Yarl's Wood solidarity demo, Friday 26th Feb

Over 50 women have been on hunger strike at Yarls Wood Immigration Prison near Bedford since Friday 5th February, demanding their immediate release from indefinite detention.

Serco, the company that runs Yarl's Wood on behalf of the UK Border Agency, has tried to brutally repress the hunger strike, most notably on Monday 8th February when Serco guards locked the hunger strikers in a corridor for 8 hours without access to water or toilet facilities.

Public meeting on Yarl's Wood hunger strike, Thu 25th Feb

London NoBorders calls for a public meeting on the Yarl's Wood hunger strike and ongoing solidarity and support.

Date: Thursday 25th February
Time: 7pm
Venue: LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES

Kronstadt Hangar in Calais re-opened!

At 10am today, the No Borders Network officially reopened the Kronstadt Hangar in Calais to the migrant population. This follows the first public opening on Saturday 6th February, and the subsequent violent police eviction the following day .

Resist detention! Hunger strikes in Yarl's Wood and Harmondsworth

Over 20 women have been on hunger strike at Yarls Wood Immigration Prison near Bedford since Friday 5th February, calling for their immediate release.

Last week 55 detainees began a hunger strike at Harmondsworth Immigration Prison.

There will be a fundraiser for the Yarl's Wood solidarity campaign on Tuesday 23rd March.

Solidarity with the Yarl's Wood Hunder Strikers, Demonstration Friday 19th February

AT SERCO OFFICES, 18-22 HAND COURT, HOLBORN, LONDON WC1V 6JF. FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY, 2.30pm

Over 50 women have been on hunger strike at Yarls Wood Immigration Prison near Bedford since Friday 5th February, demanding their immediate release from indefinite detention.

Serco, the company that runs Yarl's Wood on behalf of the UK Border Agency, has tried to brutally repress the hunger strike, most notably on Monday 8th February when Serco guards locked the hunger strikers in a corridor for 8 hours without access to water or toilet facilities.

Solidarity with Yarl's Wood hunger strikers!

DEMO IN SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S WOOD HUNGER STRIKERS
WEDNESDAY 17th FEBRUARY
6.30pm-7.30pm, OUTSIDE HOLLOWAY PRISON, Parkhurst Road, London N7 0NU

On Friday 5th February 84 women started a hunger strike in Yarl's Wood Immigration
Detention Centre near Bedford, demanding their release.

On Monday 8th February the hunger strikers were locked up by the centre's guards for 8
hours, without access to water or toilet facilities. Four women were picked out as
"ringleaders" and were taken to various prisons. All are now incarcerated in HMP Holloway.

Demo in solidarity with Yarls Wood hunger strikers, Fri 12th Feb

London Detainee Solidarity Network have called for a demo this Friday at 2.30pm in support of the Yarls Wood hunger strikers.

The demo will take place at Serco's offices at 18-22 Hand Court (off High Holborn), London, WC1V 6JF. Serco manage Yarls Wood on behalf of UKBA.

Please bring banners and instruments.

For more info about the hunger strike see here

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