United families launch 100,000 No:10 custody deaths petition

January 20, 2012 in Appeals, Petitions, Breaking News by Zinzi Eka-Naphtali

The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) have launched an ambitious petition appeal that calls for an independent judicial inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody.

The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) is a coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who died in psychiatric and immigration detention. It also has members and supporters from campaign groups and advocacy organisations from across the UK.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody report published in 2011 states: in total, there were 5,998 deaths recorded for the 11 years from 2000 to 2010. This is an average of 545 deaths per year. Despite the fact there have been 11 unlawful killing verdicts since 1990 there has never been a successful prosecution.

US civil rights veteran, Rev Jesse Jackson supports the inquiry campaign.

Campaign representatives have said; “Our joint efforts have yielded some results.

However, these have not addressed the lack of justice in the many outstanding cases.

“We believe that equitable dispensation justice in the UK must be done and be seen to be done if the general public are to enjoy high levels of trust and confidence in the fair administration of justice.

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Follow UFFC on Facebook

January 15, 2012 in Site Announcements by Larry Fedja


Follow UFFC on Facebook!

You can now also keep up to date with our updates, discussions and events on the new
UFFC Facebook Group

You can now follow e-bulletins from UFFC Campaign Central right on its Facebook Group (auto-published). UFFC publish frequent news on updates of deaths in custody, events, family updates and more.

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Event: Deaths in Custody – A Case to Answer (please show support)

January 14, 2012 in Police & Prison Affairs, Psychiatric Deaths & Abuse by Kush-I Sakhu

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism invites you to the launch of its six-month investigation into deaths in police custody.

Tuesday, 31st January 2012
6.30pm for 7pm, With a talk to start at 7.30pm
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Venue: FOTO8 GALLERY, 1-5 Honduras Street, London EC1Y 0TH

This event is endorsed by 4WardEver UK

The Bureau’s investigation will air also at 8pm on BBC Radio 4’s flagship investigations programme, File on 4.

To mark the broadcast, the Bureau is holding an exhibition of images of those whose loved ones have died following contact with the police.

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