UK Indymedia - UK April 2006 No Borders Days of Action Newswire Archive

Climate Camp

08-09-2006 10:00

Travelling to a climate change camp presents questions

URGENT: stop the deportation of Antony Aghayere, tomorrow, Thursday

12-07-2006 11:00

THE HOME OFFICE INTENDS REMOVING Antony Aghayere, and "deport the evidence" of its brutality to refugees, on Thursday evening (13th July) at 22:00 aboard Virgin Atlantic Flight VS651 from Heathrow to Lagos, Nigeria.

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update on colnbrook

12-05-2006 10:06

new phone numbers -it seems to be well worth contacting the following people as they have no clue at all about the current situation

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Detainees response to House of Commons answers on detention hunger strikes

10-05-2006 16:34

from NCADC

Detainees respond to Mr McNulty

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Update on Colnbrook Hunger Strike - 10th May 2006

10-05-2006 09:19

Update on Colnbrook Hunger Strike - 10th May 2006

Many individuals continue the hunger strike despite racial and sexual abuse, torture, solitary confinement and beatings at the hands of Home Office/ SERCO officers at Colnbrook.

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Colnbrook - more repression

08-05-2006 18:10

"trays, plates of food , the tray rack, cutlery,and almost everything dat wasn't nailed down was used on the officers"

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The celebration of berber spring in the calm

04-05-2006 13:29

Since 1980, the 20 the day of April has been celebrated in all Tamazight-speaking regions of Algeria. The symbolic date marks popular discontent that erupted into violent demonstrations against the governmental decision not to recognize their identity. After 26 years, Tamazight language is now recognized as a national language, studied by hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren.

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Fight the racist control of the media

04-05-2006 01:34

In order to obscure the failures of the British justice system, the press is fuelling racist hysteria in Britain by concentrating on the fact that detainees on early release were migrants or 'foreigners' as they are phrasing it. This is despite the fact that refugees in detention centres are being illegally locked up and deported against their Human Rights as guaranteed British, European and International law.

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More4 video report on hunger strike and beatings

02-05-2006 23:03

More4s report on the April 8 demonstration, the following hunger strike and Amos Onokare, who was beaten for talking to the Guardian newspaper.

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Overview and update on hunger strikes in asylum detention

30-04-2006 23:43

Mainstream press and the home office say the hungerstrikes of asylum seekers in detention are over. I heard today they are not. This is a time that continuing demonstrations and other shows of solidarity with people in detention makes a real difference. I wrote the article below to explain what has been happening. Please keep the pressure up.

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SOLIDARITY TO THE HUNGER STRIKERS / CLOSE ALL DETENTION CENTERES

30-04-2006 00:18

Today we displayed a banner in Trafalgar Square during the Love Music Hate Racism event, reading ' SOLIDARITY TO THE HUNGER STRIKERS / CLOSE ALL DETENTION CENTERES'. Thousands of people saw it, altough I cannot guarantee they understood. We distributed a leaflet about the hunger strike.

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Birmingham NoBorders Protest at the Immigration Reporting Centre in Solihull

29-04-2006 12:05

Following a call-out by Birmingham NoBorders earlier this week, some 20 people, including a few asylum seekers, demonstrated yesterday (28 April, 2006) at the West Midlands Immigration Centre in Solihull. The demonstration was in solidarity with the ongoing hunger strikes in various detention centres and to protest against the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers that this place embodies, from asylum seekers’ having to "sign on" every week to "snatch squads" and "dawn raids".

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Asylum Is Not A Crime – Indymedia/No Borders Film Night

28-04-2006 11:22

Did you know it is illegal for a UK citizen to marry a non-EU citizen without the approval of the Home Office?
Did you know that some asylum seekers in the UK have been detained for up to 3 years?

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THE HUNGER STRIKE HAS NOT ENDED.

28-04-2006 07:20

THE HUNGER STRIKE HAS NOT ENDED.
update - Thursday 27th April

DEMAND AN END TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS:

- Serco (For Colnbrook), Press Office: 01344 386 300
- Home Office Press Office: 020 7035 3535

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More4 News report tonight 8pm hunger strike and detainee beating

27-04-2006 12:34

More4 News tonight will be covering the brutal beating of Haslar detainee following largest recorded immigration detention hunger strike and protests.

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Colnbrook Hungerstrike Solidarity Page

26-04-2006 16:24

In response to being mistreated by the authorities during a demonstration at the detention centers near Heathrow on 8 April, detainees in Colnbrook detention center started a hunger strike on 10 April 2006. They demanded from the Home Office an end to their detention. Anticipating that their demands would be met, most of them ended their hunger strike on 23 April. Since this anticipation proved wrong, many decided to continue.

On this page, you find a timeline of the events, solidarity actions and reports in the media. For more information or to support the detainees, please contact noborderslondon at riseup.net.

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Colnsbrook Hungerstrike - Timeline

25-04-2006 23:55

Detainees in Colnbrook detention center were on hunger strike from 10 to 23 April. Here is a timeline:

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Update on Detention Centre Hunger Strikes

25-04-2006 23:49

24 April 2006: The hunger strikes in Colnbrook have ended. Meanwhile, on 20 April, around 20 Turkish Kurdish detainees began hunger striking in Harmondsworth. A coalition of Kurdish organisations are planning a campaign of support. Here are some details about the situation in Colnbrook:

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NUJ Journalist detained at Harmondsworth demo, April 8

25-04-2006 01:09

As many of you are already aware I was detained by police and halted from doing my job on April 8 during the No Borders demonstration.

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Brum NoBorders demo in solidarity with incarcerated hunger strikers

24-04-2006 07:41

Birmingham NoBorders has called a demonstration at the Home Office signing centre in Solihull Birmingham on midday, Friday, April 28th. The protest is in solidarity with those detainees on mass hunger strike in Colnsbrook, Haslar and Tinsley House detention centres [update on hunger strikes | Colnsbrook Hunger Strike timeline ]. The protest is at 12pm at Sandford House, 41 Homer Road, Solihull - 2 minutes' walk from Solihull bus/train station.

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Events: Leeds No Borders to expose 'city of shame'

23-04-2006 10:04

Campaigners in Leeds working to support detained and destitute asylum seekers and fight their deportation from the UK have just unveiled a series of events in April and May, including an 'alternative' guided tour of the 'other' Leeds, that which imprisons and impoverishes migrants.

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Cardiff Demo in Solidarity with Colnbrook/Haslar Hunger Strike

22-04-2006 12:06

A solidarity demonstration took place in Queen St, the main shopping street in Cardiff, on Thursday in support of the people on hunger strike in Colnbrook and Haslar Immigration Removal Centres.

About 30 people and a banner gathered to hand out flyers and talk to people about the situation of the hunger strikers and immigration detention and borders in general.

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