17 August 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Appeals and removals in the detained-fast track system

source: Right to Remain
published: 11 August 2015

On 2 July, the Immigration Minister James Brokenshire announced the suspension of the detained-fast track system (which handles certain asylum claims, deemed to be quick and easy to resolve). Read the story of the legal cases that led to the suspension in our blog post here.

In Detention Action’s successful legal cases, the High Court and the Court of Appeal ruled that the appeals process of the detained-fast track was unlawful and ‘ultra vires’ (meaning the rules went beyond the authority of those responsible for setting them). This verdict was confirmed again in a judgment issued on 29 August when the Court of Appeal rejected the Home Office’s legal challenge.

20 July 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Protesters mark anniversary of Eric Garner’s death in NYC

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source: PressTV
published: 18 July 2015

Several thousand people have held a protest in New York City on the first anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hand of police. Garner, a 43-year-old African American from Staten Island, died last year after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer.

A grand jury later declined to indict eight-year NYPD veteran Daniel Pantaleo, sparking weeks of angry protests in New York and elsewhere in the United States. Garner’s death was captured on camera.

10 May 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Questioning of Garner protesters renews concerns about police practices

Police vs People source: NYTimes.com
published: 28 April 2015

Last December, as people arrested during protests related to the death of Eric Garner waited to be released from Police Headquarters in Manhattan, an officer removed a 28-year-old woman from a holding cell there.

The woman, Leighann Starkey, a doctoral student who lives in Harlem, said recently that she was escorted to a separate area where she was asked by two detectives how she knew about the demonstrations, what social media she used to keep track of them and whether she was part of a protest group. One detective, she said, asked whether she had ties to terrorists.