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ARTICLES HOSTED BY THE REC
"SIGNS OF RACISM" Excellent and informative article based on hard experience. When I first read it I found myself nodding in agreement with so many of the points it makes.
AMPLIFYING PREJUDICE?  Criminal Records Disclosures And Racial Discrimination. 

"RACE, MYTH, MURDER AND POLITICS" Written on the occasion of National Holocaust Memorial Day, 2009.

ARTICLES HOSTED ON OTHER UK WEBSITES
"Crusade against the undocumented" By Frances Webber. "Every day, across the UK, aggressive raids are being carried out at workplaces to root out those without papers." You would need a heart of stone not to be moved by this article."
"The wrong side of the law: The people of Stoke Newington, in the London borough of Hackney - the poorest in England - have lost faith in their police. Allegations of fabricating evidence, gratuitous violence and drug-dealing have blurred the line between law-enforcers and law-breakers" by Cal Mccrystal.
"The Criminal Justice System
People from ethnic minority backgrounds are effectively discriminated against three times over when it comes to crime and the whole criminal justice system."
"The Trouble with Shariah" By Yahya Birt. "The Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent intervention on the recognition of Shariah in English law has sent the country into a spin."
"On the 12th January 1983, at Stoke Newington police station, Colin Roach, who was then aged 21, died of shotgun wounds.  He is alleged by the police to have shot himself in the mouth.  On the 13th January, Dr. Chambers, the coroner, within whose district the death had occurred, decided to hold an inquest." To read the complete report click here > Coroners’ Law Resource