Women asylum seekers and refugees from Manchester will take to the streets of Liverpool on Friday to demand justice in an asylum system which they say treats themselves and their families like criminals.
Two Manchester-based Nepali asylum seekers, Govinda Pokharel and Jamuna Rijal, have alleged they were beaten by private security guards contracted to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) during an attempt to remove them from the country last Wednesday 20 July.
The English Defence League’s “LGBT” division, who have cancelled a planned protest in Manchester today, has posted a link to the “Norwegian Defence League” on their Facebook profile on the same day a far-right Christian with alleged links to the EDL massacred at least 91 members of the Labour Party in Norway.
Last week the Immigration Advisory Service went into administration, leaving thousands without representation. Its fall comes only one year on from the bankruptcy of Refugee and Migrant Justice, itself one of the largest providers of legal advice, adding to widespread fears of mounting damage to publicly funded justice.
Salford City Council’s Planning and Transport Regulatory Panel unanimously refused to allow the continued extraction of peat at Chat Moss at its meeting on Thursday 30 June 2011. The case has been hailed as a “landmark decision” which may set a precedent for other similar cases on peat extraction elsewhere in the country. Councillor Derek Antrobus, […]
Thousands marched through the streets of Manchester today in support of public sector strikes called against proposed pension reforms and in opposition to the government’s austerity drive. Trade unionists in the city took part in industrial action involving hundreds of thousands of workers nationwide.
Union members and protestors across the city are preparing for a day of strikes this Thursday, as across the nation 750,000 teachers, lecturers and civil servants walk out in protest over proposed pension reforms and the government’s austerity agenda. Want to know what’s going on in Manchester? Then read on…
