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International No Borders demonstrations including the UK ones at Harmondsworth Detention Centre near Heathrow Airport, Manchester and Glasgow, April 2006.
See also UK Indymedia - April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
08-04-2006 11:58 | April 2006 No Borders Days of Action | Anti-racism | Migration | World
Harmondsworth, 8 April 2006. Around 300 people from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Brighton, Reading and Cardiff demonstrated at the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres near Heathrow to ensure that "those inside will hear our voices and know that they are not alone." The call out for the demonstration was made by London No Borders, the Campaign to Close Heathrow Detention Centres, London Against Detention, and The Square Occupied Social Centre in solidarity with the Noborder actions in Australia [see the NCADC report].
There was a large police presence and they prevented detainees and demonstrators from establishing a line of sight: the demo was not allowed to take place in the field where detainees could see it from their windows. Security guards also prevented detainees from accessing the centre's exercise yard and didn't even allow them to approach the windows. Some detainees were reportedly beaten up when they protested against these restrictions. In response, some 150 detainees in Colnbrook have gone on hunger strike [Read press release on updated situation in Colnbrook].
Many phone calls from detainees were passed on to the demonstrators via a small sound system. Former detainees also gave live testimonies of their own experience in detention [Sekindi's speech]. Meanwhile, about 40 people managed to make their way around the side of Colnbrook where detainees could see and hear them from the windows, and they spent a long time communicating with people inside, before being moved on by the police.
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Reports and Pics: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Audio reports
Videos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
In Glasgow, around 300 asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers, Unity activists, and their supporters marched from the Home Office Reporting Centre in Ibrox to a rally in the Carnival Arts Centre in town calling for the right to work and an end to deportations. On Monday, 10th April, the All African Women's Group and other organisations protested outside Communications House in London in solidarity with international actions for immigration and asylum rights, and against detention.
In Manchester, a demo and rally [more] were held on 15 April under the slogan "Manchester: city of detention, destitution and deportation". On the same day, the offices of Ethiopian Airlines in London were targetted by anti-deportation activists. Their locks were glued and anti-deportation slogans were painted over their office and in the surrounding area.
World April 2006 No Borders Days of Action Feature Archive >>
The celebration of berber spring in the calm
04-05-2006 13:29
Fight the racist control of the media
04-05-2006 01:34
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More4 video report on hunger strike and beatings
02-05-2006 23:03
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More4 News report tonight 8pm hunger strike and detainee beating
27-04-2006 12:34
No Borders Harmondsworth demo movie part 2
19-04-2006 03:18
No Borders Harmondsworth demo movie part 1
19-04-2006 03:07
Melbourne: Easter protest over refugees' rights
18-04-2006 14:23
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Refugee Rights Protest Hits Kirribilli House
17-04-2006 07:42
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Detainee hunger strike on Greatreporter.com
14-04-2006 04:44
Indymedia Radio London Show (mp3) - 12th April 2006
12-04-2006 19:59
Glasgow - direct action group UNITY goes public!
11-04-2006 02:42
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100 Migrants in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre on Hunger Strike
10-04-2006 22:25
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Asylum & Immigrations Protest at Communications House
10-04-2006 21:49
April 8 anti-deportation demo - detainee via mobile phone speech
10-04-2006 20:18
COLNBROOK HUNGERSTRIKE - SOLIDARITY NEEDED
10-04-2006 09:51
GLASGOW REFUGEE MARCH & RALLY (REPORT & PHOTOS)
09-04-2006 15:41
No Borders Demonstration Harmondsworth Pictures
08-04-2006 19:26
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No Borders Radio Reports 8th April
08-04-2006 15:50
noborders demo4
08-04-2006 12:21
pic from no borders demo
08-04-2006 12:14
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noborders demo 3
08-04-2006 12:06
noborders demo2
08-04-2006 11:54
coverage of April 8th No Borders Action
07-04-2006 18:06
World April 2006 No Borders Days of Action Newswire Archive >>
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