CAMPACC: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities

• 1: Home
• 2: About Campacc
  • 2.1: Aims and objectives
  • 2.2: Statements about anti-terror laws
    • 2.2.1: CAMPACC statement: Anti-terrorism laws: unjust powers serving the politics of fear (2008)
    • 2.2.2: CAMPACC statement: Creating Terrorist Suspects (2005)
    • 2.2.3: CAMPACC statement: The "war on terror" at home: We're all targets of the state (2003)
• 3: News & events
• 4: Campaigns
  • 4.1: Campaigning on legislation
    • 4.1.2: Oppose the Counter Terrorism Act 2008
  • 4.2: Terror bans
    • 4.2.1: 'Terrorist lists' seminar series 2009
    • 4.2.2: 'Terrorist lists' seminar series 2008
    • 4.2.3: 'Terrorist' lists project with Statewatch
    • 4.2.4: Communities targeted for harassment and prosecutions
    • 4.2.5: Charities accounts frozen or denied
  • 4.3: Detainees and control orders
    • 4.3.5: Letters from detainees
  • 4.4: Everyday harassment
  • 4.5: Torture & rendition
  • 4.6: Right to protest & free expression
  • 4.7: CAMPACC conferences
  • 4.8: Self-determination
• 5: Resources
  • 5.1: Legislation, rulings & CAMPACC responses
    • 5.1.4: Proscribed groups
  • 5.2: Publications & campaign materials to buy
    • 5.2.1: CAMPACC t-shirts
    • 5.2.2: Taxi To The Darkside
    • 5.2.3: Big Brother
    • 5.2.4: A Permanent State of Terror?
    • 5.2.5: Listen to the Refugee's Story
  • 5.3: CAMPACC statements, press releases...
  • 5.4: CAMPACC articles, reports...
  • 5.5: Useful articles
  • 5.6: Film & audio
• 6: You can help
  • 6.1: Become a supporter
  • 6.2: Volunteer
  • 6.3: Donate
  • 6.4: Sign up for emails
• 7: Links
• 8: Contact us
• 10: Together Against Prevent

04-02-2015

Your Excellency - We are a coalition of several communities in the UK to counter the criminalisation of communities in the name of combating terrorism. We are writing to you about our grave concern on the arrest of 16 people amongst them 12 lawyers for alleged terrorist offences on the 12th of January 2015 in the Basque Country and Madrid.

The 12 lawyers who were wrongfully arrested were: - Arrant Aparicio,, Ainhoa Baglietto, Ane Ituiño, Amaia Izko, Eukene Jauregi, Jaione Karrera, Aiert Larrarte, Kepa Manzisidor, Onintza Ostolaza, Alfonso Zenon, Atxarte Salvador, Haizea Ziluaga.

After their arrest, their professional premises were searched. The 4 lawyers who were arrested in Madrid are defence lawyers in a political mass trial which was to start the following day.

 

Read the full letter here.