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Around the Campaigns Thursday 23rd September 2010

John O | 23.09.2010 08:51 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Yarl's Wood five update, Sheffield Family Campaign, Iraqi deportations, Vietnam, EDM

Denise McNeil, still here, still wrongfully imprisoned
Denise, was one of 84 women in Yarl's Wood who staged a protest and hunger strike which began on Monday 8th February 2010. An absolute and unwarranted response to the peaceful hunger strike by Serco staff, led to eight hours of chaos. Many of the detainees were injured. Five of the women detainees were picked out as being leaders of the protest but were never charged. All were moved to prisons.

Denise bore the brunt of UKBA's revenge at the protest, she spent nearly a month in isolation, some of it in the segregation unit in HMP Holloway and remained/remains in HMP Holloway to the present day. An attempt to deport Denise on the 15th September 2010 was stayed.

Denise is still in HMP Holloway, please take time today, to send a card/letter of Solidarity to:

Denise McNeil
WT4009
HMP Holloway
Parkhurst Road
London
N7 0NU

Defend the Yarl's Wood Five
Women on Hunger Strike, behind the Wire @ Yarl's Wood
MP demands Yarl's Wood hunger strike inquiry
Yarl's Wood: women tell of squalid conditions
Home Office to deport Jamaican mother after 10 years in UK

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Help to keep the Okpara family safe in Sheffield: Demonstrate Your Support
The campaign to stop the removal of Mildred Okapara and her children has called a protest in Sheffield town centre on Saturday 25 September. At the rally, Councillor Paul Scriven, Leader of Sheffield Council will restate the Council's support for Mildred and call for the Homne Office to grant the family sanctuary in their adopted home town.

Join the rally outside Sheffield Town Hall
Saturday 25th September 12.30-1.30

Main speaker: Cllr Paul Scriven Leader, Sheffield City Council

Parents and Children - Please help this family by showing your support for this worthy humanitarian cause.

More information on NCADC web, go here . . . .

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Group of Iraqis deported from Europe return home
The plane arrived from Stockholm with 27 Iraqi deportees from Sweden, nine from Norway, four from the Netherlands and an unknown number from the United Kingdom, Sybella Wilkes, a UNHCR spokeswoman, told The AP. The Iraqi official said 56 deportees were returned Wednesday from several European countries.
By Barbara Surk (AP) - 23/09/10

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Vietnam: Widespread Police Brutality, Deaths in Custody
The Vietnamese government should promptly open thorough and transparent investigations into a series of deaths caused by the use of lethal force by policemen and hold the responsible officers accountable. Human Rights Watch has documented 19 incidents of reported police brutality, resulting in the deaths of 15 people, all reported in the state-controlled press in Vietnam during the last 12 months.
Human Rights Watch Wednesday 22nd September 2010

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EDM 752: Peace, Justice, Reconciliation And Rights In Sri Lanka
That this House notes with concern the tens of thousands of Tamils still interned in camps since the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in May 2009; further notes that thousands of people, including children, are suspected of being held in secret detention without charge or access to the outside world and are therefore at increased risk of torture and extrajudicial execution; strongly condemns the restrictions and attacks on journalists and human rights defenders, the draconian emergency regulations still in place, and the lack of progress towards an inclusive political solution; urges the Government to express its concerns and to do all it can to promote a lasting peace in Sri Lanka based on justice and reconciliation; calls on the UN Secretary-General to remain firm and give full support to his panel of experts; and further calls for a full and independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by all parties during and since the end of hostilities
EDM 752: Tabled by Simon Hughes

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Ahmadiyya: Discrimination
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to tackle discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims in the UK. Andrew Stunell: CLG officials have met representatives of the Ahmadiyya community on a number of occasions to discuss issues of concern including harassment of the Ahmadiyya andissues of discrimination.

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