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The Siddique family arrive at Edinburgh High Court with lawyer Aamer Anwar, 30 June 09 |
Mohammed Atif Siddique is innocentMohammed Atif Siddique's appeal against his conviction for "terrorism" was heard in Edinburgh High Court on 30th June - 2 July. The hearing has now finished. A judgement will be issued in due course. Atif is a young man whose family live in Alva, Clackmannanshire. He was convicted in September 2007 for "terrorism" offences connected to his use of the internet and was later sentenced to eight years in prison. Atif was convicted and jailed for actions that harmed no one. He isn't a terrorist. He shouldn't be in jail. It's time for justice to be done Statement issued by Mohammed Atif Siddique's lawyer, Aamer Anwar, in September 2007 |
Belmarsh Prison |
Coalition Against Secret Evidence (CASE)Secret evidence is evidence that is not provided to a defendant or their lawyers during a hearing making it impossible for such persons to know the case against them or prepare a defence. Secret evidence is used in different ways in the UK courts, usually by the government in cases in which it considers "national security" to be an issue. CASE campaigns for an end to the use of secret evidence in British courts, the restoration of everyone's right to know the reason why they are detained and an end to a system based on secrecy and unfairness. |
Latest News"Terrorism" appeal opens in Edinburgh
30 June 2009 Crown claim no jurisdiction to prosecute census firm accused of war crimes, despite earlier precedent
17 June 2009 Police payouts to informers soar
17 June 2009 Prosecution authorities urged to investigate human rights abuse claims against firm awarded Scottish census contract
16 June 2009 |
Background and CommentWhy is society still pandering to the loyalist paramilitaries?
by Lindy McDowell, 30 May 2009 The hidden massacre: Sri Lanka's final offensive against Tamil Tigers
29 May 2009 The 'SPSC 5' are facing trumped-up political charges of 'racism'
by Mick Napier, 17 May 2009 Free Binayak Sen
by SACC, 11 May 2009 Creating SuspectsThe "War on Terror" promotes a racist culture of suspicion towards migrant and Muslim communities. It generates and manipulates public fears to justify a perpetual state of war. It started long before the 11th September attacks Ordinary criminal law provides more than adequate powers for the police to protect the public, but that law is not adequate for the anti-democratic 'war on terror'. We are meant to distrust others and to accept new state powers
as our benign protector. Attacks on civil liberties are not
simply a means but also a fundamental purpose of this 'war on
terror'... |
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Keep CACI out of the Scottish CensusCACI Ltd, a UK subsidiary of a company that has been involved in interrogating prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison, was in June awarded the contract to run the 2011 Scottish Census. It's unacceptable that Scottish taxpayers are being asked to support a company that has been involved in shameful human rights abuses. An official rehearsal for the census was held on 29 March in the west of Edinburgh and in Lewis and Harris. CACI Ltd was responsible for printing the census forms and for developing the internet service that allowed people - for the first time in the UK - to provide census information online. Campaign for an ethical census - Background and campaign update |
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About SACCSACC - Scotland Against Criminalising Communities - is a grassroots group that campaigns against Britain's anti-terrorism acts and offers solidarity to the communities most affected by them. SACC is affiliated to the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, to the Stop the War Coalition and to the UK's National Guantanamo Coalition. Organisations that SACC is affiliated to don't necessarily endorse the views held by SACC. |