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They are appropriate and accountable. the investigation into the death of mouayed bashir is still being finalised and its publication will depend on discussions with the coroner. his inquest is due to be held injuly. following his death, mouayed bashir was laid to rest in newport. the mosque was full. there was a big turnout. yeah, really big turnout. we didn't expect that much love and support from everyone but it was there. it shouldn't even be happening but it made that ship sail a lot easier.

A large, deep wound to his leg. when the police restrained him, you know, they handcuffed him, they bound his legs and thighs and my dad was saying to the police officers he's already wounded. he's bleeding again from his thigh. please let go of his handcuffs and let go of his legs. my dad was trying to open the door and see what's going on. see if mouayed is ok and what's happening. and thenjust silence. and after that, panic. that's when the police start going in and out all the time. and on their radio, or whatever, trying to call for the ambulance. the second ambulance, cos my mum called t...

He's like, "they're doing cpr on your brother. i don't think he's going to make it." i've walked in the house. i'm like, something's not right. then i sees my dad. "i need to speak to you." he pulls me into the bedroom. "your brother's dead." a postmortem examination failed to establish mouayed bashir�*s cause of death. we're awaiting the iopc report and an inquest is still yet to be heard. it's a bit too early to draw conclusions, would you say? i think it is too early to draw conclusions but it's not too early to state again things could have and should have been handled differently.

If we don't fight and stand up for other people, for what happened to mouayed, there's just going to be another case. we want to do our part. we want to do this for the sake of mouayed as well. and those campaigning for equal rights say it's important that families are given a voice. you look at the families of mohamud hassan and mouayed bashir and they are crying and their tears. the only people who can answer properly are the people whose lives have been transformed by death and have had to engage with the police in a very, very close contact way like these families. i think we do need to li...

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