11 February 201822 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Shock claims over deaths of vulnerable refugees at immigration centre

source: The Mirror News
published: 3 February 2018

Staff at an immigration centre where four men died warned bosses lives were at risk a YEAR before the first death, explosive new evidence reveals. As an official investigation into the scandal is set to begin, whistleblowers today claim the mental health of detainees has been seriously neglected.

They say refugee asylum seekers at Morton Hall in Lincolnshire are driven to self-harm and the brink of suicide as they are bullied by convicted criminals awaiting deportation – and even used to smuggle drugs around “no-go areas” in the centre.

8 February 201822 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Three years after Tanisha Anderson’s death Cleveland officers cleared of criminal charges

source: Cleveland.com
published: 2 February 2018

Three years of investigation and judicial reviews into the death of Tanisha Anderson ended Friday when a Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against Cleveland police officers who handcuffed her and let her lie on the ground shortly before she died.

The grand jury on Friday issued no-bills on all criminal charges that could have been filed against Cleveland police officers Scott Aldridge, 49, and Bryan Myers, 33.

2 February 201822 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Antisemitic incidents [recorded] in UK at an all-time high

source: Guardian Society
published: 1 February 2018

There were 1,382 antisemitic incidents recorded nationwide in 2017 by the Community Security Trust. This was the highest tally that the trust, a charity that monitors antisemitism, has registered for a calendar year since it began gathering such data in 1984.

The figure rose by 3%, compared with a total, in 2016, of 1,346 incidents – a tally that itself was a record annual total.