edinburgh protest next thursday for the Iranian Kurdish hunger strikers
djome | 12.03.2004 16:46 | Migration
Please help to save the lives and futures of Glasgow's three Kurdish hunger strikers
PROTEST
Thursday 18 March 11.30 a.m.
Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Solidarity with the Iranian Kurdish Hunger Strikers
Lobby Jack McConnell at the Scottish Parliament
The protest is scheduled just before First Minister's Question Time
Blunket Shame - End McConnell's Silence
The men have sewn their lips up because they'd rather die of hunger in Glasgow than be sent back to be executed in Iran. Demand that Blunkett withdraws the deportation order. Demand that McConnell speaks out for human decency.
More information about the hunger strikers and the protest from Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees:-
Phone Margaret 07870 286 632 or Lorna 07967 504 921
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Please send messages of support to Faroq Haidari, Fariborz Gravindi, and Mokhtar Haydary at
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and please sign the online petition at
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