We welcome Binyam’s return to Britain after enduring nearly seven years of illegal imprisonment and facing terrible torture. His ordeal has been such that we are thankful that he has returned alive. We hope that he is offered appropriate treatment and that he will regain his health.
As the mercury rises in the Caribbean and the UK, a suicidal Binyam Mohamed enters the third month of his hunger strike and a dozen Guantánamo detainees look forward to unfair, arbitrary trials and the death penalty, the London Guantánamo Campaign invites you to join us and partake of the Summer in the city menu – July
2008
Menu fixe (regular activities) Friday 11/18/25 July – Weekly LGC vigil outside the US Embassy, 6-7pm,Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, WC1 (we meet at the corner of North Audley Street and Upper Brook Street) – nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch Join us and call on the US government to drop the spurious charges against Binyam Mohamed
Saturday 19 July – Monthly LGC stall for Binyam Mohamed – opposite Ladbroke Grove tube station, Ladbroke, W10, a monthly stall in the area Binyam Mohamed lived and worked in for 7 years.
Les Spécials (a bit of what you fancy) Friday 4 July – Independence Day Picnic, Grosvenor Square, WC1, 6-8pm, organised with Project 2012:come and celebrate the independence of all people, share food and debate what freedom means to you with us (call Mark: 07854 390 408)
Thursday 17 July – Film Showing of Rendition followed by talk with Andy Worthington from Reprieve, organised with Brent Stop the War, 7pm, Space 2, Upstairs at the Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 High Road, NW10 2SF. Free event. (nearest tube: Willesden Green)
Wednesday 30 July – Extraordinary Rendition on Trial, 7-9pm, Garden Court Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3LS (nearest tube: Holborn), mock trial with Zachary Katznelson, Phil Shiner and Gareth Peirce (free but by invitation only: send an email to the address below to reserve your place or call Aisha: 07809 757 176)
Pièce de resistance (if you only attend one demonstration this year, make sure it’s this one!) Thursday 24 July – Happy Birthday Binyam! Demo, 6-8pm, opposite Downing Street (nearest tube: Westminster) – join us as we call on the government to take concrete action to have Binyam Mohamed released and returned to the UK on his 30th birthday after six years too many of illegal detention at the hands of the CIA. Join us and make some noise for Binyam (call Jalil: 07985 382 188)
A domicile (no need to leave your armchair) Write to the Prime Minister and ask him to call for Binyam’s release and return to the UK, to release evidence the British government has that could see Binyam released and to call for the closure of Guantánamo Bay and other illegal CIA jails: Gordon Brown, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AG
Join us now to avoid more unnecessary loss of lives in the war on terror Organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign For more details, please visit our website: www.guantanamo.org.uk
Human Rights campaigners in Birmingham came together on Sunday the 10th of December to mark the International Human Rights Day and protest against human rights violations both in Britain and internationally. Thousands of leaflets were distributed highlighting human rights violations internationally to shoppers who took time off their busy shopping schedule to discuss issues of human rights with the protesters.
The Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign highlighted human rights violations at Guantanamo, where over 450 prisoners are held without trial or access to any legal process. Atleast 8 of these detainees are British residents for whom the British government refuses to act to obtain their release. Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign pointed out that they delivered a petition to the Birmingham Council before their December meeting demanding that they ask the British Government to act on behalf of the British residents and secure their release to the safety of Britain where all have their families waiting for them. Statements were read out from family members of British residents still held at Guantanamo.
The statement from Guantanamo Campaign also pointed out that a large number of muslims are detained in this country under the various Anti-Terror measures and laws including control orders introduced by the Labour administration. Quite a few of them are released subsequently without any charge but their and their families lives are disturbed for ever. Anti Racist Campaign, as part of the protest, highlighted the abuses Asylum seekers face in this country. Some of the asylum seekers are detained and threatened of being repatriated to countries that violate human rights and practice torture. As a result of these threats and being detained indefinately some have taken their lives while in custody. A contingent of peoples from Congo under threat of being deported to the so-called 'peaceful democracy' the Democratic Republic of the Congo protested against the British government's policy of sending them back to Congo where their might still face persecution and threats to their safety and security.
The event was supported by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, who are fighting against the daily violation of human rights the Palestinians face at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force that occupies Palestine. Several hundred Palestinian women and children are held in Israeli prisons Other groups supporting the protest included Iranian Refugee Association.
The various trade unions and political organisations, including Birmingham Trades Union Council, United against Fascism, Stop the War, Socialist Resistance, South Asian Alliance, Birmingham Campaign Against Arms Trade and many others in the city supported the protest against violations of human rights internationally and in Britain.
Bring the Residents Back - Petition the City Council
The Birmingham campaign are petitioning Birmingham City Council asking them to call on the British Government and Birmingham MPs to insist on the immediate release of British residents still held at Guantanamo along with a guarantee that they will be returned to Britain to join their families. Please sign the petition and come to the public meeting when the petitions will be handed over to councillors.
The Public meeting is organise for Thursday 16 November 2006 at 7.30 pm Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, BirminghamB4 7SX.
On Saturday 24 June 2006, Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign held a vigil on the A45 outside Birmingham International Airport to "demand action to put a stop to the CIA's torture flights". This was one of several vigils scheduled to take place at different airports on the same day, ahead of the forthcoming presentation on Tuesday 27th June of a report titled "alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states" by Dick Marty to the so-called Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Following the deaths of three Guantanamo detainees, Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign held a vigil in Birmingham City Centre to highlight the fact that eight of the British residents and the danger their continued detention presents. A large number of signatures were collected for the petition asking the British government to act immediately on behalf of the British residents still held at Guantanamo.
Meeting at Birmingham International Airport at 12.00 for a 12.30 start. Exact meeting place to be announced shortly. Transport A convoy of cars will be leaving the MAC car park at Cannon Hill park at
11.30am. Additionally, trains run from Birmingham New St. Station to
Birmingham International on a regular basis.
On Friday the 21st of May, it was reported that at least four Guantanamo detainees had to be physically restrained from committing suicide at Guantanamo. This is a very alarming development and of great concern to the families whose loved ones are still held there. As we understand, from the scant reports we have, several other detainees were involved in a scuffle with the guards. Yet the British government is refusing to act on behalf of British residents still detained at Guantanamo. The detainees have been in detention for over four years without any end in sight. The families have already expressed grave concern about the health of several of the British residents still detained at Guantanamo. Omar Deghayes’s eyesight is affected by the treatment he received during interrogations at the hands of the American interrogators at Guantanamo. Today’s events makes the families concern about the health and safety of these detainees even more urgent.
Birmingham Campaign
Human Rights campaigners in Birmingham came together on Sunday the 10th of December to mark the International Human Rights Day and protest against human rights violations both in Britain and internationally. Thousands of leaflets were distributed highlighting human rights violations internationally to shoppers who took time off their busy shopping schedule to discuss issues of human rights with the protesters.
The various trade unions and political organisations, including Birmingham Trades Union Council, United against Fascism, Stop the War, Socialist Resistance, South Asian Alliance, Birmingham Campaign Against Arms Trade and many others in the city supported the protest against violations of human rights internationally and in Britain. 
Saturday 24 June 2006, Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign held a vigil on the A45 outside Birmingham International Airport to "demand action to put a stop to the CIA's torture flights". This was one of several vigils scheduled to take place at different airports on the same day, ahead of the forthcoming presentation on Tuesday 27th June of a report titled "alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states" by Dick Marty to the so-called Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
This is a very alarming development and of great concern to the families whose loved ones are still held there. As we understand, from the scant reports we have, several other detainees were involved in a scuffle with the guards. Yet the British government is refusing to act on behalf of British residents still detained at Guantanamo. The detainees have been in detention for over four years without any end in sight. The families have already expressed grave concern about the health of several of the British residents still detained at Guantanamo. Omar Deghayes’s eyesight is affected by the treatment he received during interrogations at the hands of the American interrogators at Guantanamo. Today’s events makes the families concern about the health and safety of these detainees even more urgent.