INQUEST
@inquest-org.bsky.social
⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
🌟 Our Christmas Fundraiser is LIVE 🌟
From now until 9 Dec, every donation made to INQUEST via @biggive.bsky.social will be matched at no extra cost to you.
We need to raise £30,000 so we can continue supporting families bereaved by state failures & neglect.
Donate & share bit.ly/inquestbg25
From now until 9 Dec, every donation made to INQUEST via @biggive.bsky.social will be matched at no extra cost to you.
We need to raise £30,000 so we can continue supporting families bereaved by state failures & neglect.
Donate & share bit.ly/inquestbg25
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌟 Our Christmas Fundraiser is LIVE 🌟
From now until 9 Dec, every donation made to INQUEST via @biggive.bsky.social will be matched at no extra cost to you.
We need to raise £30,000 so we can continue supporting families bereaved by state failures & neglect.
Donate & share bit.ly/inquestbg25
From now until 9 Dec, every donation made to INQUEST via @biggive.bsky.social will be matched at no extra cost to you.
We need to raise £30,000 so we can continue supporting families bereaved by state failures & neglect.
Donate & share bit.ly/inquestbg25
🎬 Film as Memorial - Short film screening of RIP Seni, Final Fall & Stitched Together
Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/film-a...
Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
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December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🎬 Film as Memorial - Short film screening of RIP Seni, Final Fall & Stitched Together
Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/film-a...
Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/film-a...
🌿 Herbs as Healing: Fire Cider Workshop
Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm
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Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm
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December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🌿 Herbs as Healing: Fire Cider Workshop
Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/herbs-...
Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/herbs-...
🗂 Between Action & the Archive - Engaging with INQUEST’s archive in families’ pursuit of justice
Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/betwee...
Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/betwee...
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🗂 Between Action & the Archive - Engaging with INQUEST’s archive in families’ pursuit of justice
Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/betwee...
Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm
Sign up: www.inquest.org.uk/Event/betwee...
From conversations & films to herbal remedies, December with INQUEST & BÉZNĂ Theatre is about witnessing grief, honouring lives & taking collective care.
Join us for a series of events during BÉZNĂ Theatre's art installation, Preventable, in Hammersmith.
www.inquest.org.uk/bzn-theatre-...
Join us for a series of events during BÉZNĂ Theatre's art installation, Preventable, in Hammersmith.
www.inquest.org.uk/bzn-theatre-...
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
From conversations & films to herbal remedies, December with INQUEST & BÉZNĂ Theatre is about witnessing grief, honouring lives & taking collective care.
Join us for a series of events during BÉZNĂ Theatre's art installation, Preventable, in Hammersmith.
www.inquest.org.uk/bzn-theatre-...
Join us for a series of events during BÉZNĂ Theatre's art installation, Preventable, in Hammersmith.
www.inquest.org.uk/bzn-theatre-...
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke about the need for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to provide transparency and accountability, and to put an end to the battle that bereaved families face when fighting for the truth.
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke about the need for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to provide transparency and accountability, and to put an end to the battle that bereaved families face when fighting for the truth.
Join us for a discussion of our new report, Built to harm: how women's prisons take lives.
📅 Mon 1 Dec, 1-2pm
📍 Online
We'll be looking at the long-standing, systemic failures in our prison system that continue to put women at risk & what's really needed to stop deaths.
Sign up bit.ly/builttoharm
📅 Mon 1 Dec, 1-2pm
📍 Online
We'll be looking at the long-standing, systemic failures in our prison system that continue to put women at risk & what's really needed to stop deaths.
Sign up bit.ly/builttoharm
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us for a discussion of our new report, Built to harm: how women's prisons take lives.
📅 Mon 1 Dec, 1-2pm
📍 Online
We'll be looking at the long-standing, systemic failures in our prison system that continue to put women at risk & what's really needed to stop deaths.
Sign up bit.ly/builttoharm
📅 Mon 1 Dec, 1-2pm
📍 Online
We'll be looking at the long-standing, systemic failures in our prison system that continue to put women at risk & what's really needed to stop deaths.
Sign up bit.ly/builttoharm
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Today, after decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough Football Disaster, the government will introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Today, after decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough Football Disaster, the government will introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.
Strong MP turnout for @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social Westminster Hall debate on Hillsborough Law. The Govt must enact a full Hillsborough Law - with a legal duty of candour and equality of arms. It’s not a technicality - it’s a moral imperative.
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Strong MP turnout for @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social Westminster Hall debate on Hillsborough Law. The Govt must enact a full Hillsborough Law - with a legal duty of candour and equality of arms. It’s not a technicality - it’s a moral imperative.
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Today Chris Kaba should be turning 27. Instead, he was killed by Met police in 2022.
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Today Chris Kaba should be turning 27. Instead, he was killed by Met police in 2022.
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
We’re bringing back a special episode of Unlawful Killing with his father, Prosper Kaba, to honour Chris and & in solidarity with his family's ongoing fight for justice.
Listen & share pod.link/1717049291/e...
Today, MP Blair McDougall introduced a Bill in Parliament to remove crown immunity from prisons.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
July 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today, MP Blair McDougall introduced a Bill in Parliament to remove crown immunity from prisons.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Following the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in HMYOI Polmont in Scotland, he calls for accountability.
INQUEST backs the move to end legal impunity for prison failures.
Margaret Aspinall's son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Football Disaster.
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Margaret Aspinall's son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Football Disaster.
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
She tells BBC Breakfast why a Hillsborough Law is needed to protect ordinary people & that she will not accept a watered down version.
Watch the full interview youtu.be/egT54XwEMkA?...
Great meeting in Parliament today on the ongoing need for a National Oversight Mechanism.
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great meeting in Parliament today on the ongoing need for a National Oversight Mechanism.
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
We urgently need government to set up a new independent body to ensure real change following inquests and public inquiries.
#NoMoreDeaths
On the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, we remember the 72 people who died on 14th June 2017 and stand alongside the Grenfell community in their calls for justice and accountability.
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
June 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, we remember the 72 people who died on 14th June 2017 and stand alongside the Grenfell community in their calls for justice and accountability.
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
We urge the Government to take action to achieve meaningful change.
Grenfell, forever in our hearts💚
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke to The Law Show at BBC Radio 4 about preventing avoidable deaths.
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke to The Law Show at BBC Radio 4 about preventing avoidable deaths.
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen to the full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Ahead of the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, @joepowell.bsky.social reiterated the need for a Hillsborough Law and a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure meaningful change and prevention of future deaths.
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ahead of the 8th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, @joepowell.bsky.social reiterated the need for a Hillsborough Law and a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure meaningful change and prevention of future deaths.
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
📝Support the call for a National Oversight Mechanism: bit.ly/4hFxXAH
🎨 We are looking for an Artist-in-Residence (individual/collective) for a 3-month paid residency (Sept–Dec 2025).
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
June 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🎨 We are looking for an Artist-in-Residence (individual/collective) for a 3-month paid residency (Sept–Dec 2025).
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Work with our archive + communities affected by state violence, grief & resistance.
💰 £6K + materials
📍 Hybrid: London/home/studio
🗓️ Deadline: Mon 7 July, 1pm
Details 👉 bit.ly/4kWoebu
Join us for an online discussion with bereaved families, human rights lawyers & campaigners on our latest "All or Nothing" Hillsborough Law report, & how we can make sure the Bill puts an end to the culture of cover up & denials following state failings.
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
June 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Join us for an online discussion with bereaved families, human rights lawyers & campaigners on our latest "All or Nothing" Hillsborough Law report, & how we can make sure the Bill puts an end to the culture of cover up & denials following state failings.
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
Register www.inquest.org.uk/Event/webina...
We gave evidence to the Lampard Inquiry into the deaths of over 2,000 people in Essex mental health services.
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We gave evidence to the Lampard Inquiry into the deaths of over 2,000 people in Essex mental health services.
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
@debcoles13.bsky.social expressed our solidarity with the bereaved families that have fought tirelessly for this Inquiry.
Watch the full evidence: lampardinquiry.org.uk/hearings/hea...
✨NEW OPPORTUNITY✨
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✨NEW OPPORTUNITY✨
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
We're looking for an experienced caseworker to join our team and help us provide essential advice and support to families bereaved by deaths involving police, prisons & mental health services.
Find out more & apply: www.inquest.org.uk/work-for-us
✨NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
We’re so inspired and grateful to the amazing team @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social for running the Liverpool half marathon in support of our vital work.
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We’re so inspired and grateful to the amazing team @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social for running the Liverpool half marathon in support of our vital work.
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
Pictured here with our very own Trustee @stevetombs.bsky.social !
In our final episode of this series, we hear from the families who have contributed to INQUEST’s own memorial banners.
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In our final episode of this series, we hear from the families who have contributed to INQUEST’s own memorial banners.
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
They talk about the stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate & the positive experience that came out of working on the banners.
pod.link/1717049291/e...
The number of people dying in prison in Scotland is at a record high.
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The number of people dying in prison in Scotland is at a record high.
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...
Linda Allan, whose daughter Katie died in a Scottish prison tells @channel4news.bsky.social why we need a National Oversight Mechanism to ensure that deaths like Katie's are prevented in future.
www.channel4.com/news/number-...