The Government has stated that the purpose of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21 is to “better protect the public from terrorism by strengthening the law which governs the sentencing, release and monitoring of terrorism offenders”. However, equalities and rights groups across the...
Today, 11th July 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the worst episode of ethnic cleansing in Europe since World War Two – the Srebrenica massacre. In 1995, Bosnian Serb forces surrounded Srebrenica, a town in Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, in a matter of five days, slaughtered at least...
In July 1995 Serbian Army forces rounded up 8,000 Muslim men and boys in a supposed ‘safe enclave’ of Srebrenica protected by Dutch UN peacekeepers. They were taken away and murdered in cold blood. It has come to light that, in 1997, the Prime Minister wrote an article challenging Bianca...
In the wake of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s deaths, protest movements across the world emerged seeking a resolution to a longstanding struggle. A struggle against dismantling dehumanising perspectives which institutions are built upon and still enforce. Racism is often...
During this COVID 19 pandemic, you have probably heard the phrase “a sense of community” been thrown around but one volunteer never truly understood what it meant until recently. Sabrina, a volunteer from Cardiff working group used to work in a call centre at various different times...
From Friday 26th to Sunday 28th 2020, we presented our three Politics Masterclass to our volunteers. This made up part of our ongoing efforts to provide training and education opportunities for MEND Working Groups. The first session on Friday was titled ‘The British Political and Electoral...
Last week our Leeds Working Group hosted Richard Burgon MP on our latest webinar series: MEND Report Yorkshire. Richard Burgon, Member of Parliament for Leeds East, spent some time discussing Islamophobia and Racism with our Leeds volunteer Haris, who hosted the session. The session started off...
The MEND Book Club was an initiative started by volunteers and staff to stay in touch and communicate with each other during lockdown, with the aim of educating ourselves through material relevant to current world issues, as well as MEND’s own aims and objectives. In our most recent session the...
From Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July, MEND presented its three Media Masterclass sessions to our volunteers. These sessions were the last of the series of our current masterclass cycle we have been webcasting to our volunteers as part their ongoing education and training. On Friday, the first of the...
Our third MENDreport Scotland on Facebook live took place on 16th June 2020 with Zara Janjua, an award winning broadcaster and journalist. Zara Janjua has worked in print press and broadcasting for many years, as well as being a stand-up comic. Having such an array of experiences involving the...
