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Belmarsh censors newspaper - does Indymedia care?

NJ | 19.04.2005 16:52

At least two prisoners at Belmarsh high security prison in south London have been stopped from receiving the latest issue of the newspaper of the revolutionary communist group Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (FRFI) on the grounds…wait for it…that it is a racist publication!

Inigo Makazaga, who is a Basque political prisoner, and Kevin Nevers, have both been refused the paper and given empty envelopes, with the words ‘racial paper, needs to be returned to sender or destroyed under 10 day rule.

Larkin Publications, which produces FRFI has written to the prison protesting, as have the legal representatives for the prisoners. They have all pointed out that this decision is not only ridiculous, but also in contravention of the prisoners’ rights under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It also contradicts a judgment by the Prisons Ombudsman in 2002 that followed another prison doing the same thing.

People are asked to protest about this by writing to the governor at:

HMP BELMARSH
Western Way
Thamesmead
LONDON
SE28 0EB
fax: 020 8331 4401

and the Director General of the Prison Service at:

Prison Service Headquarters
Cleland House
Page Street
LONDON
SW1P 4LN
 prisons.dg@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk


Please send copy of anything sent to, or notify by email:

Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (FRFI)
Box 5909
London
WC1N 3XX
 http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/


This is being reposted as it was said to breach the guidelines. I can't believe Belmarsh prison and Indymedia are taking the same stance.
This is not an advert for FRFI. It is a complaint about censorship. It is virtually identical to an earlier posting about exactly the same thing, with the only difference that 2 prisoners are now complaining about the same thing.

NJ
- e-mail: rcgfrfi@easynet.co.uk

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  1. Ahem — IMC voulnteer
  2. Absolutely not — dh
  3. . — .
  4. Unhidden — Poon
  5. FRFI is a racist publication? — Pikey
  6. Are you serious? — NJ
  7. Just a thought — Free man
  8. double standard? — Mr Spoon
  9. Democracy — NJ