No Borders Nottingham » Protest

Amdani Juma’s campaign takes to the streets again

nobordersnottm — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:26:54 +0000

Amdani Juma has been refused the Right to Remain in a manner breaching the Home Office’s own regulations, not to mention through a disgracefully botched and irregular process that no human being should be subjected to. A torture survivor and pro-democracy activist, Amdani escaped death more than once. He has no family in Burundi; his cousin, brother and sister are all permanently resident in the UK or the Netherlands. Human Rights groups and the UN report ongoing human rights abuses and torture in Burundi.

Read More to find out what you can do including Market Sq. demo on Friday 24th July at 5.15pm, other public events, petition etc …

Download and print off this leaflet.

Look for us at the Carnival on the Forest this Weekend, 4th & 5th July.

Join our rally in the Market Square on Friday 24th July at 5.15pm.

Meet Amdani at the Nottingham Pride event in the Arboretum on Saturday July 25th, where Amdani will be campaigning once again to help others, in the prevention of HIV in the Black Community.

Please sign the e-petition if you haven’t: http://www.petitiononline.com/amdani/petition.html

And Meet the Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xyHu3GeNYk

More info: http://friendsofamdani.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/amdanis-campaign-takes-to-the-streets-again/

Protest to British Airways against Hicham Yezza removal! – model letter available online

root — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Nottingham University’s Hicham Yezza is due for removal on flight BA894 from Heathrow T5, destination Algiers, at 9.45am this Sunday, June 1st. A model letter for protesting to British Airways demanding they refuse to carry him is available at:
http://freehichamyezza.wordpress.com/. It can be modified as you wish. Address/fax details follow the letter. BA can refuse to carry Hicham. They have a choice. They must be made to take the right decision.

The university should be ashamed at its disregard for an innocent employee caught up the mess they have created by going along with the government’s Stasi-like ‘anti-terror’ procedures.

National Day of Action – Saturday 19th May

root — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On Saturday 19/5/07 there will be a National Day of Action on Asylum Rights. No Borders Nottingham will be in the Market Square from 3.00pm with a stall and banners. Please come along to support us in raising public awareness about asylum issues. The last two demos in the Square, which have focussed on the situation faced by the Congolese, have been big, lively and uplifting and got a good reaction from the public. It would be great to have that sort of atmosphere again, where we celebrate the world we want to see as well as protesting about the one we have. All welcome… See you there!

Check out indymedia for reports from Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow & Birmingham/Coventry…

No Borders Nottingham ‘National Day of Action on Asylum Rights’
National Day of Action for Asylum Seekers in Nottingham
Newcastle Report on May 19th Day of Action for Asylum Rights
Report: National Day of Action for Refugees – Manchester & Leeds.
Report: 19 May Asylum Rights March Glasgow
Anarchists intervene in National Day of Action to Defend Asylum Rights – Birmingham (Solihull) & Coventry.

Demo at Lindholme detention centre following Campfield Breakouts

root — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

7th August: A demonstration took place this lunchtime outside Lindholme Detention
Centre, near Doncaster. From 11.30am to 1.45pm protestors showed
solidarity with the people detained inside for no other crime than
entering the UK seeking asylum from oppressive regimes at home.

Read full report on this website, and another report with photos on Indymedia UK.

See also Indymedia report: 26 migrants escape immigration prison in Oxford
These brave escapes from Campfield detention centre came after Home Office (Border and Immigration Agency) refused detainee demands last week.

See also: NCADC photos of 2004 demonstration at Lindholme detention/removal prison Lindholme 2004_1 and Lindholme 2004_2, and an Indymedia report of same 2004 Lindholme noise demo.

7th August: A demonstration took place this lunchtime outside Lindholme Detention
Centre, near Doncaster. From 11.30am to 1.45pm protestors showed
solidarity with the people detained inside for no other crime than
entering the UK seeking asylum from oppressive regimes at home. Instead of
being welcomed and given humane treatment to help them get over often
terrifying ordeals, they are incarcerated like criminals, locked up for
most of the day and from 7.30 at night, and denied vital contact with the
outside world. At Lindholme they are often left without any idea of when
their cases will be heard and are bemused as to why they are being held,
often with no idea of what lies ahead. Others are people who have lived in
the UK since childhood, often with families here and no knowledge of or
connections with the countries to which they face deportation.

The demonstrators are determined to focus public attention in the region
on the plight of asylum seekers and UK residents incarcerated at
Lindholme. The action coincides with demonstrations at Campsfield House in
Oxfordshire, where detainess have been forced to take desperate measures
against the inhuman way in which they are treated.

The demonstration was called by No Borders, an organisation challenging
this government’s right to incarcerate and deport asylum seekers and those
wishing to remain in the country where they have made their home.

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Read another report with photos on Indymedia UK.

See also: NCADC photos of 2004 demonstration at Lindholme detention/removal prison Lindholme 2004_1 and Lindholme 2004_2, and an Indymedia report of same 2004 Lindholme noise demo.