On Tuesday 8 May 2007, barely five days after a hunger strike by the women at Yarl's Wood gaol, in Bedfordshire, another hunger strike began at about 11.00am this morning. According to detainees held inside the prison, over 100 people including children are refusing food. The detainees are refusing to enter their rooms and are staying out in the gardens. The racist authorities are ignoring them as usual, hoping the protest dies down. the protest is against the conditions of the detention: 'we are not criminals, we have not killed anybody, yet we are being held here... this place is a prison really... the kids are scared of the police when they come in... no one can sleep, we are all stressed...' said one of the detainees.

Only last December there was another hunger strike at Yarl's Wood. The racist Labour government continues to ignore the demands of the detainees. The government will be held solely responsible for the consequences of this growing anger and resentment at its repressive policies. Represion breeds resistance. Watch this space...




NWASDG calls for all asylum detainees to be released. Seeking asylum is not a crime!

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