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March – end deaths in custody

October 25, 2014 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

March in solidarity to end deaths in custody.

Assemble at 1pm at Trafalgar Square for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street. Please wear black.

The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) is a coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as those who are killed in immigration detention and secure psychiatric hospitals.

UFFC includes the families of Roger Sylvester, Leon Patterson, Rocky Bennett, Alton Manning, Christopher Alder, Brian Douglas, Joy Gardner, Ricky Bishop, Sarah Campbell, Mark Nunes, Paul Coker, Paul Jemmott, Harry Stanley, Glenn Howard, Mikey Powell, Jason McPherson, Lloyd Butler, Azelle Rodney, Sean Rigg, Habib Ullah, Olaseni Lewis, David Emmanuel (aka Smiley Culture), Kingsley Burrell, Demetre Fraser, Mark Duggan and Anthony Grainger to name but a few.

The UFFC annual precession is supported by: Migrant Media, Newham Monitoring Project, London Campaign Against Police and State Violence, 4wardEver UK, BirminghamStrong Justice 4 All, Tottenham Rights, Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA), INQUEST, The Monitoring Group, Pan African Society Community Forum, Defend the Right to Protest, RMT, Unite, UCU.

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Date:
October 25, 2014
Time:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Organizer

United Friends and Family Campaign
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Families-Friends-Campaign-UFFC/308702409174443

Venue

Trafalgar Square
London, WC2N 5DN United Kingdom
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