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Police Move to End ‘Stop and Search’ Abuses
By Ayo Johnson Action is being taken to end abuses of a controversial law giving police powers to stop and search people without cause. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette that she recognised that the law, section 315F of…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Reaching Out: Lynne Winfield is fighting white privilege
When Lynne Winfield first came to Bermuda to work from England, she walked right into a secretarial job. She assumed she was the most qualified person for the job, and the words “white privilege” never crossed her mind. Today, she is outgoing president of the…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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ICI Says Migrants Left ‘In Limbo’ by Immigration Policy
Immigration Council of Ireland notes ‘busy year’ for its frontline services Chief executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) Denise Charlton. The ICI criticised Ireland’s immigration policy and how it leaves migrants ‘living in limbo’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times By Patsy McGarry Failure…
Author: The Irish Times
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ICI launches racist incident reporting and support service
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) will start a new service next week for people who have experienced or witnessed racist incidents. The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is an independent, non-governmental organisation working with and for migrants by providing information and support, advocacy and…
Author: The Immigrant Council of Ireland
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CURB calls for more timely statistics on Island’s social problems
By Sam Strangeways An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills. Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, education, unemployment and earnings is badly…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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North's racist incidents could 'rocket'
by Dan Keenan Officials at two Stormont departments are working on specific policy proposals to meet the needs of immigrant communities in Northern Ireland following recent racist attacks. The Assembly was also warned that the rate of racist incidents was due to “rocket”. Initiatives from…
Author: Irish Times
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Ireland slow to integrate migrants into schools
AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent IRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed. The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom…
Author: Irish Times
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Sit Down, Stand Up: Social Justice Philanthropy Revisited
by Christopher Harris Last summer, Alliance magazine editor Caroline Hartnell asked me if I thought it would be good to write another special feature on philanthropy and social justice. As she put it, was there something new to say? While there is still much to do to…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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We must dismantle lingering divides and create a reconciled vibrant North
OPINION: Unless the North agrees how to share its future, devolution will have failed and potential will rot, writes DUNCAN MORROW EVEN AS the memory dims, the Irish peace process has the capacity to stir pride. A centuries-long Greek tragedy had an unexpected end. British-Irish relations…
Author: The Irish Times