#stansted15

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December 18, UK - Stand with the #Stansted15 for International Migrants Day

For International Migrants Day on Tuesday 18 December, activists from all over the UK will stand in solidarity with the Stansted 15, a group of people who stopped a secret charter flight from deporting precarious migrants to destitution, persecution, and death. On Monday 10 December, the Stansted 15 were found guilty of terror-related charges. Amnesty International called the verdict a crushing blow for human rights. We are using this day to raise awareness of the plight of the Stansted 15 in addition to local migrant-rights issues in every city participating in this national day of action. We believe that this draconian ruling was designed to thwart direct action against the UK government's brutal and violent treatment of migrants. This country’s racist and xenophobic immigration policy is rooted in its colonial history. This history continues with the mistreatment and exploitation of migrants in detention, a regime of sexual and physical violence that has resulted in over 43 migrant deaths inside ten immigration removal centres since 2000. Even when not detained, borders cross the everyday lives of all migrants, especially asylum seekers who live in enforced poverty, forbidden to work and housed in appalling privately-run accommodation. State hostility is further embedded in schools, universities, the NHS, charities and housing authorities, with employees conscripted to become border guards, making precarious the lives of so many non-EU and EU migrants and those who were born in the UK but were unable to regularise their status because of opaque immigration rules and high visa fees. The violent coloniality of the hostile environment was exposed this year by the horrible treatment of the Windrush generation, many of whom were brought to the UK to help rebuild the national economy after World War II, raising children that were born in the UK. After living in the UK for their entire lifetimes, members of these communities have found themselves cruelly detained and deported, without the ability to contest their cases. On Tuesday 18 December, we will use our collective voices to stand in solidarity with the Stansted 15 and with all migrants, such as the women detainees in Yarl’s Wood who continue to #HungerForFreedom. Helping migrants and stopping detention and deportations from happening in our communities is not a crime! We demand an end to the the hostile environment policy, an end to immigration detention centres and an end to deportations! To support the Stansted 15 and End Deportations we urge people to wear and/or make signs in pink in solidarity. The following cities have local actions planned. Please click on the link of your city to find out how you can get involved: Belfast: https://www.facebook.com/events/2175265235926197/ Brighton: https://www.facebook.com/events/1032809280238739/ Bristol: https://www.facebook.com/events/1796614357115511/ Glasgow: https://www.facebook.com/events/1036916286509529/ Lancaster: https://www.facebook.com/events/308318683356062/ Leeds: https://www.facebook.com/events/339051770208796/ Leicester: https://www.facebook.com/events/2081279961918126/ Liverpool: https://www.facebook.com/events/1466939670116682/ London: https://www.facebook.com/events/205700513668343/ & https://www.facebook.com/events/2268667363399676/ Manchester: https://www.facebook.com/events/2009470015807743/ Nottingham: https://www.facebook.com/events/2123925307923071/ Sheffield: https://www.facebook.com/events/520124241827247/ Not on the list, but want to plan an action in your city? Contact Unis Resist Border Controls and get involved!

[veganvenom]

In a huge victory, the heroes who stopped a secretive deportation flight in 2017 from the UK to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone are not going to prison!

The 15 activists had been (ridiculously!) charged with and found guilty of terrorism for their peaceful protest, and were facing the prospect of up to life imprisonment.

This morning (6th Feb 19) at their court sentencing, at which hundreds of protestors turned out in solidarity, it was decided that "twelve defendants are being handed community service orders today (victim surcharge of £85), while the other three, who had a prior history of similar activism, are getting suspended sentences (surcharges of £115). Total surcharges for the group will be £1,365."

Events across the country over the last 2 years have drawn widespread attention to their case and raised money to support their legal costs. Seems like it worked, and these heroes are free!

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Monday morning

[londonpicturescapital]

Justice for #Stansted15! Stop the Jamaica Charter Flight!, London, UK - Images | Picture Capital #Stansted15 #deportation #cartelflight #Jamaican #stopdeportation https://t.co/TI99rH22b1 https://t.co/MjmORD4Gnp https://www.instagram.com/p/BtiTokbHStHblS_mKwOy0Rs8ZBUyL-q3jj2UKQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c6dlwk2obu2f

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#Repost from @solidarityatsea ... We stand strong, and in complete solidarity with the #Stansted15 who today, on #humanrightsday have been found guilty in an appalling use of terror-related law for stopping a deportation flight and thereby saving lives. In their own words: “We are guilty of nothing more than intervening to prevent harm. The real crime is the government’s cowardly, inhumane and barely legal deportation flights and the unprecedented use of terror law to crack down on peaceful protest. We must challenge this shocking use of draconian legislation, and continue to demand an immediate end to these secretive deportation charter flights and a full independent public inquiry into the government’s ‘hostile environment’.” #enddeportations #solidarityatsea #keinmenschistillegal https://www.instagram.com/p/BrN_M5fl-KO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14a9k8pfsusbc

[lollipoplollipopoh]

🇬🇧 'Stansted 15' deportation activists spared jail time in UK | Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera English A group of British anti-deportation campaigners, who chained themselves to a plane to stop it taking off, have escaped prison sentences. The so-called "Stansted 15" broke through a fence, trying to reach a jet taking people to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from the court in Chelmsford in England. - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://bit.ly/2lOp4tL #Stansted15 #UKDeportation #Stansted15Trial

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'Activists' face jail over Stansted Airport break-in

'Activists' face jail over Stansted Airport break-in #Stansted15 #STN

15 so-called activists are facing jail after being convicted of  the intentional disruption of services at an aerodrome, an offence under the aviation and maritime security act.

The activists cut a hole in the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) on 28th March 2017 and then chained themselves to a Boeing 767 which had been chartered by the home office to deport people who were in the…

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February 4, London - Sentencing Solidarity with Stansted 15

Last year 15 people peacefully stopped a secretive deportation flight from leaving. After a 10 week trial they were found guilty of a terror-related charge. Join us outside Chelmsford Crown Court to stand with the Stansted 15 as they face sentencing and to demand an end to brutal deportation flights, inhumane indefinite detention, and the hostile environment.

[greedforher]

Activists Who Stopped Deportation Flight Convicted of Terrorism Charge, Face Life in Prison

A group of 15 activists who prevented a deportation charter flight from leaving Stansted airport by locking themselves together around the aeroplane have been found guilty of a terrorist offence. #Stansted15  #EndDeportations

United Kingdom (NM) –  A group of 15 activists who prevented a deportation charter flight from leaving Stansted airport by locking themselves together around the aeroplane have been found guilty of a terrorist offence.

The so-called Stansted 15 spent nine weeks on trial charged with an offence that has never been used before in response to a non-violent direct action and carries a maximum…

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Someone read this awesome poem at Stansted 15 solidarity today

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Justice for #Stansted15! Stop the Jamaica Charter Flight!, London, UK - Images | Picture Capital #Stansted15 #deportation #cartelflight #Jamaican #stopdeportation https://t.co/TI99rH22b1 https://t.co/MjmORD4Gnp https://www.instagram.com/p/BtiThlRH_lwvFlDJV6XYBxf6gvmZdOefTjHWoM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10yr0gz19jqwc

[chaonaut]

RT @Right_to_Remain: Hostile Environment: Home Office now using military base for deportation flights RAF base Brize Norton was used to deport 223 Nigerians and Ghanaians in 2017. #Stansted15 @EDeportations https://t.co/tq1mWlHOBw

November 02, 2018 at 01:36PM http://twitter.com/ChaoNaut/status/1058336994022047744

[lollipoplollipopoh]

🇬🇧UK: Anger over terrorism conviction for "Stansted 15' activists | Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera English A group of activists who stopped a deportation flight from leaving the UK to Africa 18 months ago have been convicted of criminal charges linked to terrorism offences. The so-called "Stansted 15" say they were convinced the lives of the people on the flight would have been in danger if they had been deported. The case has put a sharp focus on the UK’s commitment to protecting the human rights of asylum seekers. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from Chelmsford, UK. - Subscribe to our channel: https://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: https://ift.tt/2lOp4tL #UKDeportation #Stansted15 #HumanRights

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Threatening those who take direct action to stop deportations with 'terrorism' charges is an attempt by the UK to terrify activists: https://t.co/Gf4awD6s0Y #Stansted15 pic.twitter.com/OSrbRe1F5G

— Bean (@SomersetBean) April 1, 2018