Category Archives: News & Notices

Website – MASSOBS: mass observation movement

Massobs co.uk

A new website has been launched which contains speeches and interviews with those who took part in the 2011 United Families and Friends Campaign and its thirteenth annual march. Massobs.co.uk is a site that postgraduate students are involoved with. The

UFFC discuss custody deaths on BBC radio show

Tippa Naphtali - Trafalgar Square

Tippa Naphtali of the United Families & Friends Campaign spoke on behalf of families all over the country when he was invited onto the Joe Aldred Show. You can listen to the show again (or if you missed it live) for

Unproven science used to ‘explain’ custody deaths

Restraint Technique

A controversial unproven syndrome with roots in the US is being used in British coroners’ courts to explain why people die after police restraint.  ‘Excited delirium’ or ‘sudden-in-custody-death-syndrome’ is a niche diagnosis not yet recognised by the World Health Organisation or

Event: Deaths in Custody – A Case to Answer

Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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 Venue: FOTO8 GALLERY, 1-5 Honduras Street, London EC1Y