Daily Archives: 02/12/2011

DPOs set to submit evidence on media hostility to Leveson Inquiry

02/12/2011 – 9:00 am

At least three disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) plan to submit evidence to a major inquiry to draw its attention to how some newspapers are stirring up hostility towards disabled people.
The Leveson Inquiry was set up to examine the role of the press and the police in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking [...]

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DAN sends message to coalition: We are coming for you

02/12/2011 – 9:00 am

The radical disabled people’s network DAN has warned the government to expect an imminent return to the kind of high-profile, non-violent, direct action protests last seen in the 1990s.
The pledge was made at the launch of the second UK Disability History Month (UK DHM), which is running until 22 December.
Barbara Lisicki was a key DAN [...]

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