[noborders-brum] 'Detention, Human Wrongs, Common, Life without Branding' - 11 Feb 07 - 80 items (approx)

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01: UK
02: Jobs
03: World
04: Events
05: Europe
06: Children - Legal updates
07: Refugee Engineers Database, RED
08: UK Borders Bill, latest amendments
09: Refugee Week student journalists competition
10: Home Office, Freedom of information disclosures
11: US - Expedited Removal: Commission finds few changes in asylum 
    procedures
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Lead: 'Detention, Human Wrongs, Common, Life without Branding' 

Conference: Human Rights and Human Wrongs
24-25 Feb 2007
http://www.nclg.org.uk/nclg2007.htm

Human rights and common sense
http://www.dca.gov.uk/speeches/2007/sp070209.htm

Voltaire: Common sense is not so common.
http://www.quotationsbook.com/quotes/7265/view

More from Harmondsworth 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361933.html

Activists' detention centre protests
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=36853&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=
+
There were 3 demonstrations on Saturday in London:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/359647.html
Leicester and Manchester [reports from Harmondsworth demo]
1 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361897.html
2 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361933.html
photos 
1 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361907.html
2 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361996.html
There will also be a protest on Monday at Brize Norton
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361829.html

USA, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy have refused to sign up to the UN
Convention on banning disappearences and secret detention. 
Fifty-seven countries joined at the treaty signing in Paris on 6
February 2007. 
http://www.statewatch.org
Convention:
http://www.disappearances.org/mainfile.php/undoc/115/

A cracking row over ID card lobbying for us all to savour
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article1361785.ece
Referring to:
ID Cards - implications for contractors
(PDF)
http://www.intellectuk.org/download.asp?file=947
Intellect criticises Conservative approach to ID card suppliers
(PDF)
http://www.intellectuk.org/download.asp?file=945
and
Improving the Delivery of Government IT Projects
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmpubacc/65/6502.htm

For Life without Branding (Serbian)
http://www.zazivot.org/

Serbia rejects biometric ID cards
Digital Civil Rights in Europe
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.2/serbia-id-cards


01: UK

11 Feb 07

Protest shows support for asylum family
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/235/235867_protest_shows_support_for_asylum_family.html

Britain needs a declaration of independence from the US
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2010486,00.html

Britain is no police state
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2010492,00.html

Britain isn’t a police state, but it’s close to being a liar state
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article1364671.ece

After Climbié, children are at even more risk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article1364667.ece

10 Feb 07

Stop Deportations to Iraqi Kurdistan
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361861.html

Jewish sisters join list of blameless asylum-seekers facing deportation
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2255718.ece

Poles in UK may be twice government estimates
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1361951.ece

9 Feb 07

Iraq: US, UK and other states must protect Iraqi refugees
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140062007

Deportations Imminent
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361855.html

Doctor killed himself before immigration verdict
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/09/ndoctors109.xml

Urging Jewish moderates to shout
http://www.catalystmagazine.org/spotlight
About:
independent jewish voices
http://www.ijv.org.uk/

Blair Challenged Over 'Unfair' Plan To Deport It Consultant
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=139764&command=displayContent&sourceNode=139442&contentPK=16605174&folderPk=80788&pNodeId=139355

Was it a rant against immigration?
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/interactive/letters/stainesletters/display.var.1181784.0.was_it_a_rant_against_immigration.php

Parents jailed for torturing disabled girl
Echoes of Climbie case sparks calls for inquiry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2009298,00.html

Slavery: Into the art of darkness
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2251266.ece

8 Feb 07

Boris Johnson leads UK Parly debate on Zim deportations
http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=1732&cat=2

Govt Blasted Over ESOL Funding
http://www.fenews.co.uk/newsview.asp?n=2238

Detention Watch from Zimbabwe Association
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=3210


02: Jobs

Director
(word doc)
http://www.frankslist.info/barnet.doc
Source: http://www.barnetrefugeeservice.org.uk

Legal Policy Director
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/recruitment.html

Immigration Counsellor - Cardiff
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=522&CatID=22

Casework Assistant - Glasgow
http://www.iasuk.org/c2b/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=521&CatID=22

Personal Assistant
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=102

Deputy Director
http://www.birw.org/D-Director.html

Children's Rights Alliance
Policy and change director
Senior policy and change officer
- Geneva Project
Programme director
Senior policy and change officer
Senior children's rights investigator
Policy and change assistant
Administrator (joint project / CRAE core)
http://www.crae.org.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=62
+
Get ready for Geneva leaflet 
(PDF)
http://www.crae.org.uk/cms/dmdocuments/Get%20ready%20for%20Geneva%20YP%20leaflet%20Jan%202007.pdf


03: World

Nine die in South Korean immigration centre fire
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSEO634620070211

Iraqi politicians urge world to help its refugees
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=KHA136516

Fighting for democracy? US is deaf to the cries of Iraqis
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2258798.ece

Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2010014,00.html

Second world war 'sex slaves' to testify to Congress
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2009536,00.html

Urals gang killed 30 women taken for a 'picnic'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2010460,00.html

Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6349287.stm

Neo-fascist suspected of killing that has thrown Italian football into
chaos
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2251352.ece

Rally against Kosovo plan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1361555.ece

US moves in on Africa 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,2009097,00.html

Violence erupts in old Jerusalem
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2009567,00.html

Former rebel leader who overthrew Marxist dictator
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2251379.ece

After the disaster of Iraq, Bush turns his attention to Algeria
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2251347.ece

China: Execution of Chinese Muslim condemned
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2009574,00.html

Ethiopia is accused of 'torturing and illegally jailing opponents of
regime'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2251351.ece

French Foreign Policy in Africa
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/index.php?id=189&pid=365

Guinea street demonstrators shot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6349411.stm

Iraqi insurgents offer peace in return for concessions
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2251354.ece

Israel/Occupied Territories: We are being suffocated
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2009907,00.html

Mauritania 'to let migrants land' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6347459.stm

Rwanda 'crash probe halted' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6348815.stm

South Africa arrests 5,000 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=16024

Sri Lanka's president seems as mindless as any bomber
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2009211,00.html

US: Panel Pushes to Expedite Asylum Reforms
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2860841

US: Bangladesh cabbie is toast of NYC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6345901.stm


04: Events

What's Happening at the Edinburgh Refugee Centre in February?
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/noticeboard/Refugee_Centre

24/02/2007
104 Pairs of Shoes Exhibition
Festival Theatre , Edinburgh
YWCA Scotland's '104 Pairs of Shoes' exhibition will be on display at
the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tue 20 February to Sat 24 February.
 The exhibition will be open to the...
http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/noticeboard/Shoes_exhibition

Date: 24 May 2007 
Film screening: Ghosts 
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A
3EA 
Date: 24 May 2007 
Nick Broomfield's second fiction feature, inspired by the deaths of 21
Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay in 2004. Followed by a Q&A with
Nick Broomfield and Klara Skrivankova.  
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=290


05: Europe


06: Children - Legal updates

The Home Office has conceded on the 
planned reduced time limit for the submission 
of the completed Statement of Evidence Form 
under the New Asylum Model children's segment. 
For further details and an update on the New 
Asylum Model
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033

How will asylum seeking children with an 
outstanding application to the Home Office be 
affected by being designated as a 'legacy case'?
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033

The Home Secretary has conceded that the Government 
operated an "unlawful" policy in relation to the 
detention of scores of young asylum-seekers whose 
age the Home Office had disputed.
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90033

07: Refugee Engineers Database, RED

Welcome to the Refugee Engineers Database, RED. We are an online
resource for refugees who have engineering qualifications and wish to
work as engineers in the UK.  
http://www.refugee-engineers.org.uk/


08: UK Borders Bill, latest amendments

Amendment paper (07/02/07)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/amend/70208a01.htm

Bill (25/1/07)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/07053.i-ii.html

1st reading
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070125/debtext/70125-0006.htm#07012579000011

2nd reading
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm070205/debtext/70205-0006.htm#0702053000001

Explanatory Notes
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/053/en/07053x--.htm

Research Paper 07-011
(PDF)
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2007/rp07-011.pdf


09: Refugee Week student journalists competition

Reporters given chance for ‘clarity’
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1185380.0.reporters_given_chance_for_clarity.php

Enter the Amnesty International and Sunday Herald Refugee Week
competition for the best journalism on asylum by a student in Scotland.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10727

Refugee Week
http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/


10: Home Office, Freedom of information disclosures

Latest releasees:

Somali removals  17/01/2007  
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5383-somali-removals?view=Standard&pubID=440926
Deportations to Ireland  08/01/2007  
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5278-deportations-ireland?view=Standard&pubID=440092
Immigration Removal Centres  05/01/2007 
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5246-immigration-removal-centres?view=Standard&pubID=440089 
Removals and returns of non-Kurdish failed asylum applicants  15/12/2006 
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/released-information/foi-archive-immigration/5156-removals-kurdish-asylum?view=Standard&pubID=432720


11: US - Expedited Removal: Commission finds few changes in asylum 
   procedures

Expedited Removal Score Card (Long Version)
http://www.uscirf.gov/reports/ScoreCards/02062007_ScoreCard_long.html
Short version
http://www.uscirf.gov/reports/ScoreCards/02062007_ScoreCard_short.html

Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal
http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2007/february/20070202ERS.html

Changes the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to make to
protect asylum seekers haven't happened, leaving at risk foreigners
fleeing danger, lawmakers said Thursday
http://www.examiner.com/a-554964~Commission_finds_few_changes_in_asylum_procedures.html


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