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What a brilliant day. Thanks to all the teachers from the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust schools in Leicestershire who attended our Teaching to Transform workshop at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre last week. Your input to the conversation about racial literacy in schools was invaluable.
May 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
What a brilliant day. Thanks to all the teachers from the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust schools in Leicestershire who attended our Teaching to Transform workshop at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre last week. Your input to the conversation about racial literacy in schools was invaluable.
Just before the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture 2025, our keynote speaker Keir Monteith KC and panel member Ade Adedeji spoke to the Guardian about the journey to the quashing of his sentence after serving three years for a crime he did not commit. Read more here 👇
May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just before the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture 2025, our keynote speaker Keir Monteith KC and panel member Ade Adedeji spoke to the Guardian about the journey to the quashing of his sentence after serving three years for a crime he did not commit. Read more here 👇
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual lecture 2025. It was an honor to host such an inspirational event. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Click below to find out more about how you can support the Manchester 10 and the Art Not Evidence campaign.
kidsofcolour.com
artnotevidence.org
Click below to find out more about how you can support the Manchester 10 and the Art Not Evidence campaign.
kidsofcolour.com
artnotevidence.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual lecture 2025. It was an honor to host such an inspirational event. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Click below to find out more about how you can support the Manchester 10 and the Art Not Evidence campaign.
kidsofcolour.com
artnotevidence.org
Click below to find out more about how you can support the Manchester 10 and the Art Not Evidence campaign.
kidsofcolour.com
artnotevidence.org
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Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deaths
Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deaths
Lawsuit would be first of its kind against police officers, police chiefs and government departments
More than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police in the UK since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit in pursuit of compensation and justice.
The plan for group legal action was announced at the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings, a two-day event in which bereaved families presented evidence to a panel of international experts on how their relatives died and the long-term impact this has had on them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deaths
'Manchester 21-year old's conviction quashed after rap video evidence refuted'🔔 Read more about the work of Keir Monteith KC and book your free ticket to hear him talk at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture on April 29. 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCa
Manchester 21-year-old’s conviction quashed after rap video evidence refuted
Sentences of two co-appellants reduced after they were condemned by community groups as racist and unfair
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'Manchester 21-year old's conviction quashed after rap video evidence refuted'🔔 Read more about the work of Keir Monteith KC and book your free ticket to hear him talk at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture on April 29. 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCa
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Mistaken identity, dubious "gang" evidence and “breathtaking cultural ignorance” about drill led to the wrongful conviction of Ademola Adedeji. Why are seven other young men still behind bars? I’ve written about the Manchester 10 for Novara Media: novaramedia.com/2025/01/29/t...
The Police Know Nothing About Drill – and 7 Black Men Remain in Prison As a Result | Novara Media
Despite one overturned conviction, seven of the Manchester 10 remain in prison for a murder none of them committed. Ed Gillett reports on the dangerous consequences of police ignorance.
novaramedia.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mistaken identity, dubious "gang" evidence and “breathtaking cultural ignorance” about drill led to the wrongful conviction of Ademola Adedeji. Why are seven other young men still behind bars? I’ve written about the Manchester 10 for Novara Media: novaramedia.com/2025/01/29/t...
We are delighted to announce the speaker at this year’s free #SLRC Annual Lecture will be Keir Monteith KC exploring 'The Use of Music in the Criminalisation of Young Black People'. Join us at DMU on Tuesday 29 April 6pm, to discuss this highly topical national issue 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCa #blacksky #uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are delighted to announce the speaker at this year’s free #SLRC Annual Lecture will be Keir Monteith KC exploring 'The Use of Music in the Criminalisation of Young Black People'. Join us at DMU on Tuesday 29 April 6pm, to discuss this highly topical national issue 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCa #blacksky #uk