human rights
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Ken Macharia not detained after asylum refusal
60 supporters accompanied him to his monthly check-in at Bridgewater police station.
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Edition 18 Ideas And Action Banner Home Page
A community fights for asylum justice
Bristol Bison rugby player Ken Macharia speaks about his experience of detention, as the system comes under the spotlight.
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Long read: Two years after Kamil Ahmad’s murder, there is cause for hope and anger
Disabled asylum seekers have faced appalling injustices for too long – action is needed.
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Previously unseen interview with murdered asylum seeker Kamil Ahmad
In this short film, Kamil Ahmad speaks of his experiences as an asylum seeker in the UK four years before he was murdered.
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#MillionsMissing: the campaign for ME equality
Sufferers of ME/CFS are taking to Queen Square this weekend. The Cable spoke to an organiser about why the government needs to take action on...
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Bristol activist could face life in prison for stopping deportation flight
Today is the first day of trial for 15 activists, including Bristol woman, who grounded deportation flight last year.
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Edition 14 Banner Home Page Visuals Features City People's History
Women who built Bristol: ‘We were challenging all the time’
A look at some of the great women who helped shape this city.
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Banner Home Page Bristol And Beyond Interviews
Interview: Shackelia Jackson, human rights activist
The Cable spoke to Jamaican activist Shackelia Jackson, who has been campaigning against unlawful police killings after the murder of her brother in 2014.
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Watch: Together we can fight modern slavery
Animation ‘What do you see?’, by Sally Arthur, showing how modern slavery works in the UK.
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Bristol And Beyond Banner Home Page Edition 13
A never-ending journey
What can history teach us about how we got here and where we go next? The Journey to Justice project aims to find out by...
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Edition 12 Banner Home Page People's History
Bringing the fight against apartheid to Bristol
Remembering Ron Press, the white South African dissident who became a leading light in Bristol activism.
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I’m voting to stop the assault on disabled people’s rights
I am one of the 89% of disabled people intending to vote in this election. Cuts to services, a rise in hate crimes; as a group we have been especially impacted in these austere times.
