BANDUNG AFRICA ORGANISATION 20th May, 2022. Bandung Africa Announces the Appointment of One New Co. Chair. The Board of Governors of Bandung Africa extends its Pan African reach as it appoints Mrs Yetunde Asika, a uk trained lawyer based in Nigeria as its new Co. Chair. On the 20th May, 2022 in Nairobi, Bandung Africa...Read More
EDM (Early Day Motion)228: tabled on 30 June 2022 Tabled in the 2022-23 session. This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. Motion text That this House stands in solidarity with the Maasai people of Tanzania who are being forcibly evicted on the false pretense that they...Read More
EDM (Early Day Motion)891: tabled on 15 September 2020 Tabled in the 2019-21 session. This motion has been signed by 13 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. Motion text That this House stands in solidarity with the people of Kenya who are seeking redress for the theft of their lands under the...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT press@bencrump.com International Human Rights Attorneys Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand Convene Civil Society Coalition to Appeal to the United Nations on Behalf of African Refugees Facing Racial Discrimination in Ukraine and Poland WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Internationally renowned human rights attorneys Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand, who represented...Read More
March 1, 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights C/O Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights C/O Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination C/O Working Group on the Rights of People of African Descent United Nations Office at Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland To: High Commissioner Bachelet and United...Read More
Society of Black Lawyers will join campaigners opposed to the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill to take part in a national demonstration against the proposed legislation later this month. The much-criticised Bill which is currently winding through Parliament gives the Home Secretary the right to strip Britons with foreign ancestry of their nationality without notice....Read More
The purpose of the Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racial Police Violence (Commission) is to examine whether widespread and systematic racist violence in policing against people of African descent in the United States of America (U.S.) has resulted in a continuing pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The...Read More
High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Attn: Sara Hamood, Maria Luisa Buscar Dear High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet: In a courtroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the police officer caught on video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck is...Read More
