• Suspend the two police officers who tasered Ras Judah
    Last month our respected community elder, Ras Judah Adunbi, was tasered by two police constables while peacefully taking his dog on a Saturday morning walk through our neighbourhood (Easton, Bristol). The police stopped Judah near his home, demanded to know his name and address and when Judah politely refused, which is within his legal rights, they tasered him in the face and wrongfully arrested him. Judah did NOT break any laws or rules but was treated violently and with no respect. Judah felt like he was going to die and has since suffered from a number of health complications. The incident was covered my media outlets across the Globe, including Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and BBC World News. Avon and Somerset Police dropped the charges a couple of days later and are now being investigated by IPCC. ** Ras Judah wants everyone in the community to LEARN their legal rights! If a police officer stops you and starts to ask you questions you DO NOT have to stop or answer any questions. That’s the law. The Police should stick to it. ** Key facts: - There have been at least 17 taser-related deaths in Britain since 2003, including the death of Dalian Atkinson, the former Aston Villa footballer, who died after being Tasered by police officers in August 2016. - People of African descent are three times more likely to be tasered and six times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. - According to government figures, use of Tasers has grown over recent years, with 1,921 Taser discharges recorded by police in England and Wales in 2015. - Judah was taken to the Bristol Royal infirmary in a Police car with the Taser still dangling from his face. After being discharged later that morning he spent 10 hours at Patchway police station (Bristol). He was allowed to leave just before midnight and had to make his own way home. - On Monday 23rd Jan, Bristol's police federation chairman said the police officers involved were 'doing what the public expect of them'.
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  • Conjugal visits in the uk
    There are many woman and children who have spent many years with out being close to there loved ones this has an effect on familys don't let the family's suffer
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  • Stop Bullying
    This is important because i have seen someone very close to me being bullied from being a confident, beautiful, talented, intelligent young lady to self-hate, lack of confidence, uninspired young lady. The bullying is going on for nearly two years now and we have tried to do everything, report to the school, get in touch with the police but it did not help. Many young people in the UK are being bullied until they commit suicide, self harm or stopping them from being who they are meant to be not only young people even in work places some adults find it okay to make someone's life unbearable. Everyone should have the right to be happy and live in freedom from being bullied with other people.
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  • STOP DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIME FOR FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT
    I have facial disfigurement and I have encountered discrimination and hate crime throughout my life. Society judge by my disfigurement. I encounter staring, negative comments, and sniggering. I have failed employment interviews. I have encountered bullying. I have been stopped from driving due to new ruling with DVLA after 30 years of safe driving with a congenital defect.
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  • A register for domestic violence perpetrators
    This is important because so many lives are ruined by domestic violence, this violence impacts on the lives of women, men and children, some children grow up to believe violence is a normal act and go on to become perpetrators themselves. Lives are lost to domestic violence everyday, stop the violence. On average the perpetrator will assault their target 36 times before police are called. The reluctance to call the police is born out of extreme fear and shame.
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  • Union Carbide and Dow must meet their contactual and moral obligations in Bhopal
    Children are still dying from playing in the polluted area. Shortly after the leakage Union Carbide sold the plant to Dow, to avoid meeting their obligations to the people of Bhopal. Upjohn Polymer have recently sold their Isocyanate plant to Dow. Dow chemical is aiming to expand its business in PU in India. Polyurethane (PU) foams use 50% isocyanates in their manufacture.
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  • Espionage Act Travesty
    Our Government, its Institutions, Politicians, Local Councils are NOT trusted to conduct their affairs with efficiency and integrity. The same applies to most corporations and many businesses. Legislative and self-regulating bodies are often self protecting, evasive and shamelessly lenient to their members. A robust and free ranging system of external investigation and whistleblowing is often the only way large institutions are held to public scrutiny and account. Current Law Commission proposals criminalise these investigative activities across an extensive array of issues and activities - in both public and private spheres. Recently revealed scandals such as HMRC sweetheart deals with accountancy firm Goldman Sachs, MOD's cover up of the failure of Warrior armoured vehicles, details of EDF's deal with the government over Hinkley Point, overcharging by contractors on the Government's Work Programme ....... anything deemed to be "sensitive economic information" will be subject to the new 'Secrecy Laws" and subject to a 700% increase in prison sentence up to 14 years. With increasing likelihood of NHS privatisation deals, can we risk these details being held secret under such threats? In an ultimate act of cynicism, the closing date for the consultation is May 3rd. .... World Press Freedom Day. Two fingers, anyone?
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  • Put our street lights back on
    Because it's for the safety of everyone involved. Plus it's dangerous and also crime rate will now rise.
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  • Criminal records data retention until a person is 100 in UK
    Bill to amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be debated soon. England and Wales brand young offenders criminals for life. The punitive and penal approach to the rehabilitation of young offenders and disclosers and retention of criminal records is vastly different to many other countries. Below is brief guide of how other nations treat criminal convictions. • Canada permanently deletes records of juvenile convictions once an individually turns 18 or after 5 years of turning 18. Murder, manslaughter and aggravated sexual assault are never deleted. Canada also has a pardon system that allows adults to appeal for their records to be suspended and not disclosed if an individual can show good character and rehabilitation since the offence. Also in the USA individuals can apply to have their records expunged; this is for citizens under 18 and varies from state to state. • Scotland does not disclose convictions if 15 years has passed or if an individual were 18 or over 18 at the date of conviction, 7 and half years, if an individual were under 18 at the date of conviction • Australia expunges juvenile convictions after 3 years of no repeat offending and has a pardon policy for adult convictions • In Spain, conviction records are not erased completely but are ‘cancelled’ in a process known as ‘cancelling a conviction record’. Once conviction records are cancelled, the individual will possess a clean criminal record. Therefore, the record of their convictions will be sealed in the Central Criminal Records Registry and is likely made unavailable to the police. To cancel a conviction record a period of time after having served the sentence must have elapsed (6 months, 2 years, 3 years or 5 years depending on the sentence); no further crime has been committed in the interim and civil compensation has been paid or the person has been declared without money. • Ireland. If 3 years has lapsed juveniles records are wiped clean. • In France for adults once the rehabilitation period has passed (depending on the severity of the conviction either three years for misdemeanors or five years for felony crimes, after the sentence was completed) the records of the convictions will remain on the system but will not show on the request of a record. In the case of minors and children, these are removed once the individual concerned has reached 18 years and/or three years from the date the crime was committed. • In Germany most adult convictions are deleted after 5, 10, 15 or 20 years, respectively.
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  • Managing Agents to be properly Regulated
    Because there are thousands of people in leasehold properties who cannot get out and are stuck with these villains. I am currently having this very problem. A friend has come to the rescue so I am getting into a freehold property. It is not always an option to go for the right to manage especially if the other lessees do not want to get involved or sub-let
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  • Driving penalty points
    Because as a driver you have had to pay for a raised premuim for the time you have your penalty points as well as your initial fine so it should not have to continue for the next two years
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  • Do Not Overhaul the 'WikiLeaks Act'
    Extract from 'The Goldwater': "The current laws are being overhauled by the British Government as it seeks to ban journalistic freedom. This will be the first official reworking of the Official Secrets Act in 100 years. The new law will mean that whistleblowers who leak information will face a massive 14-year prison sentence."
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