MOHAMUD HASSAN, A 24-YEAR-OLD BLACK FATHER-TO-BE, WAS VIOLENTLY ARRESTED IN JANUARY 2021 AND DIED SOON AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM CARDIFF BAY POLICE STATION WITH SIGNIFICANT INJURIES
INITIAL STATEMENTS BY SOUTH WALES POLICE SAID THEY FOUND NO EXCESSIVE FORCE HAD BEEN USED, BUT NOW FIVE OFFICERS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION, WITH THREE…
Photo: Siyanda Mngaza. Picture via http://freesiyanda.com/
A PROTEST HAS BEEN CALLED AS PART OF THE “FREE SIYANDA” CAMPAIGN IN CARDIFF CITY CENTRE TOMORROW: SATURDAY 10TH APRIL
SIYANDA MNGAZA IS A 22-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS IMPRISONED LAST YEAR FOR GBH, BUT SHE SAYS SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF AGAINST A RACIALLY-MOTIVATED…
RIDICULED FOR RAISING COVID SAFETY CONCERNS, NOT PAID IF YOU'RE SICK, NOT INFORMED IF A STUDENT HAS COVID AND FEARFUL YOU'LL LOSE YOUR JOB IF YOU SPEAK OUT: WORKERS AND UNIONS SAY CARDIFF UNIVERSITY'S USE OF CASUAL LABOUR IS A SCANDAL AND HAS ALLOWED IT TO EXPLOIT ACADEMICS AND PUT…
ROLLING PROTESTS AGAINST GENDERED VIOLENCE, RACISM AND FOR THE RIGHT TO PROTEST HIT THE CAPITAL THIS WEEK. MORE ARE PLANNED FOR SATURDAY AS NEWS EMERGES THAT THE POLICE AND CRIME BILL HAS BEEN DELAYED AFTER MASS ACTION. THESE ARE THE IMAGES FROM THE STREETS, BY PHOTOGRAPHER TOM DAVIES
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By SC Cook, Protesters sit in the road outside Cardiff Bay Police Station. Photo, Tom Davies
OVER 300 PROTEST IN CARDIFF ON MONDAY, OCCUPYING THE ROAD OUTSIDE CARDIFF CENTRAL POLICE STATION
THE CASES OF SARAH EVERARD AND MOHAMUD HASSAN, AND POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN BOTH, DROVE MANY PEOPLE ONTO THE STREETS…
MUSLIM BUSINESSMEN FROM CARDIFF HAD ATTENDED MOHAMUD HASSAN PROTEST AND SHINED A LIGHT AT THE POLICE AS PART OF A COLLECTIVE ACTION TO HIGHLIGHT THE CASE
HE SAYS SOUTH WALES POLICE OFFICERS TURNED UP AT HIS DOOR AT 9AM, PULLED HIM FROM HIS BED AND ARRESTED HIM HE SAYS THE…
By Mark S Redfern
PORTERS, ONE OF THE FEW INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUES LEFT IN THE CITY, IS SET TO BE KICKED OUT OF THEIR PREMISES NEXT YEAR
LANDLORD WANTS TO DEMOLISH THE MUCH-LOVED PUB AND ERECT A 35-STORY HIGH RISE IN ITS PLACE UNDER A BUILD-TO-RENT SCHEME
CITY LEADER HUW…
By SC Cook
THE QUESTION OF FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND CHILD HUNGER HAS RISEN UP THE POLITICAL AGENDA AS THE PANDEMIC EXPOSES THE TRUE EXTENT OF WALES’ POVERTY CRISIS. NOW THE WELSH LABOUR GOVERNMENT FIND THEMSELVES ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER THE ISSUE AHEAD OF CRUCIAL SENEDD ELECTIONS AND IN THE…
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Words and Images by Glyn Owen. Saturday 9th January, 2021
Marc Jelly describes what it has often been like to work as a courier over the last 9 months: “It was hard — it really was. You’re out in the streets, you’re out in the cold — restaurants making…
By Tom Davies, Midwifery students Sarah Farrence and Grace Packham: “It does make you feel scared when someone winds down their window and shouts at you.” Photos, Tom Davies
Two students in Cardiff have decided to take a stand against ‘catcalling’ and street harassment against women. Midwifery students Sarah Farrence…