INQUEST
@inquest-org.bsky.social
⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Today, after decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough Football Disaster, the government will introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Today, after decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough Football Disaster, the government will introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
Strong MP turnout for @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social Westminster Hall debate on Hillsborough Law. The Govt must enact a full Hillsborough Law - with a legal duty of candour and equality of arms. It’s not a technicality - it’s a moral imperative.
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Strong MP turnout for @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social Westminster Hall debate on Hillsborough Law. The Govt must enact a full Hillsborough Law - with a legal duty of candour and equality of arms. It’s not a technicality - it’s a moral imperative.
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Today Chris Kaba should be turning 27. Instead, he was killed by Met police in 2022.
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Today Chris Kaba should be turning 27. Instead, he was killed by Met police in 2022.
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
Today, MP Blair McDougall introduced a Bill in Parliament to remove crown immunity from prisons.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
July 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today, MP Blair McDougall introduced a Bill in Parliament to remove crown immunity from prisons.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Margaret Aspinall's son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Football Disaster.
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Margaret Aspinall's son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Football Disaster.
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
Great meeting in Parliament today on the ongoing need for a National Oversight Mechanism.
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great meeting in Parliament today on the ongoing need for a National Oversight Mechanism.
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
On the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, we remember the 72 people who died on 14th June 2017 and stand alongside the Grenfell community in their calls for justice and accountability.
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
June 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, we remember the 72 people who died on 14th June 2017 and stand alongside the Grenfell community in their calls for justice and accountability.
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke to The Law Show at BBC Radio 4 about preventing avoidable deaths.
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke to The Law Show at BBC Radio 4 about preventing avoidable deaths.
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Ahead of the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, @joepowell.bsky.social reiterated the need for a Hillsborough Law and a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure meaningful change and prevention of future deaths.
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ahead of the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, @joepowell.bsky.social reiterated the need for a Hillsborough Law and a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure meaningful change and prevention of future deaths.
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
🎨 We are looking for an Artist-in-Residence (individual/collective) for a 3-month paid residency (Sept–Dec 2025).
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
June 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🎨 We are looking for an Artist-in-Residence (individual/collective) for a 3-month paid residency (Sept–Dec 2025).
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Join us for an online discussion with bereaved families, human rights lawyers & campaigners on our latest "All or Nothing" Hillsborough Law report, & how we can make sure the Bill puts an end to the culture of cover up & denials following state failings.
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
June 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Join us for an online discussion with bereaved families, human rights lawyers & campaigners on our latest "All or Nothing" Hillsborough Law report, & how we can make sure the Bill puts an end to the culture of cover up & denials following state failings.
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
We gave evidence to the Lampard Inquiry into the deaths of over 2,000 people in Essex mental health services.
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We gave evidence to the Lampard Inquiry into the deaths of over 2,000 people in Essex mental health services.
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
✨NEW OPPORTUNITY✨
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✨NEW OPPORTUNITY✨
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
✨NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
We’re so inspired and grateful to the amazing team @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social for running the Liverpool half marathon in support of our vital work.
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We’re so inspired and grateful to the amazing team @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social for running the Liverpool half marathon in support of our vital work.
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
In our final episode of this series, we hear from the families who have contributed to INQUEST’s own memorial banners.
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In our final episode of this series, we hear from the families who have contributed to INQUEST’s own memorial banners.
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
The number of people dying in prison in Scotland is at a record high.
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The number of people dying in prison in Scotland is at a record high.
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
Today in Parliament @joepowell.bsky.social asked whether there will be a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure recommendations from public inquiries, like the Grenfell Tower inquiry, lead to meaningful change.
Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: www.inquest.org.uk/no-more-deat...
Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: www.inquest.org.uk/no-more-deat...
April 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today in Parliament @joepowell.bsky.social asked whether there will be a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure recommendations from public inquiries, like the Grenfell Tower inquiry, lead to meaningful change.
Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: www.inquest.org.uk/no-more-deat...
Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: www.inquest.org.uk/no-more-deat...
Yesterday was Azelle Rodney's birthday. Nearly 2 decades ago, only a week after his 24th birthday, Azelle was fatally shot by a Metropolitan police officer.
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social & Lee talk to Azelle's mother Susan about art as a tonic for grief & a tool for change.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social & Lee talk to Azelle's mother Susan about art as a tonic for grief & a tool for change.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
April 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yesterday was Azelle Rodney's birthday. Nearly 2 decades ago, only a week after his 24th birthday, Azelle was fatally shot by a Metropolitan police officer.
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social & Lee talk to Azelle's mother Susan about art as a tonic for grief & a tool for change.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social & Lee talk to Azelle's mother Susan about art as a tonic for grief & a tool for change.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
Yesterday we joined Richard Wild & others at Greenwich University to celebrate the life & legacy of Mick Ryan.
@debcoles13.bsky.social shared reflections on Mick & his lasting impact on INQUEST's work.
Find out more about Mick on our new digital archive:
history.inquest.org.uk/explore/lobb...
@debcoles13.bsky.social shared reflections on Mick & his lasting impact on INQUEST's work.
Find out more about Mick on our new digital archive:
history.inquest.org.uk/explore/lobb...
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Yesterday we joined Richard Wild & others at Greenwich University to celebrate the life & legacy of Mick Ryan.
@debcoles13.bsky.social shared reflections on Mick & his lasting impact on INQUEST's work.
Find out more about Mick on our new digital archive:
history.inquest.org.uk/explore/lobb...
@debcoles13.bsky.social shared reflections on Mick & his lasting impact on INQUEST's work.
Find out more about Mick on our new digital archive:
history.inquest.org.uk/explore/lobb...
We often hear & talk about loved ones who have died at the hands of the state, but rarely do we get to hear from those who have died.
These people were also poets, musicians & artists. This episode, we’d like to remember these artists by sharing some of their work.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
These people were also poets, musicians & artists. This episode, we’d like to remember these artists by sharing some of their work.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We often hear & talk about loved ones who have died at the hands of the state, but rarely do we get to hear from those who have died.
These people were also poets, musicians & artists. This episode, we’d like to remember these artists by sharing some of their work.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
These people were also poets, musicians & artists. This episode, we’d like to remember these artists by sharing some of their work.
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
Today & every day we remember the 97 people killed in the Hillsborough disaster.
We stand in solidarity with their families & the survivors who have been leading the fight for justice for 36 years.
A full Hillsborough Law must be their legacy to ensure that the failures are never again repeated.
We stand in solidarity with their families & the survivors who have been leading the fight for justice for 36 years.
A full Hillsborough Law must be their legacy to ensure that the failures are never again repeated.
April 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Today & every day we remember the 97 people killed in the Hillsborough disaster.
We stand in solidarity with their families & the survivors who have been leading the fight for justice for 36 years.
A full Hillsborough Law must be their legacy to ensure that the failures are never again repeated.
We stand in solidarity with their families & the survivors who have been leading the fight for justice for 36 years.
A full Hillsborough Law must be their legacy to ensure that the failures are never again repeated.
Liam McGenity died in a private mental health facility following an extensive catalogue of failings. His father Peter explains why the truth is so important and why the Hillsborough Law must be all or nothing.
Read our report to find out more: www.inquest.org.uk/hillsborough...
Read our report to find out more: www.inquest.org.uk/hillsborough...
April 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Liam McGenity died in a private mental health facility following an extensive catalogue of failings. His father Peter explains why the truth is so important and why the Hillsborough Law must be all or nothing.
Read our report to find out more: www.inquest.org.uk/hillsborough...
Read our report to find out more: www.inquest.org.uk/hillsborough...
Kevin died a self-inflicted death the day after he was put on an indeterminate IPP jail sentence at HMP Woodhill in 2013.
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri about @lungtheatre.bsky.social & campaigning through verbatim theatre.
Please listen
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri about @lungtheatre.bsky.social & campaigning through verbatim theatre.
Please listen
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
April 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Kevin died a self-inflicted death the day after he was put on an indeterminate IPP jail sentence at HMP Woodhill in 2013.
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri about @lungtheatre.bsky.social & campaigning through verbatim theatre.
Please listen
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri about @lungtheatre.bsky.social & campaigning through verbatim theatre.
Please listen
www.inquest.org.uk/podcast