Defending our civil liberties and human rights: What the votes cast by Yorkshire’s MPs on the 42-day proposed anti-terror Bill says about the state of civil rights and liberty in our region.
“I do not believe as ministers continue to insist, that there is some sort of trade off between our liberties and the safety of the realm. I believe what makes us free is what makes us safe and what makes us safe is what makes us free” Dianne Abbot, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington...
This response by the Director of JUST West Yorkshire, Ratna Lachman is in response to an article in the Yorkshire Post on the 21st of April profiling Trevor Philips's address on the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell's "rivers of blood" speech
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A speech presented on the 28th of February by the Director of JUST West Yorkshire, Ratna Lachman at a seminar entitled “From Belfast to Bradford” held at Bradford University.
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THE launch of the Neighbourhood Policing strategy outlined by West Yorkshire's Police Chief Sir Norman Bettison is likely to bring a chill into the hearts of Muslims in the region who are already under an unprecedented spotlight for the actions of a misguided minority.
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