Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

45 probed for ‘torturing’ Ivrea prison inmates
22 November 22
An investigation begins into allegations of beatings and torture by 45 prison officers, doctors, officials and interim warders of Ivrea prison, in northwestern Italy. As the trial of 105 prison officers and local health agency officials at Santa Maria Capua Vetere, accused of brutally suppressing a ‘riot’, also begins, evidence is presented that suspects exchanged texts beforehand, stating ‘We’ll kill them like veal calves’ and ‘tame the beasts’, and afterwards, ‘four hours of hell for them’.
Source: ANSA
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: Italy
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Nigel Farage Has Praised Keir Starmer’s Speech On Immigration
22 November 22
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage praises Labour leader Keir Starmer for his pledge to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) that a Labour government will help business wean itself off low-paid migrant labour, saying that Labour is now to the right of the Tories on immigration.
Source: Huffington Post UK
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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We must reflect on religion-based abuse of women
22 November 22
In a video message to a parliamentary event on violence against women, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says it is necessary to reflect on the relationship between violence and religion, ‘especially in relation to immigrant women’, relating this to clothing limitations and forced marriages, justified by the culture of the country of origin.
Source: ANSA
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: Italy
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Instagram told to reinstate music video removed at request of Met police
22 November 22
Meta’s oversight board orders Instagram to reinstate a clip of drill music by Secrets Not Safe by Chinx (it had been removed following a Met police request). An FOI request reveals that over a 12 month-period the Met filed 286 requests to take down or review posts about drill music, with 255 granted. No other genre was targeted.
Source: Guardian
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Number of BAME people in music industry has dropped since 2020, study finds
22 November 22
A report by UK Music finds that the number of BME workers in the music industry has decreased, with employees from ethnically diverse backgrounds disproportionately affected by pandemic-related job cuts.
Source: Guardian
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Manston asylum centre now empty after weeks of controversy
22 November 22
As the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman confirms that he is investigating the death at Manston, which has also been referred to the Independent Commission on Police Conduct, the scandal-hit asylum processing centre is emptied of residents and closes its doors.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Inside the Hip-Hop Record Store Run by Undercover Cops
21 November 22
A Vice News investigation reveals a 2008 Metropolitan police operation that involved a hip-hop record shop and recording studio run by undercover officers. ‘Operation Peyzac’ resulted in 35 arrests, with campaigners and those affected describing it as ‘entrapment’ of young black men.
Source: Vice
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: UK
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Sheku Bayoh’s family facing ‘despicable’ racism, says inquiry chair
21 November 22
In his opening remarks to the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody in Fife, Scotland, in 2015, chair Lord Brocadale condemns the ‘despicable racist abuse’ directed at Bayoh’s family and solicitor, saying that in some instances it ‘may amount to hate crime’.
Source: Guardian
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: UK
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Only 10 Met officers out of 412 investigated over alleged online abuse have been fired
21 November 22
Freedom of information requests reveal that only 10 Met officers out of 412 investigated for abuse on WhatsApp or social media sites were sacked, with the vast majority given written warnings, and others put on ‘reflective learning practice’ or given ‘management advice’.
Source: Guardian
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: UK
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Hani killer’s release sees neo-Nazi ‘explosion of joy’ – analyst
21 November 22
The Never Again Association reacts with dismay to the South African Constitutional Court’s decision to parole Janusz Waluś, who shot dead South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993 and is treated as a national hero by the far Right in his native Poland, with calls for him to be made president.
Source: Cape Talk
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: Poland
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Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon
21 November 22
New Earth Theatre, a company of British east and south-east Asian (BESEA) artists, announces it has pulled its upcoming production WORTH from the Sheffield Crucible theatre because of the venue’s decision to stage Miss Saigon , a musical New Earth argue contains ‘damaging tropes, misogyny and racism’ towards Vietnamese people.
Source: Guardian
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Tory MP tells England footballers to cut out ‘nonsense’ of kneeling against racism
21 November 22
The head of Show Racism the Red Card criticises Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, after he celebrated the England football team’s decision to not wear the pro-LGBT rainbow armband by urging the team to also refrain from the anti-racist gesture of taking the knee before kick-off.
Source: Mirror
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Jason Lee: ‘David Baddiel’s apology was overdue. I’ve waited a long time’
21 November 22
Former footballer Jason Lee speaks about how the racist, blackface depiction of him by comedian David Baddiel 25 years ago has had a detrimental impact on his life, with Lee still experiencing racist jibes as a result.
Source: Guardian
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Shamima Begum trafficked by IS to Syria for sexual exploitation, tribunal hears
21 November 22
Shamima Begum’s appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship in February 2019 begins in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in London, in her absence as she was refused a visa to attend. As Begum’s lawyers say she was a victim of trafficking, an MI5 witness says victims can also threaten national security.
Source: BBC
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Cleaners win end to exploitative outsourcing at London Bridge hospital
21 November 22
Majority-migrant cleaners, caterers and housekeeping staff at London Bridge hospital win a campaign brought by the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union for an end to ‘exploitative’ outsourcing arrangements, and are to be brought in-house from April 2023, the union says.
Source: Morning Star
Category: EMPLOYMENT | EXPLOITATION | INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Country: UK
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