Zimbabweans to protest outside the House of Lords

Stop the Detentions! Stop the Deportations!
Wednesday 9th March 2005
2.30pm-6.00pm
Parliament Square opposite the House of Lords
(Nearest tube: Westminster, Circle & District)

The House of Lords will be holding a three-hour debate on Zimbabwe on Wednesday the 9th March.

Despite a chronic deterioration of the Human Rights situation in Zimbabwe and expected to become worse as the country comes closer to the elections on the 31st of this month. The Home Office have resumed the deportation of Zimbabweans after a two-year suspension. Even though the UNHCR again advised the UK Government (on the 20th December 2004) that they should not carry out forced removals to Zimbabwe. Or that the European Union have renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe the UK government being the most vociferous in arguing for the continuing the sanctions.

Zimbabwe Community Campaign to Defend Asylum Seekers (ZCCDAS) will hold a protest outside the House of Lords for the duration of the debate. ZCCDAS will concentrate on highlighting the 'racism and violence that detainees and deportees not just Zimbabweans but all those facing detention and deportation can be subjected to by the private companies that manage the UK detention estate on behalf of the government.

So regardless of your nationality or your status in the UK, ZCCDAS ask you all to join them outside the House of Lords next Wednesday.

Many thanks,
Gavin Capps ZCCDAS National organizer

Enquiries/further information contact ZCCDAS:
079 6012 6028
zccdas@yahoo.co.uk

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