Nationale Dag van vaders wakes maken van een merk

On 17th June 2012 people gathered at peaceful vigils to remember fathers that have died in police, gevangenis, mental health and immigration detention.

These nationally organised peaceful vigils took place simultaneously in Manchester, Birmingham, Central London, Brixton, Tottenham, Sheffield, Slough, High Wycombe and a number of other locations across the country.

Tippa Naftali, Mikey Powell Campagne & 4WardEver UK said; “These deaths have just got to stop. Family campaigners need to take matters into our hands in a manner more unprecedented than anything seen before. We need to adopt intelligent and collaborative responses, working with a single vision and strategy”.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody report published in 2011 stated: in totaal, er waren 5,998 sterfgevallen opgenomen voor het 11 jaar 2000 op 2010. Dit is een gemiddeld 545 doden per jaar.

Een UFFC campaign spokesperson said;

“Ondanks zijn er 11 onwettig doden uitspraken sinds 1990 er is nog nooit een succesvolle vervolging.

“Our joint efforts have yielded some results. The police self-investigation of deaths was replaced by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman now investigates deaths in prison and immigration detention. The Attorney General was forced to undergo a review of the role of the Crown Prosecution Service, and corporate manslaughter laws are now extended to custody deaths.

“Evenwel, these reforms have not addressed the lack of justice in outstanding cases. Wij zijn van mening dat de rechtvaardige dispensatie recht in het Verenigd Koninkrijk moet worden gedaan en gezien te worden te doen als het publiek zijn om een ​​hoge mate van vertrouwen en het vertrouwen genieten van de eerlijke rechtsbedeling.

“De slechte kwaliteit en snelheid van de onafhankelijke onderzoeken uitgevoerd door de Onafhankelijke Politie Klachtencommissie en een Inquest proces dat serieus is onder middelen, onder voorbehoud van vertraging en beperkt in opdracht en is niet geschikt voor het doel. Beide kritisch falen te beschermen of te ondersteunen om de rechten van de slachtoffers of hun families”.

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Some words from vigil organisers and participants:

Wesley Ahmed (Manchester)

The vigil went very well. We had around 150-200 people attend. We started off in Piccadilly Gardens with a singer/song writer Claire Mooney who did a couple of songs dedicated to Anthony’s family, then Marina Anthony’s mum got up and did a very emotional speech which touched everybody’s heart. Janet Alder came and spoke about her fight for justice over Christopher’s death.

We had a 2 minute silence for everyone who have lost their lives by the Police / Staat. We held their names up on pieces of paper who have died by the hands of the police, Habib Paps, Christopher Leeftijd, Mark Duggan, Sean Rigg, Ricky Bishop, Ian Tomlinson just to name a few.

We then had a peaceful march down to Bootle Street Police Station, Manchester and stood outside with our banners chanting NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.

We hope the other campaigns vigils went well and we would like to say a big thank you for all their support.We are now one family, we do not just fight for justice for one, we fight justice for ALL.

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Geplaatst door Zinzi Eka-Naftali op 22/06/2012. Geplaatst onder Voogdij Sterfgevallen & Misbruik,Aanbevolen artikelen,Human Rights,Wat is er Evenementen. U kunt alle reacties op dit bericht volgen via de RSS 2.0. Reacties zijn momenteel gesloten, maar je kunt trackback van je eigen site.