Archive for December 2018
Kevan Thakrar – 8 years in solitary confinement! Send season’s greeting and Write to your MP
From Payday Men’s Network working with the Global Women’s Strike Emergency Alert! Kevan Thakrar in Solitary Confinement for 8 years in the UK Please send him a holiday card and write to your MP! Dear friends, Kevan Thakrar has been in solitary confinement in UK prisons for more than eight years. The UN has called for…
Read MoreFrance: Mothers denounce police brutality
Since 17 November, there’s been widespread street protests and road blocks all over France by the ‘gilets jaunes’ (named after the hi-vis yellow vests they wear). They were sparked off by an increase in the tax on petrol while the rich had had a tax cut. The movement has grown and broadened its demands…
Read MoreStatement from a Yellow Vests group in France
As you know there has been widespread street protests all over France in the last few weeks. It started against an increase in the tax on petrol while the rich had had a tax cut. The protests have grown and broadened their demands, and many sectors including students, ambulance workers, campaigners against police murders and…
Read More11 Dec: Protecting Breastfeeding from state intervention
From Legal Action for Women: Dear Friends, Protecting breastfeeding from State intervention (family courts, detention centres, hospitals, prisons, etc.) We thought you would like to know about an important meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infant Feeding & Inequalities on Tuesday 11 December 2018. See agenda here. Solveig Francis and Shoda Rackal from…
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