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End these detentions
Saturday April 3, 2004
The Guardian
We would like to express our concern regarding the continued detention
without trial of 13 foreign nationals in British prisons. There
are eight people currently being held at Belmarsh prison in south
London and five in other prisons. Many of the detainees have been
held for more than 18 months, resulting in a growing deterioration
of their physical and mental health. We call on the British government
to either charge and try the individuals before a fully accredited
court of law, or release them. The detention of these individuals
without showing any just cause is inhumane and violates the principles
of freedom and justice. We are also concerned about the detention
of more than 600 people at Guantánamo Bay. Four of these
individuals are British citizens. Like the internment cases here,
no just cause has been shown for those being held.
We urge the British government to not only secure their release
and repatriation, but also use its good offices to press for the
charging or release of all others being held at Guantánamo.
The undersigned will be among those speaking at a rally organised
by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities at midday outside
Belmarsh prison tomorrow.
Jean Lambert MEP
Green party
Catrin Lewis
Chair, Haldane Society
Dr G Siddiqui
Muslim Parliament
Paul Donovan
Peace & Justice in East London
Belmarsh protest 4 April 2004
Dr G. Siddiqui, Leader of the Muslim Parliament, said that the
Taliban and Al Qaeda were the very people who were supported by
the West at one point but the detainees are being held because of
alledged association with these groups. The spiritual leaders of
the Taliban met with ministers David Blunkett and Mike O'Brian in
London last week which shows the hypocrisy of the situation. The
Muslims are the new enemies - in the UK over the last 3 or 4 years
over 50,000 Muslims have been stopped and searched yet only 540
have been arrested, 9o charged and 5 convicted. Young Muslims are
losing confidence in the rule of law in the UK. The government is
saying that the Muslim community has to be within the law yet the
government can be above it.
The protest got off to a noisy start with samba
from Rhythms of Resistance, standing here with the People's Freedom
Front, highlighting the plight of political prisoners in Turkey
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