Abu Usama
26-09-2004, 07:41 PM
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GENERAL DETAILS
Belmarsh-Guantanamo-Abu Graibh: axis of evil, access to torture Protest against internment
Tell the Law Lords: No to Internment, No to Torture!
NO JUSTICE:
Britain continues to hold 14 foreign nationals who have never been charged with any offence. The supposed evidence against them remains secret. They were never questioned by the police. They have not been put on trial.
These men are detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, which allows the Home Secretary to detain indefinitely any foreign nationals if he has reasonable suspicion that they have links with international terrorism. At hearings last year, the government acknowledged that some of the evidence could have been obtained by torturing detainees elsewhere, e.g. Guantanamo and Abu Graibh.
Partly on those grounds, the legal basis has been challenged by the detaineesı lawyers. In August a 2-1 majority on the High Court ruled that evidence from torture could be admissible, even if UK agents were present, provided that they did not carry it out. Clearly this gives a green light to torture around the world. The High Court judgement will be reviewed by the Law Lords, starting on 4 October. Hence our protest on the day before.
Most of the political prisoners are being held in high security at HMP Belmarsh, in cells described as concrete coffins and in conditions which are tantamount to torture. It is cruel and inhuman treatment to keep people locked up in isolation, without any prospect of release or trial, and without telling them why they are detained or when they might be released.
We demand the immediate release of those detained without trial or charge them and conduct a fair trial.
This event is sponsored by: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
(CAMPACC), Liberty, Stop Political(Police?) Terror, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Peace and Justice in East London, Sutton for Peace and Justice, The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, Association of Muslim Lawyers, The Green Party of England and Wales.......
Come and protest at Belmarsh; let the detainees know that they have not been forgotten! Let us help them and fulfill our duty of Brotherhood!
SPEAKERS
Ashfaq Ahmed (Babar Ahmedıs father)
Shami Shakrabarti (Director of Liberty)
Gareth Peirce (human rights lawyer)
Victoria Brittain (writer and journalist)
Jean Lambert (MEP)
Dr Adnan Siddiqui (Stop Political Terror)
Dr G. Siddiqui (Leader of the Muslim Parliament)
Saghir Hussein (Association of Muslim Lawyers)
Tim Gopsill, (National Union of Journalists)
Harmit Athwal (CARF)
Desiree Howells (Peace & Justice in East London)
Paul Donovan (journalist)
Nasser Butt (Chair of Liberal Demcrat Muslim Forum)
VENUE
Belmarsh Prison
Western Way
Thamesmead
London SE28 0EB
TIME
Assemble at 12.00 - Programme starts at 13.00
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone:07910 474-102 email:info@stoppoliticalterror.com
TRAVEL DETAILS
Belmarsh prison is north of Plumstead stn. See - http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=258,15,2,15,254,0
GENERAL DETAILS
Belmarsh-Guantanamo-Abu Graibh: axis of evil, access to torture Protest against internment
Tell the Law Lords: No to Internment, No to Torture!
NO JUSTICE:
Britain continues to hold 14 foreign nationals who have never been charged with any offence. The supposed evidence against them remains secret. They were never questioned by the police. They have not been put on trial.
These men are detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, which allows the Home Secretary to detain indefinitely any foreign nationals if he has reasonable suspicion that they have links with international terrorism. At hearings last year, the government acknowledged that some of the evidence could have been obtained by torturing detainees elsewhere, e.g. Guantanamo and Abu Graibh.
Partly on those grounds, the legal basis has been challenged by the detaineesı lawyers. In August a 2-1 majority on the High Court ruled that evidence from torture could be admissible, even if UK agents were present, provided that they did not carry it out. Clearly this gives a green light to torture around the world. The High Court judgement will be reviewed by the Law Lords, starting on 4 October. Hence our protest on the day before.
Most of the political prisoners are being held in high security at HMP Belmarsh, in cells described as concrete coffins and in conditions which are tantamount to torture. It is cruel and inhuman treatment to keep people locked up in isolation, without any prospect of release or trial, and without telling them why they are detained or when they might be released.
We demand the immediate release of those detained without trial or charge them and conduct a fair trial.
This event is sponsored by: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
(CAMPACC), Liberty, Stop Political(Police?) Terror, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Peace and Justice in East London, Sutton for Peace and Justice, The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, Association of Muslim Lawyers, The Green Party of England and Wales.......
Come and protest at Belmarsh; let the detainees know that they have not been forgotten! Let us help them and fulfill our duty of Brotherhood!
SPEAKERS
Ashfaq Ahmed (Babar Ahmedıs father)
Shami Shakrabarti (Director of Liberty)
Gareth Peirce (human rights lawyer)
Victoria Brittain (writer and journalist)
Jean Lambert (MEP)
Dr Adnan Siddiqui (Stop Political Terror)
Dr G. Siddiqui (Leader of the Muslim Parliament)
Saghir Hussein (Association of Muslim Lawyers)
Tim Gopsill, (National Union of Journalists)
Harmit Athwal (CARF)
Desiree Howells (Peace & Justice in East London)
Paul Donovan (journalist)
Nasser Butt (Chair of Liberal Demcrat Muslim Forum)
VENUE
Belmarsh Prison
Western Way
Thamesmead
London SE28 0EB
TIME
Assemble at 12.00 - Programme starts at 13.00
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone:07910 474-102 email:info@stoppoliticalterror.com
TRAVEL DETAILS
Belmarsh prison is north of Plumstead stn. See - http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=258,15,2,15,254,0