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  StopWatch Strategy Day 2014

  StopWatch, 4 Mar 2014

  Here's StopWatch intern Seth Maynard's account of our annual Strategy Day which took place in January. Read more »

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  StopWatch Youth networks with activists across Europe

  Monique Lane, 17 Feb 2014

  I recently participated in a pan-European anti-racist conference “Wipe Out Hate! UNITED in Solidarity” in Prague, sharing StopWatch’s work with other youth activists. Here is my account of five days of learning, discussion and networking. Read more »

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  Vehicle stops and strip searches - the methodology of our recent findings

  StopWatch, 17 Feb 2014

  Two weeks ago the Guardian reported our findings of a) increasing and discriminatory vehicle stops, and b) the facts (and lack thereof) concerning strip searches in the context of stop-and-searches. To accompany this report, and lay the groundwork for relevant, upcoming StopWatch briefings, we offer this discussion of some of the methodology and sources behind these findings. Read more »

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  Section 60: a most draconian stop-and-search law that plays to police prejudice

  StopWatch, 6 Feb 2014

  "With no 'reasonable suspicion' required, black people are 23 times more likely to be targeted. The courts must address this" argues Rachel Taylor. Read more »

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  What does the Duggan inquest tell us about relations between the police and the BME community?

  StopWatch, 29 Jan 2014

  In the wake of the Duggan verdict, StopWatch Policy Group member Kojo Koram explains why BME communities have lost faith in our criminal justice system, and why stop and search reform is key to building a system that is not inherently biased against them. Read more »

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