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Run For RAPAR
20 MAY 2019
Many thanks to RAPAR volunteer Jonny Benett who successfully ran a half marathon to raise money for RAPAR in the Great Manchester Run at the weekend.
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. It is very much appreciated by Jonny and by everyone at RAPAR. Jonny has raised £340 so far but you can still donate here >>> Manchester DJ Owen Haisley's Supporters Call for his Immediate Release
22 FEBRUARY 2019
Indefinite detention of man from deportation flight to Jamaica must end
Manchester DJ Owen Haisley has been detained at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre for 28 days. It is nearly three weeks since his deportation to Jamaica was halted following the intervention of his MP and overwhelming public support – but he still remains at real risk of removal. Read More >>> Dr Rhetta Moran of RAPAR, interviewed in the Morning Star about the racist graffiti incident in Salford
19 February 2019
Phil Miller reports; Dr Rhetta Moran, chair of the trustees at Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research, said the “No Blacks” graffiti daubed on a family home in Salford earlier this month was “very disturbing.”
Read More >>> Solidarity with the RMT Union
10 JANUARY 2018
RAPAR will be supporting the RMT rail at Manchester Victoria for a protest on Saturday 12th January after one of their guards was racially abused.
Read More >>> On International Migrants Day RAPAR Stands With the Stansted 15
18 DECEMBER 2018
RAPAR member who was on the plane stopped by the Stansted protesters shocked by their conviction under anti terror laws
Rally at 5.30pm-6.30pm TUESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2018 St Peter's Square, Manchester RAPAR'S Annual General Meeting 2018
10 NOVEMBER 2018
Changes to immigration rules are longer than War and Peace
19 SEPTEMBER 2018
Home Office officials have made more than 5,700 changes to the immigration rules since 2010, making the visa system nearly impossible to navigate.
One person whose case has been particularly badly affected by these constant changes is RAPAR Vice-Chair Nestor Sylla who, according to his lawyer, has been left in “a whirlpool of Home Office bureaucracy,” Read the report from The Guardian here>>> Nestor Safely Out of Dallas Court
16 AUGUST 2018
Nestor came safely out of Dallas Court Home Office Reporting Centre today. He has to report again next month.
Many thanks to Manchester Quakers, Manchester City of Sanctuary and other friends and supporters who came to Dallas Court to stand shoulder to shoulder with Nestor. Read More >>> |
Upcoming Events Through the Walls
Performed by RAPAR members, a story of two families, one African, one English, who become neighbours at the beginning of the week. An exploration of culture clash, misunderstanding, awkwardness and prejudice that is challenged by the relationship between the children.
Tickets are £11 and available to purchase here >>> Wednesday 19th June 2019 6.00pm onwards The Met, Market Street, Bury BL9 0BW LGBTIQ refugee conference calls for end to sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of LGBTIQ refugees and high standard of proof sexuality policy
12 AUGUST 2018
Rhetta Moran from RAPAR attended the African Rainbow Family's annual conference in Manchester on August 11th.
Read their press release calling for an end to sexual exploitation of LGBTIQ refugees and an end to the Home Office's policy of demanding a high standard of proof of sexuality. Read More >>> Refugee Caught Up In "Whirlpool" of Home Office Bureaucracy At Risk of Removal From the UK
18 JULY 2018
A Guinean man who has made his home in Manchester for the last 12 years has been caught up in a Home Office "whirlpool" of bureaucracy.
Nestor Sylla, who is vice-chair of RAPAR and is involved with other charitable organisations in the city, came to Europe at the age of 26 looking for his mother after the death of his father and the murder of his sister in Guinea. Read More >>> WATCH: RAPAR's Rhetta Moran speaking at the anti Trump rally in Manchester
14 JULY 2018
Yesterday, demonstrations were held in cities up and down the country in protest against Donald Trump's visit to the UK.
At the Manchester rally, RAPAR's Rhetta Moran spoke out against Trump and his policies. (Video by Mark Krantz for Stand Up To Racism) Read more >>> Disability Murals Remembers Kamil Ahmad
3 JULY 2018
Human rights campaigners in Bristol pay tribute to Kamil Ahmad who was brutally murdered after suffering racist abuse.
Ahmad was one of the participants of the Disability Mural that brought to light the struggles faced by disabled asylum seekers, amongst them, RAPAR members Manjeet Kaur and Mary Adenugba. Read More >>> Obituary: RAPAR Matron Anna Maria Miwanda Bagenda (1951 - 2018)
24 JUNE 2018
Anna Maria Miwanda Bagenda was a mighty woman.
The first time she spoke for RAPAR it was at a Home Office organised conference about Refugees held at the newly completed Radisson Hotel at Manchester Airport in 2002. The stage was raised and Home Office officials were looking down upon us when Miwanda began to walk towards them from the back of the hall. She raised her hands as she approached, speaking out in a clear and utterly uncompromising tone: “We are here because you were there.” Read More >>> |
