CAMPACC statements, press releases...
CAMPACC in Association with Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Tuesday, 13 July, 7-9pmCommittee Room 4, House of Lords, Westminster, SW1
Hosted by Lord Rea. All welcome.
With speakers:
Imran Khan Solicitor, Imran Khan & Partners, Vice-President of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Isabella Sankey Policy Director, Liberty
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Hicham Yezza, Writer and Activist, Editor of Ceasefire Magazine. Unjustly detained under terror laws for 6 days. He has recently won his case against the Home Office's attempts to deport him.
Anne Gray, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC)
Will candidates say no to unjust ‘anti-terrorism’ powers?
Use the lobbying contacts to question your local candidates with our sample questions.
The House of Commons will debate whether the controversial control order system will be renewed on Monday 1st March 2010. There are serious concerns about the renewal of control orders from all sections of our civil society. CAMPACC organised an open letter to the Home Secretary from over 120 individuals drawn from a range of professions and organisations urging him to not to pursue their renewal.
Please write to your MP - see specimen letter
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities 2010 general election campaign leaflet
The general election offers an opportunity to highlight the injustice of ‘anti-terror’ powers. They attack the right to a fair trial, to habeas corpus, to freedom of expression and political organisation. They are increasingly used to harass innocent people and peaceful protestors.
CAMPACC's response to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2009 containing the repeal of the restrictions on protest around Parliament under s132-138 SOCPA. The submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights gives details of concerns about alternative measures to be put in place.
6.30pm Wednesday 28 October 2009, Committee Room 12, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1 (St Stephens entrance)
Hosted by Siobhain McDonagh MP & Joan Ryan MP
Speakers include: Matt Foot, solicitor; Gareth Peirce, human rights lawyer, Jan Jananayagam, spokesperson for “Tamils Against Genocide”; Les Levidow, CAMPACC; Hyrbyair Marri, Baloch leader; Kazim Aqpak, Kurdish Federation UK
7pm Weds 30 September 2009, London
Speakers include:
Shar Habeel Lone, Director, Kentish Town Community Organisation (KTCO)
Mohamed Nur, community worker
Saghir Hussain, CagePrisoners
Savas Kurt, Kurdish Federation UK
Frances Webber, lawyer
Alex Goodman, Camden Councillor, Green Party
Les Levidow, CAMPACC
The first of two seminars on The Basque Country and Northern Ireland: Self-Determination, Proscription and Human Rights in the EU.
The first of two seminars on The Basque Country and Northern Ireland: Self-Determination, Proscription and Human Rights in the EU.
The 'War on Terror' has seen intelligence agencies become major political players. 'Rendition', untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are now the norm. "Spies, Lies and the War on Terror" traces the transformation of intelligence from a law enforcement tool to a means of avoiding both national and international law.
Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce likened the present situation where a person can be held without trial on the basis of secret evidence as 'a national emergency.'
A Parliamentary meeting hosted by Diane Abbott MP
Read CAMPACC's statement and Mark Steel's article.
After 60 years...why human rights?" - Public meeting on 10 December 2008
Read the report from Hevallo (pdf file)
Counter Terrorism Bill at a Critical Stage in Lords
'April Fool's Day' in the Commons: One more step to grave injustices
Read the appeal for "Friends of Kongra-Gel" (pdf file).
A meeting in Parliament called to win support for a ceasefire, dialogue and a political solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey. Also read the statement issued by Peace in Kurdistan and CAMPACC and the report of the meeting (pdf file).
CAMPACC statement 9th June 2006