by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 31, 2021 | Be entertained, criminal justice, Discuss, Join a movement, Policy
Retired Chief Superintendent Owen West believes the police are being dragged in a political direction that will damage their long-term legitimacy in the eyes of the people. He calls on officers to remember the lessons of Ian Tomlinson’s death in 2009, and he calls on... by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 17, 2021 | criminal justice, Discuss, Join a movement, Policy
A PR nightmare The Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill stormed into the spotlight with the subtlety of a flaming battering ram. Its headlining acts were a manifest ban on “noisy” protests, a ten-year sentence for decolonising demonstrators, and a footnote... by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 8, 2021 | Join a movement, Policy
A strong justice system After months of protesting conditions in Napier Barracks where he lived with 400 other asylum seekers, Abdo was arrested when protesting escalated into a fire. Held in immigration detention for three weeks, a routine bail hearing saw him... by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 8, 2021 | Change your ways, Join a movement, People, Stay sitting
I have written this testimony after several interviews with the man it belongs to, converting his rudimentary English into written sentences. He has asked to stay anonymous in case it affects his claim, or his safety should he ever be deported. He is a Kurdish Iraqi... by Oriana Peckham | May 18, 2019 | Change your ways, Cough up, Join a movement, People, Sex
Walking into an Abortion clinic: Why Clinic Protests need to end In 1967 it became legal for women to have abortions in the UK without going to jail for their decision. Still, our right to choice is at risk of being erased all over the world today. ... by Mathilda Mallinson | Feb 15, 2018 | Cough up, Join a movement, Policy
When I tell my friends I’m going to Calais they say, ‘oh how nice! Take suncream!’ I think they think I’m going to Cannes. And then when they realise that ‘Calais’ means Calais, and I’m going to work with refugees, they ask why – last they heard, the Jungle was...