INQUEST issues regular press releases, provides extensive background briefings and its co-directors frequently comment in the print and broadcast media on the issues arising from our work. Media enquiries should be directed initially to our office on 020 7263 1111 or by using the media contact form.
Many of INQUEST’s publications and all of our press releases since 1996 are available for free download as PDFs, making a valuable resource for the media, academics, students, and those with an interest in the human rights issues our casework raises.
This year’s press releases:
- INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF ANDREW HALL AT HMP HOLME HOUSE BEGINS MONDAY 20 MAY 2013 17 May 2013
- INQUEST AND SEAN RIGG'S FAMILY RESPOND TO FINDINGS OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF IPCC INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF SEAN RIGG 17 May 2013
- HOME SECRETARY ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO MURDER OF DANIEL MORGAN - FAMILY STATEMENT 10 May 2013
- INQUEST INTO THE RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF JIMMY MUBENGA WHILE BEING REMOVED FROM THE UK BEGINS MONDAY 13 MAY 8 May 2013
- INQUEST AND FAMILY RESPONSE TO NOT GUILTY VERDICT OF POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN DEATH OF COLIN HOLT 3 May 2013
- JURY CRITICISES FAILURE TO INCREASE OBSERVATIONS OF 21 YEAR OLD BILLY SPILLER WHO WAS FOUND HANGING AT HMYOI AYLESBURY 2 May 2013
- JURY HIGHLIGHTS PRISON FAILURES IN DEATH OF VULNERABLE WOMAN MELANIE BESWICK IN HMP SEND 1 May 2013
- JURY AND CORONER RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF JAMES HERBERT IN POLICE CUSTODY IN YEOVIL 26 April 2013
- James Herbert inquest verdict: family statement 26 April 2013
- HIGH COURT RULES 17 YEAR OLDS IN POLICE CUSTODY SHOULD BE TREATED AS CHILDREN - INQUEST RESPONSE 25 April 2013
- INQUEST response to inspection report of HMYOI Hindley 25 April 2013
- PROSECUTION OF POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF COLIN HOLT BEGINS WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 23 April 2013
- INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF 21 YEAR OLD BILLY SPILLER AT HMYOI AYLESBURY BEGINS MONDAY 22 APRIL 19 April 2013
- JURY DELIVERS DAMNING NARRATIVE VERDICT AFTER INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF 18 YEAR OLD BEN GRIMES AT HMYOI PORTLAND 12 April 2013
- INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF MELANIE BESWICK AT HMP SEND TO BEGIN THURSDAY 11 APRIL 2013 10 April 2013
- INQUEST INTO DEATH OF JAMES HERBERT IN POLICE CUSTODY IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET BEGINS MONDAY 8 APRIL 4 April 2013
- INQUEST response to arrests of three officers following an investigation into evidence given at the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg 28 March 2013
- HMP Wandsworth and London Ambulance Service severely criticised by jury at inquest concerning death of James Best imprisoned for stealing a gingerbread man during the London riots 25 March 2013
- JURY CRITICISMS ON KYAL GAFFNEY DEATH AT HMP HEWELL: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES & EARLIER INTERVENTION COULD HAVE AVOIDED DEATH 19 March 2013
- Award-winning film The Strange Death of Harry Stanley to be launched online at Hackney Picturehouse, London, Tuesday 19 March 18 March 2013
- INQUEST response to Justice Committee report of its inquiry into youth justice 14 March 2013
- INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF KYAL GAFFNEY IN PRISON IN HMP HEWELL BEGINS MONDAY 11 MARCH 7 March 2013
- INQUEST response to the Prison and Probation Ombudsman’s ‘Learning the Lessons’ bulletin on child deaths in custody 6 March 2013
- INQUEST RESPONSE TO PUBLICATION OF HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INQUIRY REPORT INTO THE IPCC 1 February 2013
- MARK DUGGAN DEATH: PRE-INQUEST REVIEW TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY 28 JANUARY 25 January 2013
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