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Report on Campsfield protest, 28 Nov

Source: Indymedia Around 100 people gathered outside Campsfield Detention Centre in Kidlington on Saturday 28th November, to protest against the arbitrary incarceration of innocent individuals in Campsfield, and to mark the 16th anniversary of the creation of Campsfield. The weather held out surprisingly well, and the event was a cheerful success, with individuals from a [...]

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Building resistance to mass deportations

Campaign against mass deportations to Iraq Public forum Saturday 7 November, London 12 noon - 5pm, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) The Stop Deportation network is organising a public forum to build resistance to mass deportations. Find out about the hidden reality of mass deportation flights Legal and political challenges Networking and building [...]

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Protest against deportations to Iraq

No Deportations to Iraq - Release the Hunger Strikers Now! Monday, 26th Oct, 4:30-6:30pm Demonstrate at the Home Office 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF Nearest tubes: Westminster, Victoria source for this message: www.stopdeportation.net Iraqi refugees locked up in Brook House and Colnbrook detention centres are on hunger strike since Monday, 19th October, to protest [...]

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Judge: Colnbrook blockaders’ arrest was unlawful

A magistrates judge has ruled that police acted unlawfully when arresting six anti-deportation campaigners who were blockading Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow airport, on 12th May, 2009, to try and prevent Iraqi refugees from being forcibly deported to Iraqi Kurdistan on a specially chartered flight. Sitting at the Uxbridge Magistrates Court, judge Jane Wright concluded [...]

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