The Institute of Employment Rights & The Haldane Society invite you to hear:
In conversation with
Trade unions at work globally: offering an alternative to austerity
Tuesday 14th May 2013, 6.30pm
At the Diskus Conference Centre, UNITE House, 128 Theobolds Road, London WC1X 8TN
Nearest Tube Holborn
CAMPACC SUPPORTED BY HALDANE SOCIETY OF SOCIALIST LAWYERS AND EUROPEAN LAWYERS FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ELDH)
Public Meeting
Tuesday 16 April 2013, 6.30pm
At Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A
(closest tube Holborn)
Chaired by Professor Bill Bowring,
President of the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH); International Secretary, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Speakers
Iratxe Urizar, lawyer, member of the Basque Observatory of Human Rights;
Asier Aranguren, former political prisoner and spokesperson of the Collective of Basque Political Prisoners;
Gorka Elejabarrieta, representative of the Sortu International Department and former representative of the Abertzale Left in the European Parliament;
Alistair Lyons, solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors.
Plus video from the Collective of Basque Political Prisoners
The image in this article is a picture of one male and one female lawyer behind bars. The text reads, "Day of the Endangered Lawyer. 24th January 2013. Keep your hands off the lawyers".
The Report on 2013's Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been published. The Haldane Society, alongside our international comrades, participated in the actions on the day and in the creation of the report.
Click here to download the report.
Hunger strikes: “the weapon of those who have nothing but their bodies with which to protest” ("Borderline Justice", Frances Webber, 2012)
Almost all of the 166 prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have been on hunger strike since early February. This protest which has led to force feeding against the human rights of prisoners and some prisoners losing over 15kg in weight was prompted by the confiscation of personal items from cells and the desecration of copies of the Koran. In a letter sent by lawyers for the prisoners to the prison commander on 4 March, they state that the “situation is potentially life-threatening.” The US military denies the situation, which is clearly getting out of hand.
Over half of the prisoners have been cleared for release and less than a dozen face any charges after more than a decade of arbitrary detention. The desperation shown in the latest episode of this hostage crisis has been ignored by the mainstream media. We invite you to join us as we protest this injustice.
For more details, please call Aisha on 07809 757 176 or e-mail london.gtmo@gmail.com
The Haldane Society supports the direct action taken by the 21 No Dash for Gas activists at West Burton power station in October 2012. Our government is not taking the threat of climate change and the need to transition to a low carbon energy system seriously. The activists who took this action acted in the tradition of the suffragettes and the abolitionists who demanded structural change and justice through civil disobedience.
The Haldane Society condemns the move by EDF to pursue the activists in a civil case for £5 million. We believe this to be an abuse of the legal process and a cynical attempt to put people off dissent and undermine the right to protest. We call on EDF to drop the civil action and we call on people to sign this petition demanding the same:
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/tell-edfenergy-to-drop-legal-action-against-no-dash-for-gas-activists
The new edition of Socialist Lawyer magazine has now been dispatched to members. Should you not receive a copy by this Friday we would be grateful if you would let us know so we can correct our records if necessary.
Please note new time and location:
6.30pm Thrusday 28 February, Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, SW1
IMPORTANT Please try and arrive at 6pm to make sure you leave enough time to get through security
Hosted by Siobhain McDonagh MP
Speakers:
The Haldane Society has responded to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on "reform" of judicial review. The reform proposals would see access to judicial review massively restricted, thereby impacting on the ability of individuals to hold the government to account through the courts. The proposals, if brought into law, would:
The Haldane Society is proud to unveil our new banner.
The banner was designed by Ed Hall. It features the name of the society around a fist holding the scales of justice, behind a pile of law books. In the foreground are images of people holding up the ideals the society seeks to defend.
