Action for Race Equality
Empowering Young People who are Black, Asian and of Mixed Heritage
Pre-sentence reports won't create a two-tiered justice system, it already exists and it disadvantages Black, Asian, and Mixed Heritage people through consistent, systematic racism, at nearly every stage. 🕒 Estimated read time: 3 …
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ARE’s new Policy and Research officer, Qasim Alli, reflects on his experience working at Oxford and Cambridge, and the barriers stopping real change from happening across the university system. I have spent most of the last decade working to …
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Leaders in Community is a youth-led charity run by a group of active local young people in Tower Hamlets and wider East London. Currently on ARE's Building Ethnic Diversity in the Youth Employability Sector, they are improving employment …
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Action for Race Equality's statement on the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to not charge the officers in the Stephen Lawrence investigation. Action for Race Equality is deeply disappointed by the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to not …
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On Monday (March 11) the Guardian reported that the Conservative Party's biggest donor, Frank Hester, had made deeply racist comments about Dianne Abbott, the MP for Hackney. There has been a deeply disappointing response to the comments from Downing …
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The Alliance for Racial Justice, supported by Action for Race Equality, has made a joint statement regarding the recent events in Israel and Gaza, and the impact on community groups and civil liberties in the UK. The Alliance for Racial Justice is …
This morning, the BBC published an investigation into the misuse of police body-worn cameras, finding that these cameras have been turned off whilst police force is being used. Over 150 incidents of misuse were uncovered by the investigation, …
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Last week, Chief Constable Sarah Crew acknowledged that her own force, Avon and Somerset Police, is institutionally racist. Action for Race Equality welcomes the comment made by the Chief Constable. We would welcome this acknowledgement from …
Today, on Tuesday 21st March, 2023, also UN anti-racism day, Baroness Dame Louise Casey's year long investigation into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service was published as the Casey Review. ARE attended …
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EQUAL, Action for Race Equality's criminal justice arm, has responded to the government's Inclusive Britain report and called for further action to be taken to address racial disparity across the UK, particularly in the criminal justice system where …
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