JUSTICE FOR BABAR AHMED! PROTEST AT WOODHILL PRISON!
MK STOP THE WAR | 24.11.2004 22:00
JUSTICE FOR BABER AHMED!
DEMONSTRATE AT WOODHILL PRISON
Sunday 28th November 2004 12:30 TO 2:30pm
Babar Ahmed is a 30 year old IT Engineer whose father immigrated to Britain from Pakistan 40 years ago. He was born and brought up in the UK. He is a British citizen.
He was arrested last December and held for six days before being released without charge.
While in custody, he sustained 50 injuries, two of them life-threatening.
He was re-arrested in August and held under an extradition warrant from the US who alleges that he used the Internet to raise funds for terrorist activities. Under a new extradition agreement the US do not have to produce any evidence in court to substantiate this allegation.
We, in common with other organisations concerned with human rights and civil liberties, strongly object to the extradition of a British citizen to the USA where it is unlikely they will get a fair trial and where they may face inhuman and degrading treatment. Once in US custody he may get no trial at all. Like the thousands held in Guantanamo and other places around the world, he could be detained indefinitely.
If there is evidence of a crime why is he not being charged and tried here? How can British citizens be denied the right to defend themselves in a British court?
DEMONSTRATE FOR JUSTICE!
Four foreign nationals and a British citizen are being detained in HMP Woodhill Prison, Tattenhoe Street, MK (The foreign nationals are being held under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. The British citizen is being held under The Extradition Act 2003 following an extradition request from the US.)
All are being denied the right to a fair trial!
Help stop this injustice!
Join our demonstration on 28 November 2004
Speakers to include:
Dr Adnan Siddiqui (Stop Political Terror); Ashfaq Ahmed (Father of Babar Ahmed); Saghir Hussein (Criminal law Solicitor); Natalia Garcia (Solicitor to Woodhill & Belmarsh detainees); Doug Jewell (Campaigns Co-Ordinator of Liberty); Dr G Siddiqui (Leader of the Muslim Parliament); Alan Francis (Milton Keynes Green Party); Sait Akgul (RESPECT); Yvonne Ridley (Patron, Stop Political Terror) Representative of CAMPACC; Representative of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers; ……… and others.
Organised by Milton Keynes Stop the War Group, in co-operation with: StopPolitical Terror! and CAMPACC
END DETENTION WITHOUT CHARGE OR TRIAL!
DEMAND A FAIR TRIAL FOR ALL DETAINEES!
STOP EXTRADITION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS!
How to get to Woodhill:
By Train: Every 10-20 minutes from London Euston to Central Milton Keynes (approx 1 hour). West Coast line trains from the north stop in Milton Keynes. Travel from the station to the prison is not direct. A Protest minibus will take people to/from the station Phone 07788 791023. By Coach: Coaches only stop at Coachways (Junction 14 off the M1), which is a bus/taxi ride away from the central station. Then take the minibus as above. By Car: Junction 14 off the M1, follow A509 to the first roundabout, straight over this and the next 11 roundabouts, keeping to the H6 - Childs Way. At the 13th roundabout turn right onto the V2 - Tattenhoe Street. The prison is approximately 200 yards on the left hand side.
DEMONSTRATE AT WOODHILL PRISON
Sunday 28th November 2004 12:30 TO 2:30pm
Babar Ahmed is a 30 year old IT Engineer whose father immigrated to Britain from Pakistan 40 years ago. He was born and brought up in the UK. He is a British citizen.
He was arrested last December and held for six days before being released without charge.
While in custody, he sustained 50 injuries, two of them life-threatening.
He was re-arrested in August and held under an extradition warrant from the US who alleges that he used the Internet to raise funds for terrorist activities. Under a new extradition agreement the US do not have to produce any evidence in court to substantiate this allegation.
We, in common with other organisations concerned with human rights and civil liberties, strongly object to the extradition of a British citizen to the USA where it is unlikely they will get a fair trial and where they may face inhuman and degrading treatment. Once in US custody he may get no trial at all. Like the thousands held in Guantanamo and other places around the world, he could be detained indefinitely.
If there is evidence of a crime why is he not being charged and tried here? How can British citizens be denied the right to defend themselves in a British court?
DEMONSTRATE FOR JUSTICE!
Four foreign nationals and a British citizen are being detained in HMP Woodhill Prison, Tattenhoe Street, MK (The foreign nationals are being held under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. The British citizen is being held under The Extradition Act 2003 following an extradition request from the US.)
All are being denied the right to a fair trial!
Help stop this injustice!
Join our demonstration on 28 November 2004
Speakers to include:
Dr Adnan Siddiqui (Stop Political Terror); Ashfaq Ahmed (Father of Babar Ahmed); Saghir Hussein (Criminal law Solicitor); Natalia Garcia (Solicitor to Woodhill & Belmarsh detainees); Doug Jewell (Campaigns Co-Ordinator of Liberty); Dr G Siddiqui (Leader of the Muslim Parliament); Alan Francis (Milton Keynes Green Party); Sait Akgul (RESPECT); Yvonne Ridley (Patron, Stop Political Terror) Representative of CAMPACC; Representative of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers; ……… and others.
Organised by Milton Keynes Stop the War Group, in co-operation with: StopPolitical Terror! and CAMPACC
END DETENTION WITHOUT CHARGE OR TRIAL!
DEMAND A FAIR TRIAL FOR ALL DETAINEES!
STOP EXTRADITION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS!
How to get to Woodhill:
By Train: Every 10-20 minutes from London Euston to Central Milton Keynes (approx 1 hour). West Coast line trains from the north stop in Milton Keynes. Travel from the station to the prison is not direct. A Protest minibus will take people to/from the station Phone 07788 791023. By Coach: Coaches only stop at Coachways (Junction 14 off the M1), which is a bus/taxi ride away from the central station. Then take the minibus as above. By Car: Junction 14 off the M1, follow A509 to the first roundabout, straight over this and the next 11 roundabouts, keeping to the H6 - Childs Way. At the 13th roundabout turn right onto the V2 - Tattenhoe Street. The prison is approximately 200 yards on the left hand side.
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