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Sydney Kirton describes the London team's trip to the Houses of Parliament to present the latest findings from the women and girls research project

Sydney provides a moving testament of how the girls' research project process has affected her perceptions of policing

Sydney recounts the beginnings of an exciting new project

We've written to Home Secretary Priti Patel over the proposed introduction of Serious Violence Reduction Orders – we implore all of those moved by these concerns to respond to the government’s consultation on these proposals before the deadline of 8 November*

New report documents the disproportionate impact that drug law enforcement continues to have on black and minority ethnic communities in England and Wales

StopWatch and Liberty release ‘Driving While Black,’ a new report which raises concerns that not only are drivers targeted because they are Black, but a new offence and search powers, which would tie road traffic policing to immigration enforcement, will increase the incentive for racial profiling

Read our press release on the latest police recorded crime figures for 2016/17 that report violent crime has increased.

On the same day the Home Office published Police use of Tasers statistics in England and Wales, StopWatch publishes data obtained by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) around the use of Tasers in London. Contrary to the Home Office, our report highlights data about the disproportionate use of these weapons against the black community.

The Home Office has published a report with data concerning police powers and procedures in England and Wales in the financial year 2014/2015. StopWatch has analysed the main trends and underlined the most interesting data about stop and search powers.

StopWatch welcomes the announcement made by the Home Secretary to launch a public consultation into the use of stop and search powers, but has some concerns over the timing of consultation and notes the need to ensure the consultation is meaningful and the voices of impacted communities are heard.

StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative recently submitted a contribution to the United Nations Human Rights Council review of the United Kingdom.

​Following a Freedom of Information request by StopWatch partners The Federation Of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), it has been revealed that ethnic minorities are vastly more likely to be stopped in airports and ports under controversial anti-terror legislation.