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Sheffield Naseh Demo - 21st Aug

21-08-2004 19:30

Assembling at Ellesmere Green
There was a march today from Ellesmere Green, Burngreave, into the centre of Sheffield to a rally on the Town Hall steps, to demand that Naseh Ghafor be allowed to stay in the UK. At the start of the demonstration it was announced that he has removed the stitches from his mouth and stopped his hunger strike and is now recieving medical attention.

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Naseh article in the Star

19-08-2004 11:18

Yesterdays Sheffield Star
This article is from the yesterdays Sheffield Star and is a pretty sypathetic report of Naseh Jabar Ghafor the 20 year old ayslum seeker now on his 43rd day of hunger strike.

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Naseh Ghafor Milton House protest

16-08-2004 11:21

Milton House Protest
A couple of photos from the protest at Miltion House in Sheffield.

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"Deportations of asylum seekers have taken a vicious new turn"

14-08-2004 22:29

Deportations of asylum seekers, abuse in detention centres...

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Photos of Anti-fascist Demo Near Cambridge

14-08-2004 17:47

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Photos from the anti-fascist demonstration held at Oakington refugee detention camp on 14 August 2004. About 50 people turned up to counter a planned National Front demonstration which failed to materialize.

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National Front to visit Oakington Detention Centre and Cambridge

12-08-2004 14:08

The Nazi National Front are planning to visit Oakington detention
centre this Saturday, August 14th at 1pm, to protest against the presence of
asylum seekers. They then plan to visit Cambridge city centre to hand
out their filthy propaganda.

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Naseh Ghafor protest photos

12-08-2004 12:38

Naseh Ghafor protest
There is a small protest going on at the moment in Sheffield against the threatened deportation of Naseh Ghafor.

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Beggars and drug addicts disappear in Athens 'clean-up' before games

11-08-2004 06:10

The Greek state and the bosses killed dozens of workers in order to finish the olympic stadiums on time...
Then they poisoned thousands of stray animals (mostly dogs and cats)...
They installed surveillance cameras and brought two surveillance Zeppelin to stop public dissent...
They deployed 80000 police, riot police and army troopers all over Athens...

Now they are kidnapping drug addicts and immigrants!!!! in order to make Athens seem "clean" and "civilised" like some of the western capitalist cities...

I think only Hitler was doing such things during the '36 games in Berlin... Let's hope the Greek SS police will not gas them as well!

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Exiled Iranian Writer's Story

10-08-2004 21:36

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A man forced to leave his country and family for his views,
now lives here in depression. When we read things like this we can understand further the
lengths some people must go to in order to speak as they feel they must. Imprisoned, hunted out, beaten, cross examined, exiled - we cannot take our freedom for granted when we know this goes on in our own times, however it makes one grateful that this country is stable enough to host people fleeing persecution.

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EXPANSION COULD MAKE CAMPSFIELD THE NEXT HARMONDSWORTH

03-08-2004 14:01

PRESS RELEASE From the Campaign to Close Campsfield Immigrant Detention Centre

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Report of Dungavel protest Sunday 1st August 2004.

02-08-2004 06:33

Protestors entering Dungavel.
This is a 1,130 word report of the demonstration at the Dungavel detention centre on Sunday 1st August with 10 photos.

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Severe riot at Harmondsworth refugee removal centre

20-07-2004 09:24

A serious disturbance at Harmondsworth removal centre appears to have been sparked by the death of an inmate.

Report forwarded from National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, with BBC report, background info on Harmondsworth and refugee imprisonment, links to previous stories including the background to the fire at Yarls Wood detention centre, and campaign links.

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Nazila’s Life is in Great Danger!

15-07-2004 22:56

According to the latest news from IFIR’s branch in Turkey, Nazila Mohamad Hasani Zamani’s life is in serious danger and she is threatened to be deported back to Iran by the Turkish Government. She was told by the Turkish police that the Iranian embassy has asked the Turkish police to hand Nazila over to them.

Nazila’s life can only be saved by an international pressure on the UNHCR.

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There's not enough unemployment

13-07-2004 18:33

This article offers an alternative analysis of the business success story of Greyfriars UK, as reported by North East Tonight (ITV) and the Yorkshire Post.

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Asylum Seekers Evicted in Glasnevin, Dublin

09-07-2004 20:52

Thirty Asylum Seekers Evicted by Bailiffs supported by Gardai from Claremont Court, Glasnevin, Dublin at 5.45pm GMT

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Dismantling refugee protection

09-07-2004 12:31

The European Commission has developed the controversial UK plan to keep refugees outside the EU by giving so-called protection in the region and resettlement. There is no clear legal basis for scheme. It has been set out in a form that allows officials to simply proceed without any consultation of national or European parliaments.

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modern slavery in Britain

09-07-2004 12:26

New Labour proposes slave labour for asylum seekers who are unable to provide evidence that they are personally at risk of persecution, but whose countries are deemed unsafe to deport to.

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Appeal from the Kurdish Community UK and Europe

09-07-2004 12:16

Campaigning Against Criminalising Communities
"There is something that you can do to help the Kurds. While a case appealing against the EU ban on the organisation is being prepared for the European Court of Justice, Kongra-Gel is asking people to join it if they want to work for peace and justice." Mark Thomas, New Statesman, 21 June 2004 (extract of article at end of message)

Appeal to Join Kongra-Gel and Show Opposition to the EU Terrorism Ban

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Scotland to be testing ground for tagging of asylum seekers

09-07-2004 11:37

Electronic tagging and GPS tracking of aslyum seekers.
Human Rights groups including Liberty and UN High Commission for Refugees have condemned plans which will treat asylum seekers as criminals, undermine the Refugee Convention and stigmatise and potentially mark asylum seekers out for abuse and attacks.