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⚖️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
🌟 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
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 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.
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 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/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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.
July 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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?...
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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...
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 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
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 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...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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...
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM