People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October

4WardEverUK • 9 August 2026

source: The PTPK

published: 7 August 2026

Image Credit: J M Moore


The People’s Tribunal On Police Killings - European Action. This is a two day event to be held in October 2026, escalating our campaigns for justice internationally.


Please Note: Saturday 17 October event is open to the public and families impacted by state killings : Sunday 18 October event is reserved for families impacted by state killings.


BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/1995497065440

Speakers - Panels - Witnesses - Testimonies - Actions - Networking - Organising

First People’s Tribunal 2025

PTPK statement: 


The families of those killed by the police in many European countries will gather for the first time in an unprecedented way to unify radical struggles for justice. The colonial policing strategies of European nations and the use of extreme violence disproportionately impacts Black, Arab, racialised and migrant communities as well as the working class. 


This is increasingly happening in the context of the ascendancy of the far-right to political power. The charity industrial complex has failed in its reforms, now is the time for more revolutionary actions. PTPK European Action will build a sustained platform of unity and strength that will challenge the containment of our struggles and take international joint actions to bring justice where it has been absent for so long. A full joint declaration will be released after the event.


Participating families will come from France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Details of families giving testimonies will be released closer to the date..


Image credit: Shela Sheikh

Tribunal Panel:


Mireille Fanon Mendès-France (Frantz Fanon Foundation - Martinique/France), Dr. Joy James (Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College - USA), Esther Mamadou-Blanco (International Coalition for People of African Descent - Spain), Professor Gus John (Anti-Racism Campaigner - United Kingdom).


The event is supported by the International State Crime Initiative, the Centre for Criminal Justice, the Centre for Critique of Law and Society and Queen Mary's University College Union.


The People's Tribunal is supported by Migrant Media and 4WardEverUK


BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/1995497065440


See here for more information on the PTPK: www.peoplestribunal.info

Email: tribunalpeoples@gmail.com

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