Mass e-mail action: Free the Belmarsh Nine

The Law Lords ruled on 16 December 2004 that the detention of foreign "terrorist" suspects without trial breaks human rights laws.

Nine men are currently imprisoned without trial in Belmarsh prison, also known as Britain's Guantanamo Bay. They have not been charged with any crime and are not able to see the "intelligence" evidence against them. Their solicitors say they have been "entombed in concrete".

Charles Clarke has just taken up his new job as Home Secretary, following in the footsteps of David Blunkett, the most right-wing Home Secretary in living memory.

Charles Clarke must now release the Belmarsh Nine. Write and ask him when they will be freed. You can contact Charles Clarke as:

 charles.clarke@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

If you have not received a reply within 20 days then follow the Home Office Complaints Procedure described here:

 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/org/dob/direct/dcu.html#standards

Do not be fobbed off. Insist on a reply from Charles Clarke himself!

For more information please see:

Terror detainees win Lords appeal
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4100481.stm

Belmarsh - Britain's Guantanamo Bay?
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714864.stm

Human Rights Act 1998
 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980042.htm

Campaign Groups:

Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
 http://www.cacc.org.uk/

Liberty Human Rights
 http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/

Fairtrials
 http://www.fairtrials.org.uk/