Національний День батьків пильнування

United vigils make a mark across UK

On 17th June 2012 people gathered at peaceful vigils to remember fathers that have died in police, prison, 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 Нафталі, Mikey Powell Campaign & 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: повністю, було 5,998 смертельних випадків, зареєстрованих за 11 років 2000 до 2010. Це в середньому 545 смертей на рік.

A UFFC campaign spokesperson said;

“Незважаючи на те були 11 незаконні вироки вбивства, так як 1990 там ніколи не було успішного судового переслідування.

“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.

“However, these reforms have not addressed the lack of justice in outstanding cases. Ми вважаємо, що справедливе улаштування правосуддя у Великобританії має бути зроблено і потрібно побачити, щоб зробити, якщо широка громадськість, щоб насолодитися високим рівнем довіри та впевненості у справедливому відправленні правосуддя.

“Низька якість і швидкість незалежного розслідування, проведеного Незалежним поліції Комісія по розгляду скарг та дізнання процес, який серйозно обмеженими ресурсами, за умови затримки і обмежені в компетенції і не підходить для цілей. Обидва критично не захищати і не підтримувати права жертвам або їхнім сім'ям”.

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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 / Держава. We held their names up on pieces of paper who have died by the hands of the police, Habib Paps, Christopher Alder, 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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