Emergency Demo // Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikers
March 8, 2018 @ 11:30 - 12:30
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Over 100 people in #YarlsWood immigration detention centre are on strike & have “ceased to participate in detention; we will not eat, use their facilities or work for them.”
Here are a number of ways those of us on the outside can support the protests:
1. Share this link & come on the protest. There is also a protest on Sat 3 March
https://www.facebook.com/events/1857058604585752/
2. Send a letter to you MP outlining what the strikers are calling for, using the template here: bit.ly/2CKfe3o
Use https://www.writetothem.com as it’s quick & free.
3. Tweet Solidarity photos – tweet, retweet and share photos holding signs of support for Yarl’s Wood strikers, and share using hashtag #HUNGERFORFREEDOM
4. Sign the petition, which lists the demands of the #HungerForFreedom Yarl’s Wood strikers, and share with your contacts: bit.ly/2HKfxiy
#hungerforfreedom #thesewallsmustfall
What’s been happening so far…
On Wednesday 21 Feb, 120 people in Yarls Wood, an immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a 3-day hunger strike. It has gathered momentum and has escalated into work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the inside. ???
Detained Voices http://www.detainedvoices.com has been publishing statements, demands and updates from the strike – which today included an occupation of the Home Office department in yarl’s wood.