by Sean Reilly | Sep 5, 2008
Black church leaders have joined health experts in welcoming findings from a new opinion poll showing widespread opposition to the current trend of adding the DNA of innocent mental health patients to the National Criminal DNA database. New research by campaign group...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Black community and church leaders are backing a symposium next week at the House of Commons on the over-representation of African Caribbean people on the national criminal DNA database. The event is scheduled for Monday 21 July at 7pm in Committee Room 5 and is open...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Tether has secured a House of Commons debate on the impact of the proposed National DNA Database, which takes place today. It has been welcomed by human rights, mental health and church groups. The campaigning organisation Black Mental Health...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 2, 2008
Churches, faith groups, racial justice campaigners and civic and community organisations need to work together more determinedly in the face of continuing serious failures in mental health provision, says Black Mental Health UK. Commenting on the biannual report of...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 3, 2008
The campaigning group Black Mental Health UK has condemned the rapid rise in the number of suicides in prison over the past 12 months, and is seeking the backing of community and faith groups in its call for urgent government action. The latest official statistics...
