On 8 August 2008 Nader Zarebi, an asylum seeker from Iran, hanged himself in a park in Longsight, Manchester after being made homeless from his accommodation. Forced into destitution and homelessness, with no legal way to support himself, fearful of losing his life if returned to Iran where hundreds of political prisoners are executed every ...
By Freedom and Equality Seeking Students Active member of the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students Movement, Davood Bagheri was forced to flee Iran in the winter, after the recent wave of crackdowns on the group by the Islamic government's Intelligence Service agents. Mr. Bagheri arrived in Turkey with the intention to seek asylum where he was ...
South Yorkshire Migrant and Asylum Actions Group have organised this public meeting for Tuesday June 3rd, 7.30pm at SADACCA, The Wicker, Sheffield. A variety of speakers from war torn parts of the globe will be speaking to highlight their plight and to help organise a defence of all those facing deportation. Speakers include: Aman Ali (Afghanistan), Bereket ...
Communist Students member Ben Lewis has written a report of the 'save Mehdi' demo which can be read in this weeks Weekly Worker. Here are some photos from the protest last Saturday. Just click on the thumbnails to see full size pics. And some of the latest information on Mehdi's case can be read here in ...