Upcoming LGC Events
Monday 13 October: 7-9pm: Combatting Terror With Justice
Willesden Green Library Centre (Upstairs), High Road Willesden, NW10 (nearest tube: Willesden Green/ bus: 98/260/460/266/52/6/302)
As part of Amnesty International's Protect the Human Week (11-17 October), the London Guantánamo Campaign and Amnesty Kilburn invite you to join us to discuss the current anti-terror laws in this country (42 days' pre-charge detention and other provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Bill are currently being debated in the House of Lords), British involvement in extraordinary rendition and other illegal practices in the "War on Terror" and what we can do about it.Speakers include Sarah Teather MP (Brent East)Camilla Jelbart, Amnesty International, Counter Terror With Justice Campaign OrganiserDavid Edwards, Amnesty International, UK researcherAisha Maniar, London Guantánamo CampaignFor more details, please contact the LGC london.gtmo@googlemail.com or call Aisha on 07809 757 176
Saturday 18 October: 1-3pm Monthly stall for Binyam Mohamed
Opposite Ladbroke Grove tube station, next to the entrance to Portobello Market
Join us at our successful monthly stall, handing out leaflets and talking to passers by, collecting signatures on petitions about Binyam Mohamed in his local area. For more details, please call David on 07932 774 2373.30pm - we will be holding the first PLANNING MEETING FOR THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY ACTION ON SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2009. Please meet us opposite Ladbroke Grove Tube Station after the stall (or you can join us for that too). There is an agenda for this meeting so please reply to this email to get a copy. If you have any ideas for this action and are unable to attend, we would like to hear from you all the same.
Saturday 25 October/Sunday 26 October: Global Peace and Unity Event, Excel Centre
Will be taking part in this event on both days thanks to the Association of Muslim Lawyers (AML). Please come and visit the AML stall and see our information and sign our petition for Guantánamo to close down. If you would like to help out on either day, please let us know. www.theglobalunity.com/08
Tuesday 4 November: 2-8pm: Vigil outside the US Embassy
On the day of the US Presidential elections, we invite you to join us in a vigil to call on the new American president to uphold his commitment to closing down Guantánamo Bay and to uphold human rights and close other illegal CIA-run prisons around the world. We call on the new US president to commit to an ethical foreign policy and human rights. We also call on the American electorate to hold their politicians to their pledges to them.Vigil from 2-6pm, followed by a candlelight vigil with speakers (TBC) from 6-8pm, outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)
Saturday 25 October/Sunday 26 October: Global Peace and Unity Event, Excel Centre
Will be taking part in this event on both days thanks to the Association of Muslim Lawyers (AML). Please come and visit the AML stall and see our information and sign our petition for Guantánamo to close down. If you would like to help out on either day, please let us know. www.theglobalunity.com/08
Tuesday 4 November: 2-8pm: Vigil outside the US Embassy
On the day of the US Presidential elections, we invite you to join us in a vigil to call on the new American president to uphold his commitment to closing down Guantánamo Bay and to uphold human rights and close other illegal CIA-run prisons around the world. We call on the new US president to commit to an ethical foreign policy and human rights. We also call on the American electorate to hold their politicians to their pledges to them.Vigil from 2-6pm, followed by a candlelight vigil with speakers (TBC) from 6-8pm, outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)
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