http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9019691.Asylum_seekers_end_37_day_hunger_strike_in_Croydon/
http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/iranian-refugees-suspend-hunger-strike-after-37-days-the-fight-goes-on/
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Tuesday 10 May 2011
10/05/2011
THE IRANIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE ARE GOING TO BREAK THE STRIKE TOMORROW, 12 noon. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO GO AND SUPPORT, AND THE MEDIA. They are all moving in front of Amnesty International, Exmouth Market on the corner of Roseberry Avenue and Farringdon Rd.
Monday 9 May 2011
Sunday 8 May 2011
Saturday 7 May 2011
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Monday 2 May 2011
Sunday 1 May 2011
Demo in solidarity Friday 6th May
Demo in solidarity with the hunger strikers! The hunger strikers will be with us in wheelchairs. Bring banners, drums, music, and passion.
This demo is called by the hunger strikers and by supporters including members of:
No Border Network
Stop Deportations Network
SOAS Detainee Support
Cambridge Migrant Solidarity Group
The march begins 2pm at Parliament Square, followed by protest outside the Home Office (2 Marsham Street SW1) 3-5pm
Saturday 30 April 2011
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND SUPPORT
Six Iranians - including a 17-year-old boy - who have been refused political asylum in Britain after escaping imprisonment, torture, and threat of death in Iran have been on hunger strike since 5th April 2011 and some have sewn their lips shut with fishing wire in protest of their repression.
The men were tortured, beaten and in one case raped following the anti-regime protests that swept Iran in 2009.
Though their lives will be in danger should they return to Iran, they have been ignored, dismissed and let down by UK authorities since they sought refuge in this country last year.
These hunger strikes symbolize the increasing desperation of Iranian asylum seekers towards the ‘culture of disbelief’ displayed by the Home Office, under which a large majority of asylum applications are summarily rejected, following unfair assessment and ‘credibility’ tests and often disregard of physical evidence in support of a claim.
This is a question of basic human rights: The UK claims to support anti-regime protesters across the Middle East, and encourages their struggles in the name of human rights – their approach should not be different when the victims of these regimes seek shelter here.
Their health is deteriorating rapidly, and they see no other option but to risk their lives to stay in the UK and avoid deportation and possible execution in Iran.
Friday 29 April 2011
UPI.com (22/04/2011) & Croydon Advertiser (22/04/2011) & Short News (22/04/2011)
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