Hackney Stop the War Public Meeting CRISIS IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR': home and abroad

1) Please come to our next public meeting (which is also our AGM).

The new year brings a worsening of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a result of increased military intervention in that area. Iran is under renewed threat and the Yemen is now under attack. Most people want the troops brought home. The government is desperately attempting to regain the initiative by banging on about the threat of terrorism.

That means that our next public meeting will be a chance to discuss the situation and debate what we do.

Public Meeting

CRISIS IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR': home and abroad

Speaker: Andrew Murray, chair of Stop the War Coalition

Tuesday 23 February @ 7.30pm

Round Chapel, Powerscroft Road, E5, Lower Clapton

Buses: 38, 48, 55, 106, 242, 253, 254, 425, 488.

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This meeting is open to everyone even though it is our AGM.

2) Please see attachment. This is a petition asking for donations to help Ibrahim Avcil's legal defence. The charge against Ibrahim relates to our protests against the Army Show Room in Dalston. If you are free, please come and support Ibrahim when he appears in court this Wed 10 February. Meet at 9.30am, Bow Magistrates Court, Bow Road, near Bow Road tube station.

Gareth Jenkins
Hackney Stop The War

SUPPORT IBRAHIM AVCIL

STOP POLICE HARASSMENT

DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES

Ibrahim Avcil, chair of Refugee Workers Cultural Association, faces serious charges following an incident involving security guards in Kingsland Shopping Centre last June. His arrest by the police is an attempt to intimidate Stop the War protests against the Army Showroom in Dalston.

Please help defend Ibrahim by donating to his legal costs.

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Solidarity with Ibrahim Avcil: defend the right to protest

Yesterday's protest outside Stoke Newington Police Station saw around 30 people gather to support Ibrahim Avcil, chair of Refugee Workers' Cultural Association (GIK-DER) and Stop the War activist.

Ibrahim has been charged with common assault and with threatening words and behaviour and will appear before Bow Magistrates Court on Thursday 13 August. These charges are connected to the protests that Hackney Stop the War has been holding to get the Army Showroom in Kingsland Shopping Centre closed down. They are designed to try and gag protest, as is shown by Ibrahim's outrageous bail conditions: he is not allowed within 30 metres of the Shopping Centre entrance.

Hackney Stop the War is asking its supporters to show their solidarity with Ibrahim by assembling at 9am on Thursday 13 August, at Bow Magistrates Court, 58 Bow Road, E3 4DJ. This is very near Bow Road tube station and on the 425 bus route.

Gareth Jenkins

Sec. Hackney Stop The War