FROM PALESTINE TO PADDINGTON GREEN-INTERNMENT CONTINUES
Solidarity Fast on Paddington Green, London – Monday 06/09 – Sunday 12/09/04
Activists with experience of human rights work in occupied Palestine begin a
week-long water-only fast and vigil in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners
who have temporarily suspended an open-ended hunger strike to engage in
negotiations with Israeli prison authorities regarding basic humanitarian
conditions.
Solidarity Fast on Paddington Green, London – Monday 06/09 – Sunday 12/09/04
Activists with experience of human rights work in occupied Palestine begin a
week-long water-only fast and vigil in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners
who have temporarily suspended an open-ended hunger strike to engage in
negotiations with Israeli prison authorities regarding basic humanitarian
conditions.
Over 3000 Palestinian political prisoners joined the hunger strike,
initiated August 15th, demanding an end to arbitrary beatings, prolonged
solitary confinement, the firing of teargas canisters into cells, and
physical and psychological torture. Further demands include the right to
increased family visits, telephone access, the right to continue with higher
education by correspondence, removal of glass divides between prisoners and
their families during visits and an end to public strip searches.
The solidarity fast also seeks to draw attention to the alarming increase in
internment without trial and the denial of basic human rights being endured
by Iraqis, Afghanis and others interned in US and UK administered detention
centres and prisons worldwide.
The lack of due process, the lack of disclosure, use of secret evidence and
detention without trial affecting hundreds of UK and foreign nationals in
Britain mirrors similar policies practised in the United States and Israel
and the territories they are occupying.
A fast and vigil tent will be maintained 24-hours a day from September 6th
to 12th on Paddington Green to highlight the detention of UK and foreign
nationals in Britain.
Activists from Palestine, Iraq, Britain, South Africa, Poland, Ireland and
the US will be taking part in the fast and vigil.
The fast will commence at 1 p.m. on Monday the 6th of September
For further information please contact Caoimhe (Cueeva) on 07771584133,
Romani on 07866474408, or Osama on 07833381660.
initiated August 15th, demanding an end to arbitrary beatings, prolonged
solitary confinement, the firing of teargas canisters into cells, and
physical and psychological torture. Further demands include the right to
increased family visits, telephone access, the right to continue with higher
education by correspondence, removal of glass divides between prisoners and
their families during visits and an end to public strip searches.
The solidarity fast also seeks to draw attention to the alarming increase in
internment without trial and the denial of basic human rights being endured
by Iraqis, Afghanis and others interned in US and UK administered detention
centres and prisons worldwide.
The lack of due process, the lack of disclosure, use of secret evidence and
detention without trial affecting hundreds of UK and foreign nationals in
Britain mirrors similar policies practised in the United States and Israel
and the territories they are occupying.
A fast and vigil tent will be maintained 24-hours a day from September 6th
to 12th on Paddington Green to highlight the detention of UK and foreign
nationals in Britain.
Activists from Palestine, Iraq, Britain, South Africa, Poland, Ireland and
the US will be taking part in the fast and vigil.
The fast will commence at 1 p.m. on Monday the 6th of September
For further information please contact Caoimhe (Cueeva) on 07771584133,
Romani on 07866474408, or Osama on 07833381660.
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