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| ‘But what about the victims?’ - Inquest and Liberty to hold parliamentary meeting on Government plans for secret inquests16 Mar 2009 Inquest and Liberty will hold a parliamentary meeting on the secret inquest provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill. Chaired by Frank Dobson MP, parliamentarians will be addressed by Susan Alexander, bereaved mother of Azelle Rodney, who was shot dead by the Metropolitan Police in 2005, Helen Shaw, Co-Director of Inquest and Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty.
WHAT: “But what about Victims?” Inquest and Liberty briefing on secret inquest provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill
WHO: Susan Alexander, mother of Azelle Rodney, Inquest Co-Director Helen Shaw and Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti
WHEN: Wednesday 18 March 2009 at 12.30pm (immediately after PMQs)
WHERE: Committee Room 5, House of Commons
Contact: Mairi Clare Rodgers on 0207 378 3677 or 07973831128
Notes to editors
1. The title of Inquest and Liberty’s parliamentary meeting was inspired by the following speech given by the Lord High Chancellor, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP on 28 October 2008 “But what about victims? The Government as a whole has worked very hard to give a central voice and priority to victims, but we hear far less often from these lobbies about the needs of the victim. I think that they sometimes forget who the victim is, so lost do they become in a fog of platitudes….”
2. The Coroners and Justice Bill will reach its Commons Report stage on Monday 23 March.
| Inquest-Liberty-Justice Joint Briefing on Clauses 11-13 of the Coroners & Justice Bill for Report Stage in the House of Commons, March 2009 (PDF) Liberty’s Committee Stage Briefing on the Coroners and Justice Bill in the House of Commons, February 2009 (PDF) Liberty’s Second Reading Briefing on the Coroners and Justice Bill in the House of Commons, January 2009 (PDF)
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