Bijan Ebrahimi

A man points at a detail of a reproduction of the mural, watched by two men and two women

July 5, 2018 0

Kamil Ahmad: Anger over review’s failure to expose systemic flaws that led to murder

The brother of a disabled asylum-seeker who was brutally murdered by a racist neighbour has joined disabled activists in criticising a “safeguarding review” for failing to expose the “catalogue of injustice” he faced in the years leading to his death. They spoke out during a series of events in Bristol that were held to

Activism and Campaigning

A wheelchair-user holds a megaphone at the front of a group of people marching along a road

July 5, 2018 0

Kamil Ahmad: Campaigners demand ‘fundamental change’ to systems that led to murders

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Disabled asylum-seekers and activists have come together to seek fundamental changes to the systems and agencies that have been blamed for the brutal murders of two disabled refugees in the same city. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and groups working with asylum-seekers in Bristol organised a series of events on 29 June to mark the

Human Rights

June 7, 2018 0

Memorial and procession will highlight need for reform after brutal murder

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Campaigners will take part in a procession later this month to mark the murder of a disabled asylum-seeker and highlight the need for sweeping changes to the system that failed him. Disabled asylum-seekers and activists, grassroots groups, academics and policy-makers will come together for the event in Bristol, nearly two years after Kamil Ahmad’s

Crime

Bijan Ebrahimi sitting in a police station and talking to a female police officer

December 21, 2017 0

Murdered disabled refugee ‘was repeatedly failed by council and police’

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A disabled refugee who was murdered after years of racist harassment and abuse was repeatedly failed by a police force and his local authority, according to a long-awaited review into the events that led to his death. The review by the Safer Bristol Partnership found that both Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset

Crime

October 19, 2017 0

Police and council face questions over second murder of disabled refugee

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Public bodies in Bristol are facing allegations of institutional disablism and racism, after the second case in four years in which a man has been convicted of the brutal murder of a disabled refugee. Friends say that Kamil Ahmad had repeatedly told police officers that he was being threatened and racially abused by Jeffrey

Crime

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October 19, 2017 0

Kamil Ahmad: Discrimination led to murder of disabled refugee, say friends

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Friends of a disabled Kurdish asylum-seeker have spoken of the institutionalised discrimination that they believe led to his murder at the hands of a racist neighbour. Kamil Ahmad wanted nothing more than a safe place that he could call home, after seeking asylum in the UK. He came to England from Iraq in 2011,

Crime

July 6, 2017 0

Police watchdog criticised over investigation into murder of disabled refugee

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A watchdog has been criticised for failing to investigate whether disability hate crime played a part in the harassment and abuse suffered by a disabled refugee, who was repeatedly failed by police officers over seven years before being brutally murdered. Bijan Ebrahimi, who was Iranian, repeatedly complained to Avon and Somerset police about victimisation

Crime

February 11, 2016

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Police duo jailed over failure to protect disabled murder victim

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Disability hate crime campaigners have welcomed a judge’s decision to jail two members of police staff whose failures allowed the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection. Avon and Somerset police constable Kevin Duffy and community support officer Andrew Passmore were jailed at Bristol Crown Court this week after being

Crime

December 23, 2015

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Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’

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The conviction of two police employees for misconduct in the lead-up to the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection from his killer proves the need to take disability hate crime more seriously, say campaigners. Avon and Somerset police constable Kevin Duffy and community support officer Andrew Passmore were convicted

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