evening handed over the chairmanship of the East African Community (EAC) to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame. This was at the ninth EAC Heads of Summit in Kigali.
Mr Museveni, quoting Luganda proverbs in his speech, amused delegates when he said, “You do not just let power go just like that. You must have the instruments of power and it is my pleasure now to hand over instruments of power to His Excellency Paul Kagame.”
Rwanda’s attainment of the chair of the EAC is a landmark in the history of the EAC. The country will be the first to attain the chair only after a year of joining the bloc.
Rwanda together with Burundi only joined the EAC in June last year. The two countries are also due to join the EAC Customs Union by 2009.Mr Kagame’s first assignment as the chairmanship of the regional body was to receive the report of the Council of EAC Ministers from November 2006 to February 2008.
The report was presented by Eriya Kategaya the Chairperson of the council. In his report Mr Kategaya said that the period under review was focusing mainly on the continued implementation of the Customs Union, the integration of Rwanda and Burundi in the community, negotiation of the common market protocol, laying of a foundation for the Monetary Union and the negotiation of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
During the summit the new chair, Mr Kagame also presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the judges that make up the new Court of Justice.
[minitor correspondence -kigali]
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