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Racism and Facism in Brief

01 August 2002

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UK: "Police indifference" blamed for racist murder: Friends and supporters of Tayman Bahmani, a 28-year old Iranian asylum seeker who was murdered in a racist attack in Sunderland in late August, have said that "police indifference" was partly to blame for his murder. They have also called for the discriminatory policy of forced dispersal of asylum seekers to be halted. Tayman was stabbed to death outside his home, in one of the most deprived areas of Britain, in an attack that his supporters - and police - say was racially motivated. He had been in the UK for two years and had previously complained of racial harassment. Mohammed, who shared a house with Tayman, said: "We have had our windows broken over 25 times.. We asked the police for a security camera, but they refused. We know the attackers, they abuse us and tell us to go home. Four weeks ago one of the refugees had his nose broken, the police came and took a statement and left." Tayman's friends have picketed the city's police station and organised a vigil at the spot where he died. Only eighteen months earlier another asylum seeker had been wounded in a similar attack. An 18-year old man from Scotland has been charged with murder, and two other men were charged with violent disorder. "Kick it Out" news release 30.8.02; NCRM press release 29.8.02.

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