***Call for solidarity with wave of resistance in UK detention centres***‏

Hi,

***Call for solidarity with wave of resistance in UK detention 
centres***

As you may have heard, hunger strikes and occupations have been 
happening in 7 of the UK detention centres for a week now. Hundreds have 
been refusing food and protesting in the centres.

People are speaking out through a blog -
Detained Voices https://detainedvoices.wordpress.com/ - and
Standoff Films https://www.facebook.com/standoffilms).

This is the biggest uprising against the detention system in the UK for 
many years. The protests come after a major news channel released secret 
footage from inside these racist prisons:

Channel 4
(http://www.channel4.com/news/harmondsworth-immigration-detention-centre-undercover-video).

Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org/news/2015/mar/04/harmondsworth-immigration-detention-centre-secret-filming-mitie

Yet coverage in the UK has been almost entirely restricted to a single 
news channel -Channel 4: 
http://www.channel4.com/news/harmondsworth-immigration-detention-centre-hunger-strike).
The only consistent other coverage comes from Russia Today: 
http://rt.com/uk/240205-detention-center-hunger-strike/.

People detained and involved in the protests ask that their struggle be 
known by all. They have requested media coverage, presence outside the 
detention centres and support spreading their demands/messages.

There have been UK solidarity actions regularly over the last week. See 
Anti Raids: 
https://network23.org/antiraids/2015/03/12/ongoing-resistance-at-harmondsworth-and-colnbrook-detention-centres/
A bus taking people to the airport due to be deported to Afghanistan was 
also blocked.

People are now asking for actions of solidarity from outside the UK - at 
Embassies, detention centres etc. Protests at UK Embassies, especially 
if shown in non-UK media, would make it harder for the UK news embargo 
to continue, and put pressure on the UK government.

Please let us know if you organise something. People inside are hugely 
motivated to know that knowledge of their protest is spreading. Any 
coverage is a win.

Supportive messages/photos can be sent to detainedvoices@riseup.net. If 
you would like to speak to a media spokesperson from those detained we 
can also put you in contact.

Love, rage and solidarity!