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Protest against internment at Belmarsh Prison, Sun 4 April

Campaign Against Criminalising Cummunities | 31.03.2004 12:51

END INTERNMENT WITHOUT TRIAL
Come and protest at Belmarsh; let the detainees know that they have not been forgotten - with speakers, live performance & signing of expressions of solidarity which will be passed on to them by their lawyers.

JUSTICE FOR UK DETAINEES
BELMARSH PRISON IS BRITAIN'S GUANTANAMO

PROTEST AGAINST THE INTERNMENTS at Belmarsh prison: Sunday 4 April 2004, from 12 noon

SIGN THE PETITION AGAINST INTERNMENT without trial:  http://www.petitiononline.com/campacc/petition.html


Come and protest at Belmarsh; let the detainees know that they have not been forgotten - with speakers, live performance (Clear Air Turbulence theatre and Double Negative music) & signing of expressions of solidarity which will be passed on to them by their lawyers.

Speakers include: Gareth Peirce, human rights lawyer; Jean Lambert MEP; Dr G. Siddiqui, Leader of the Muslim Parliament; Baroness Sarah Ludford, MEP; Helen John, a Vice-Chair of CND; Liz Davies, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers; representatives from Liberty, Peace & Justice in East London; Paul Donovan, journalist; Gareth Evans, Voices UK.

This event is sponsored by: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Peace and Justice in East London, Pax Christi, Voices UK, City Circle, JustPeace, The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, Association of Muslim Lawyers, The Green Party of England and Wales, Peace and Progress, Stop the War Coalition.

Directions & trains: Belmarsh prison is on Western Way, London, SE28, just north of Plumstead station. Trains leave every half-hour (e.g.11.01am, 11.31am) from Charing Cross to Plumstead station, arriving a half-hour later. Trains stop on the way at London Bridge and Greenwich. From East London, you can connect via the DLR going from Stratford to Greenwich stations.

Contact: CAMPACC, www.cacc.org.uk, Estella on 020 7250 1315 or Fahim on 07818 442526,  estella24@tiscali.co.uk


NO JUSTICE: The Home Secretary has publicly pledged to fight for a 'fair deal' for those British citizens still held by the US at Guantanamo Bay. Yet Britain has been complicit in those ongoing detentions and itself continues to hold 14 foreign nationals who have never been convicted of, or even charged, with any offence.

These men are detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, which allows police to arrest people who are not suspected of actually committing any offences or contravening any laws, on the basis of secret evidence neither they nor their lawyers are allowed to see.

They are being held indefinitely on the basis that they are 'terrorist suspects' who threaten national security. They were never questioned by the police. They will not go to trial.

Most of them are being held in high security at HMP Belmarsh, in cells described as 'concrete coffins' and in conditions which are tantamount to torture. It is cruel and inhuman treatment to keep people locked up in isolation, without any prospect of release or trial, and without telling them why they are detained or when they might be released. The psychological pressure they are suffering is immense (one detainee is now in
Broadmoor).

CAMPACC demands the immediate release of anyone detained under this anti-terrorism legislation especially those interned without trial. We demand repeal of all such anti-terrorism laws. See www.cacc.org.uk for more information.

Campaign Against Criminalising Cummunities
- e-mail: estella24@tiscali.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.cacc.org.uk