On 15 June 2014
Join the international day to
CLOSE DETENTION CENTRES
SO FAR ACTIONS PLANNED IN
SPAIN, UK, US...
Info: https://15jdiacontraloscie.wordpress.com/ (Spanish)
Also: http://www.refusingtokill.net/PrisonUK/15J%20uk%20mailing.htm
(English)
On 2 May, 150 detainees at the Harmondsworth detention centre in the UK
staged a sit-down courtyard occupation and a hunger strike. They petitioned
to end the 'detained fast track' system, where decisions are made on asylum
claims within days allowing no time for people to gather evidence of the
persecution they suffered. In Colnbrook and Brooke House detention
centres,detainees also staged protests and hunger strikes. In Campsfield,
hunger strikers demanded the closure of all UK detention centres.
Since 2005 there have been at least four major hunger strikes by women in
Yarl's Wood IRC. Women came together across races to protest mothers being
separated from their children, sexual abuse by guards, inadequate food and
negligent health care. Their protests have prevented deportations and won
the release of many women - and compensation for unlawful detention.
On 7 March, in the US a wave of hunger and work strikes by migrants began at
the North West Detention Centre and grew til it was 1200 strong. After 56
days, a Bill encouraging "alternatives to detention" of undocumented
migrants was put forward. During that time, an unprecedented movement,
Not1More, organised actions to urge President Obama to stop deportations,
winning the support of 30 members of Congress.
In April, in Israel, 1000 people demonstrated at the Holot detention centre
in the desert, where thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers have
been protesting imprisonment without trial, indefinite detention, and
illegal deportation to Uganda and Rwanda. In the same month, in
Valencia,Spain, 100 detainees started a hunger strike against deportations.
These are just some of recent protests against detention centres spearheaded
by detainees with their families and supporters. Those of us outside must
support these courageous actions, and we invite you to join an international
day to close detention centres on 15 June, initiated by Spanish groups.
CLOSE DETENTION CENTRES!
* Every year, about 30,000 people are detained in one of the 11 UK
detention centres without charge or conviction, without time limit, often
without reasons given in writing, and with inadequate access to legal
support, translation or healthcare.
* Their only "crime": claiming asylum against persecution or the right to
remain with their family.
* Some women face rape and other abuse from guards. In the UK, women's
protests, reported in the press, led MPs to summon Yarl's Wood management to
explain their action in parliament.
* Detention centres are used as a punishment and a deterrent against people
seeking safety in the host country. Even children are detained, sometimes
with the active collaboration of charities
* Black Women's Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape have highlighted
that 70% of women in detention are rape survivors, detained contrary to
government guidelines, in conditions reminiscent of the persecution they
fled. Many women and men are survivors of other torture. Children are
traumatised by being separated from friends and schools.
* Physical violence from guards during deportations is rampant. None of us
will forgetJimmy Mubenga held down by G4S guards until he suffocated. Women
seeking asylum from the All African Women's Group commented: "if Jimmy's
death goes unpunished, it will be open season on us all - whether we are
seeking asylum, immigrant or just in the wrong place."
WHAT YOU CAN DO
. Organise an action on 15J - a hunger strike, a vigil, a sit-in, a
meeting, a demonstration, an art event.
. Contact your MP, councillor, representative, your organisation or your
church. Ask them to support your demand.
. Circulate and translate this message, contact the press if you can
. Send a message of support we will circulate it.
. Whatever you do, let us and the Spanish organisers know so we can
publicise it
Legal Action for Women law@allwomencount.net
Payday men's network payday@paydaynet.org
Women of Colour in the Global Women's Strike
womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net
TEL 0207 482 2496
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On 15 June 2014
Join the international day to
CLOSE DETENTION CENTRES
SO FAR ACTIONS PLANNED IN
SPAIN, UK, US...
On 2 May, 150 detainees at the Harmondsworth detention centre in the UK staged a sit-down courtyard occupation and a hunger strike. They petitioned to end the 'detained fast track' system, where decisions are made on asylum claims within days allowing no time for people to gather evidence of the persecution they suffered. In Colnbrook and Brooke House detention centres,detainees also staged protests and hunger strikes. In Campsfield, hunger strikers demanded the closure of all UK detention centres.
Since 2005 there have been at least four major hunger strikes by women in Yarl’s Wood IRC. Women came together across races to protest mothers being separated from their children, sexual abuse by guards, inadequate food and negligent health care. Their protests have prevented deportations and won the release of many women - and compensation for unlawful detention.
On 7 March, in the US a wave of hunger and work strikes by migrants began at the North West Detention Centre and grew til it was 1200 strong. After 56 days, a Bill encouraging "alternatives to detention" of undocumented migrants was put forward. During that time, an unprecedented movement, Not1More, organised actions to urge President Obama to stop deportations, winning the support of 30 members of Congress.
In April, in Israel, 1000 people demonstrated at the Holot detention centre in the desert, where thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers have been protesting imprisonment without trial, indefinite detention, and illegal deportation to Uganda and Rwanda. In the same month, in Valencia,Spain, 100 detainees started a hunger strike against deportations.
These are just some of recent protests against detention centres spearheaded by detainees with their families and supporters. Those of us outside must support these courageous actions, and we invite you to join an international day to close detention centres on 15 June, initiated by Spanish groups.
CLOSE DETENTION CENTRES!
* Every year, about 30,000 people are detained in one of the 11 UK detention centres without charge or conviction, without time limit, often without reasons given in writing, and with inadequate access to legal support, translation or healthcare.
* Their only "crime": claiming asylum against persecution or the right to remain with their family.
* Some women face rape and other abuse from guards. In the UK, women’s protests, reported in the press, led MPs to summon Yarl's Wood management to explain their action in parliament.
* Detention centres are used as a punishment and a deterrent against people seeking safety in the host country. Even children are detained, sometimes with the active collaboration of charities
* Black Women’s Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape have highlighted that 70% of women in detention are rape survivors, detained contrary to government guidelines, in conditions reminiscent of the persecution they fled. Many women and men are survivors of other torture. Children are traumatised by being separated from friends and schools.
* Physical violence from guards during deportations is rampant. None of us will forgetJimmy Mubenga held down by G4S guards until he suffocated. Women seeking asylum from the All African Women’s Group commented: “if Jimmy’s death goes unpunished, it will be open season on us all – whether we are seeking asylum, immigrant or just in the wrong place.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO
· Organise an action on 15J - a hunger strike, a vigil, a sit-in, a meeting, a demonstration, an art event…
· Contact your MP, councillor, representative, your organisation or your church. Ask them to support your demand.
· Circulate and translate this message, contact the press if you can
· Send a message of support we will circulate it.
· Whatever you do, let us and the Spanish organisers know so we can publicise it
Legal Action for Women law@allwomencount.net
Payday men's network payday@paydaynet.org
Women of Colour in the Global Women's Strike womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net
TEL 0207 482 2496
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