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⚖️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
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/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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.
July 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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?...
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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...
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 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
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 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...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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...
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 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...
April 24, 2025 at 4:17 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
April 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 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...
April 10, 2025 at 9:42 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
April 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM