No annual custody deaths rally this year!

October 8, 2009 at 12:56 pm (Events)

Assembly in Trafalgar Square - 2008

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4WardEver has been notified that there will be no official rally & demonstration taking place in London this year. We urge readers to pass on this information!

2008 saw the tenth anniversary of the United Families & Friends demonstration

Unofficial Gathering

Ken Fero, co-director of INJUSTICE, invites anyone who would like to attend to meet with him at the usual location:

Assemble at 1pm at Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London
Please note that this will be a simple gathering. There will be no procession along Whitehall and to Downing Street as has been the case in previous years.
Nearest tube: Charing Cross

Contact Ken for more information – E-mail via info@4wardever.org and we will pass on all messages

See the report on the NEW petition to 10 Downing Street >


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“2008 Demo Remembers”

November 29, 2008 at 8:37 pm (Events, Remembrance, Video's)

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A TRIBUTE TO PAULINE
From the 10th Annual Deaths in Custody Demonstration

all credits: Jason Parkinson
Saturday 25 October 2008: The annual United Families and Friends Campaign protest marched on Downing Street at this annual event to highlight the numbers of deaths in custody for the tenth year.
In 2007 the number of deaths in custody amounted to 544, this year the figure currently stands at 182, but the official report will not be released until April 2009.
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Pauline to be remembered at rally

October 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm (Events, Support with Pauline)

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NO MORE DEATHS IN CUSTODY
Press Release
10th ANNUAL DEATH IN CUSTODY FAMILES IN MARCH ON DOWNING STREET

The United Families & Friends Campaign, the national coalition of families whose loved ones have died in police, prison and psychiatric custody will march to Downing Street to challenge the Prime Minister to intervene in the lack of justice for families following a death in custody.

Families attending include those of Jean Charles De Menezes, Roger Sylvester, Brian Douglas, Mikey Powell, Christopher Alder, Paul Coker, Jason Mcpherson and many others.

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