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Society of Black Lawyers U.K (SBL) Stands Against Violence and Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Palestine-Israel Conflict, Calls for 5 point plan to end Violence

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In the face of the escalating crisis in Gaza, the Society of Black Lawyers U.K (SBL) expresses deep sorrow for all innocent victims of violence, regardless of their ethnicity or …

Forced Maasai evictions in Tanzania

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EDM (Early Day Motion)228: tabled on 30 June 2022
Tabled in the 2022-23 session.
This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.
Motion text
That this …

Kenyan Land Dispossession

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EDM (Early Day Motion)891: tabled on 15 September 2020
Tabled in the 2019-21 session.
This motion has been signed by 13 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.
Motion text
That this …

Ukraine Poland UN Appeal Advisory

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT
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International Human Rights Attorneys Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand Convene Civil Society Coalition to Appeal to the United Nations on Behalf of African Refugees Facing …

Ukraine Urgent Appeal

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March 1, 2022
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
C/O Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
C/O Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
C/O Working Group on the …

National protest planned against the racist ‘Citizenship Bill’

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Society of Black Lawyers will join campaigners opposed to the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill to take part in a national demonstration against the proposed legislation later this month.
The much-criticised …

Networking with Judge Peter Herbert

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East Africa launch of report on racist police violence in the U.S.

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Report of the international commission of inquiry on systemic racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States

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The purpose of the Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racial Police Violence (Commission) is to examine whether widespread and systematic racist violence in policing against people of African descent in …

Transmittal letter for report

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High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
Attn: Sara Hamood, Maria Luisa Buscar
Dear High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet:
In a courtroom …