Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

Meta oversight board finds censoring of word ‘shaheed’ discriminatory
3 April 24
In Germany, the chair of the North Rhine Westphalia State Integration Council says that xenophobia and right-wing extremism are most likely behind an arson attack in Solingen that on 25 March claimed the lives of a Bulgarian Muslim family of four, and injured 23 others, nearly all Muslims of Turkish origin from Turkey and Bulgaria. Initially, the public prosecutor ruled out a xenophobic motive, saying the crime was ‘interpersonal’ but investigations are now ‘open ended’.
Source: InfoMigrants
Category: RACIAL VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
Country: Germany, Bulgaria
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Eight die as car carrying suspected migrants falls into Albanian ravine
2 April 24
In southern Albania, eight people believed to be migrants are killed in a car that swerves off the road and falls into a ravine.
Source: Ekathimerini
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Extend researcher sanctuary scheme to Palestinians, MPs urge
2 April 24
Green MP Caroline Lucas tables a parliamentary motion calling for the Researchers at Risk scheme, introduced to assist Ukrainian academics and their families, to be extended to Palestinian academics.
Source: THE
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Former RAF base to house asylum seekers is contaminated, government letters say
1 April 24
A letter to West Lindsey council from the minister for housing, planning and building states that RAF Scampton, scheduled to be used as accommodation for up to 2,000 asylum seekers within weeks, is contaminated with ‘ground gases, unexploded ordnance and ground contamination’.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Scotland’s first minister defends Hate Crime Act amid barrage of criticism
1 April 24
As the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 comes into force, the general secretary of the Scottish police federation says it will reduce trust in policing, while the Scottish Union for Education, which opposes trans rights and race equality in the curriculum, leads a demonstration outside Holyrood.
Source: Guardian
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: Scotland
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Two-thirds of special schools full amid SEND crisis
31 March 24
As a survey reports that 4,000 more special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils are enrolled than national capacity, the founder of Black SEN Mamas warms that black children who are autistic or have ADHD are facing greater barriers than others when it comes to accessing care plans.
Source: TES
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Manchester Home Theatre Cancels Palestinian Voices Event Over Safety
30 March 24
Citing political neutrality and public safety as causes, Manchester popular art venue HOME theatre cancels ‘Voices of Resilience’, a sold-out event of Palestine prose and poetry. The decision was reportedly taken after HOME received a letter from the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester.
Source: Deadline
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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‘If you want to abuse your workers, that’s fine’: UK modern slavery watchdog’s funding cut
30 March 24
The Home Office cuts funding to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, as charities cite a ‘national scandal’ in adult social care and report a surge in calls to modern slavery helplines, while the GLAA reports a 400 percent increase in allegations of exploitation.
Source: Guardian
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Deliveroo riders reporting each other to Home Office in illicit worker turf war
30 March 24
An investigation finds that some Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat workers are reporting fellow riders to the Home Office as potentially undocumented workers.
Source: inews
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Gillian Keegan criticises union for ‘inappropriate’ Israel-Palestine motion
30 March 24
Education secretary Gillian Keegan attacks the ‘divisive ideology’ of the teachers’ union NEU, following a conference motion calling the Israeli government ‘racist’ and ‘guilty of apartheid policies’.
Source: Guardian
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Gambian migrant fatally shot by German police after alleged knife attack
30 March 24
In Nienburg, Germany, Lamin Touray, a 46-year-old migrant from Gambia, is shot dead by police. Officers claim they were called out after Touray threatened his girlfriend with a knife and that he did not comply with orders, resulting in serious injuries to a police officer and service dog.
Source: Gambia Journal
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: Germany
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Keir Starmer faces discontent as Labour MPs reject union jack election flyers
30 March 24
Labour BME MPs and members of the parliamentary Labour party criticise the prominence of the union flag on election material as potentially alienating to ethnic minority voters who associate such symbols with the extreme Right.
Source: Guardian
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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Watchdog reports dozens of charities to police over extremism concerns
30 March 24
Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick claims that the alleged reporting of 30 charities to police in connection with ‘the conflict between Israel and Hamas’ is evidence of a ‘shameful new high-water mark of anti-Jewish and anti-British sentiment’.
Source: Telegraph
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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France plans mobile school force after headteacher resigns over death threats
29 March 24
In response to the Lycée Maurice-Ravel incident and the involvement of radicalised pupils in the killing of two teachers, the French education minister announces the formation of a mobile security force for schools experiencing difficulties.
Source: BBC News
Category: EDUCATION
Country: France
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Outrage in Spain as video shows Madrid police ‘violence’ on unarmed black men
29 March 24
Left-wing parties and anti-racist groups demand an enquiry after a video of extreme police brutality against two Black men in Lavapiés, Spain, goes viral. Guardian, 1 Ap
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Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: Spain
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