Wembley meeting seeking justice for Anis Sardar

From Justice for Anis Sardar campaign.  Readers may be interested in this local meeting in the wake of the Chilcot Report.

Justice for Anis Sardar campaign event

Chilcot stated that the 2003 iraqi invasion was NOT the "last resort"
There was "no imminent threat" from Saddam - and the intelligence case was "not justified"

Who will be brought to account for the loss of innocent lives?

Anis Sardar is the only person in the UK to be convicted for taking part in the Iraqi insurgency, yet there was no direct link to his charge

Find out how the Iraqi invasion led to Anis Sardar to risking his life to aid the Iraqi people and now is being punished for it

Speakers
Gareth Pierce (Lawyer)
Asif Uddin (Spokesperson)
Abid Sardar (Anis's Father)

also spoken words of poetry by Talha Ahsan (twitter: @talhaahsanesq)


Date: Saturday 23rd July 2016
Time: 1.30-5pm

Venue:
Church of the Ascension
The Avenue,
Wembley Park,
Middlesex,
HA9 9QL

Refreshments will be provided
Free parking available onsite and nearby roads


www.justice4anis.com
www.facebook.com/justice4anis

Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/744357399032056/

#justice4anis

Wembley meeting seeking justice for Anis Sardar

From Justice for Anis Sardar campaign.  Readers may be interested in this local meeting in the walke of the Chilcot Report.

Justice for Anis Sardar campaign event

Chilcot stated that the 2003 iraqi invasion was NOT the "last resort"
There was "no imminent threat" from Saddam - and the intelligence case was "not justified"

Who will be brought to account for the loss of innocent lives?

Anis Sardar is the only person in the UK to be convicted for taking part in the Iraqi insurgency, yet there was no direct link to his charge

Find out how the Iraqi invasion led to Anis Sardar to risking his life to aid the Iraqi people and now is being punished for it

Speakers
Gareth Pierce (Lawyer)
Asif Uddin (Spokesperson)
Abid Sardar (Anis's Father)

also spoken words of poetry by Talha Ahsan (twitter: @talhaahsanesq)


Date: Saturday 23rd July 2016
Time: 1.30-5pm

Venue:
Church of the Ascension
The Avenue,
Wembley Park,
Middlesex,
HA9 9QL

Refreshments will be provided
Free parking available onsite and nearby roads


www.justice4anis.com
www.facebook.com/justice4anis

Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/744357399032056/

#justice4anis

Brent Stop the War Meeting: Chilcot - what now?

This was the surprise guest at Brent Stop the War/Brent & Harrow PSC findraising garden party on Sunday

From Brent Stop the War

There is a growing demand that Tony Blair should face a motion of contempt in the House of Commons over the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he would probably support.

What does the Chilcot Report mean for Stop the War?  How can we build a movement capable of stopping current and future interventions abroad?

Mundher Adhami [a member of the Brussels Tribunal on Iraq, and the Iraqi National Foundation Congress]will speak at a special meeting of Brent Stop the War which will take place on Monday, July 18th at 7.30pm

Brent Trades Hall (London Apollo Club) 375 High Rd, Willesden, NW10 2JR

[It’s very close to Willesden Bus Garage, buses 6, 52, 98, 226, 260, 266, 302, 460 and just five minutes’ walk from Dollis Hill Jubilee Line station]

People's Chilcot Tribunal June 8th

From Stop the War Coalition

There is a growing sense of anticipation in relation to the publication of the Chilcot report. However, after years of lies and obfuscation, it is reasonable to be sceptical about the recent media claims that the soon to be released Chilcot report will provide a genuinely scathing critique of the process that led us into the Iraq War.

Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has already called for Tony Blair to be tried in the Hague for war crimes. It is well documented that Blair was committed to regime change (which is entirely illegal under international law) over a year before the invasion actually started.

It is also well documented that the intelligence dossiers which were used by the government to justify going into war were highly misleading. As Professor Steven Kettell noted, the weapons expert Dr David Kelly, who died in the wake of the invasion of Iraq, revealed that members of the intelligence community were alarmed about the way in which their opinion was ignored by Tony Blair's war-mongering clique.

Stop the War Coalition is hosting a People's Chilcot Tribunal to establish who was to blame for the catastrophes of the Iraq War, including over a million deaths and millions of refugees who are still fleeing the devastated country. There will be testimony from a wide range of people including former UN envoy to Iraq Hans von Sponeck, ex-soldiers Ben Griffin and Geoff Martin, writer Tariq Ali, Iraqi dissident Sami Ramadani, political commentator Peter Oborne, Stop the War convenor Lindsey German, CND chair Kate Hudson, Peter Brierley from Military Families Against the War, and former MP Alice Mahon.

You can book your place here. Please invite your friends as well. We will also hold a public meeting the day after the report is released

8th June 3pm-8pm Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre. 25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EAJ
 

Syria: Greens amongst hundreds protesting against military strike

I joined many Greens and anti-war protesters on the Syria march this afternoon and it was great to see so many young people and families present. We were  united in wanting to reinforce the message to the Coalition government to keep out of the conflict but also in calling on President Obama not to attack Syria.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett spoke for many when she called on the government to focus on humanitarian aid, call off the up-coming London Arm's Fair and abolish Trident.

I would add that given the widespread lack of confidence in politicans word on these issues that it is imperative that the findings of the Chilcot Inquiry be published as soon as possible.