11 AM SATURDAY 13 MARCH 2010
STARTING AT RED ROAD FLATS, 63 PETERSHILL DRIVE, SPRINGBURN GLASGOW
 
RALLY IN GEORGE SQUARE 12.30
 
PLEASE BRING BANNERS AND FLOWERS
ALL WELCOME
 
Please join residents of the Red Road flats, charities, churches, faith groups, Quaker groups and trade unions at 11 am on Saturday 13th March from the Red Road flats in Springburn, Glasgow to a rally in George Square.
 
The march, organised by Red Road residents, and supported by the Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees and the Unity Centre, will begin at the exact spot of upturned grass where a family of three asylum seekers, the Serykh family, fell to their deaths on Sunday 7 March.
 
Take bus numbers 12 and 56 to get to Red Road
 
The purpose of the march and rally is:
 
 · In memory of the Serykh family and to call for a full and public inquiry into the circumstances of their deaths
· For an immediate end to the detention and forced removals of families from Glasgow - 2 families from Glasgow with young children were removed from the UK yesterday evening
· And to show solidarity and support for all those held in immigration detention, some of whom have been incarcerated for years

The suicide of three refugees has shocked Glasgow and the rest of the country. This is where all the racist scapegoating and tough posturing on immigration and asylum leads. It is time to stop the state of poverty, enforced idleness and permanent fear of the knock on the door in which our asylum seeker neighbours live. Let them work, contribute, find their own homes, and get on with their lives. Join the Red Road march and rally to show your revulsion at the dreadful consequences of our immigration and asylum laws and demonstrate the real welcoming spirit of Glasgow and the wider community.

MARCH FROM 63 PETERSHILL DRIVE - SATURDAY 13 MARCH 11pm (ten minutes from Barnhill train station or take the number 12 or 56 bus to Red Road)
RALLY AT CITY CHAMBERS GEORGE SQ @ 12pm

Supported by Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees, Positive Action in Housing, and the Unity Asylum Rights Centre.

GLASGOW IN THE MAKING

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm Reception from 6.30 pm
The Albany Learning and Conference Centre, 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow, G3 6DS

Document Festival - Bringing communities together

Paula Larkin will screen a selection of work from the Document archive, providing an insight into the diverse range of local and international communities who have taken part in, or have been represented at, past festivals.

Places are free but ticketed.

For more information and to book a place, please email rogan.boon@gcvs.org.uk; ring 0141 332 2444; or visit www.gcvs.org.uk and go to events.

Programme attached.

No Borders Scotland Meeting

Tuesday 9th March

6pm @ the Electron Club, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St

All Welcome!

On sunday monring three people decided to jump out of their 15 story flat. They had recently been told they would not be able to stay in Scotland following the failure of their asylam case.
Reports from other asylam seekrs living in the same flat block have stated:

1. That the home office were knocking on the door of the flat when the people decided to end their lives.
2. That the firday before the incident the police had told them to leave their house making them homless
3. That the idea of returning to thier home counry terrorfied them.
4.That around their bodies where printed letters stating
WE WANT OUR FREEDOM
BELEIVE US
WE HAVE DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM

the home office deny any involvement and deny they were there
the YMCA will not give their names or nationality
the staff at Peterhill drive Red Road have told asylam seekers if they talk to the press they will be kicked out.

Everyday the home office makes many people's lives hell. It puts already vunurable people in horric conditions of stress paranoia and depression. It tears apart families and destroys lives.

Come and demonstrate tomorow out side FESTIVAL COURT 11.30am

Bring your drums your voices and your passion!!

These people have come to us for help and we will not let them be treated this way

Every first Saturday of the month we'll be holding a noise demo at the base.

With workshops, afternoon kids space, discussion groups and free cafe at the camp.

For those wanting to stay longer there will be a film-screening and action meeting on Sunday.

Anyone is welcome to come along and get involved!

Call us for information on this or other upcoming events

Would be good to see old friends, and is also a great way to see camp if you've never been before.

9.30am - 4.30pm 26th March 2010
Radisson Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL

The past decade has seen significant concern about the ability of the Scottish criminal justice system to provide justice to rape survivors. The conviction rate for rape continues to be particularly low in Scotland, with the most recent figures suggesting only 3.7% of rapes reported to the police result in a conviction. Rape survivors continue to speak of harrowing ordeals when giving evidence in court.

This FREE conference – organised by Rape Crisis Scotland & the Equality & Human Rights Commission Scotland - provides a timely opportunity to consider whether a new and radical approach is required to improve access to justice following rape.

A full conference programme and booking form will be circulated but if you would like to register your interest just now please email julie.scobbie@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk

EIS National Demonstration Against Budget Cuts, Why Must our Children Pay?
Assemble 10.30am March 11am, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

Buses leave Edinburgh, Waterloo Place at 9am

More info: http://www.eis.org.uk/campaign/

7:30 PM STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG
Rich Wiles, respected photographer resident in Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem will speak on his new book of photographs and stories of daily life in Palestine.

7.30 pm (doors open 7pm), Thursday 25 March, Adelaides, Bath Street, Glasgow (supported by SACC)

Admission free - all welcome

Screening of the documentary Outside the Law - Stories from Guantánamo, followed by a discussion. Speakers include Omar Deghayes (former Guantánamo prisoner) and Andy Worthington (co-director of the film, with Polly Nash).

The film focuses on the stories of three particular prisoners - Shaker Aamer (who is still held), Binyam Mohamed (released in 2009) and Omar Deghayes (released in 2007). It is being screened as part of a UK tour to be launched at the National Film Theatre, London on Saturday 27 February. The tour coincides with a mounting scandal involving British complicity in torture, which focuses on Shaker Aamer and Binyam Mohamed.

Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo is a Spectacle Production. The tour is arranged by Spectacle, the Guantánamo Justice Centre and Andy Worthington.