[IMC-UK-Features] Fwd: Getting 'Stop Deporting Iraqis' tent city event listed on Indymedia

[euan2000 at onetel.com]

Hello,

have added the below event to London Upcoming, but could it also be added to the
UK Upcoming? as they have specifically asked for.

Cheers

u.n.


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Dear Jesse and Rikki,

Would one of you be able to nominate the following event for the 'Upcoming
Coverage' box on the LHS of the Indymedia UK home-page.

Best wishes,

Gabriel

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STOP DEPORTING IRAQIS
An unauthorised* 24-hour "tent city" in Parliament Square
to protest against ongoing UK deportations to Iraq.

12 noon Saturday 21 June - 12 noon Sunday 22 June (the last two days of
Refugee Week).

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"I didn't want to leave Iraq. I would go back tomorrow if I knew I would be
safe. I love my country and I miss it; I miss my road, I miss the corner
where my school stands, I miss all these things, but I can't go back,
because it is very likely that I would be killed" - Iraqi asylum seeker
Ahmed (34)
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Because of its crucial role in the military invasion of Iraq, the British
government bears a heavy responsibility for the acutely dangerous situation
faced by Iraqis in their own country.

Nonetheless, since the 2003 invasion, the UK has been one of the key players
in forcible returns of Iraqis, and has operated a harsh practice of cutting
off assistance, including accommodation and benefits, for people who reach
the end of the asylum process. As a result large numbers of Iraqis are now
living in destitution, in a legal limbo, and under constant threat of
removal.

BRING A TENT AND JOIN US ON 21/22 JUNE to demand an immediate end to all
forcible returns to Iraq, and the restoration of benefits, housing and the
right to work for all rejected Iraqi asylum seekers.

For more background see http://tinyurl.com/6pygso.

For info about the camp contact the voices office on 0845 458 2564 or visit
www.voicesuk.org.

* Whilst technically an "unauthorised" - and therefore illegal -
demonstration under Section 132 of SOCPA, arrests under the
soon-to-be-repealed legislation are unlikely.


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