If you're interested in reading more Coleysworth here's a recent Observer article:
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/16/denise-mcneil-yarls-wood
Denise, one of the Yarl's Wood 3, has a bail hearing tomorrow if anyone wants to sit in the public gallery to show that she has support:
Support Denise at her bail hearing!
9.45am, Tuesday 25th January, IAC Hatton Cross NOT Richmond as previously stated.
PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE: IAC Hatton Cross NOT Richmond Magistrates Court. Please forward this message to people who received the first call out so they don't end up in the wrong place!
IAC Hatton Cross, York House, 2/3 Dukes Green Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 0LS. (20 mins walk from Hatton Cross tube on Piccadilly line, or buses 285 or 90 to Faggs Road bus stop). Travel directions here: www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/Documents/HearingCentres/YorkHouse.pdf
Denise McNeil, imprisoned in Holloway for nearly a year since taking part in the hunger strike at Yarl's Wood, has a bail hearing this Tuesday 25th January at 10am. We aim to meet inside the building outside the court room at 9.45am. Although she will be taking part in the hearing by video link, we want to be there in person to demonstrate to the judge the level of support for her release.
Let's show that Denise has lots of support. Out of respect for her we will sit quietly in the public gallery during the hearing and not do anything that disrupts her chance of being granted bail.
It's almost a year since the Yarl's Wood hunger strike began. Sheree and Aminata will also have bail hearings in the coming month. Your support is very welcome. If you would like to come to the court to show support for them or to get involved in the campaign contact [email protected].
Free the Yarl's Wood 3!
Please also come to the campaign planning meeting this Friday, where we sincerely hope Denise can join us:
Free the Yarl's Wood 3!
Campaign planning meeting, 6pm-7.30pm, Fri 28 January
Fin Future, 225-229 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2DA (2 minutes from Finsbury Park tube station - come out main entrance, go past Arsenal shop, turn right down Seven Sisters Rd, go under railway bridge and Fin Future is on your right with big windows and yellow/green window frames or come out Seven Sisters Rd exit, and it's just on your right)
In February 2010, women at Yarl's Wood immigration prison went on hunger strike to demand an end to indefinite and abusive imprisonment. The women experienced violent attacks and abusive treatment in an attempt to end their protest. Six women were accused of being ring-leaders and moved into isolation and prisons. Nearly a year later, three women remain in prison without charge: Aminata Camara, Denise McNeil and Sheree Wilson.
Come along to this meeting to plan how to take the campaign for their release forward. Hear messages from the women and plan how to respond to their requests for solidarity.
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you need childcare for the meeting, and we'll arrange a creche.
More information on Free Denise McNeil: www.ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/DeniseMcNeil.html
Read the recent article in the Observer: www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/16/denise-mcneil-yarls-wood
Stay in touch with the campaign: [email protected]
Join the Facebook group: www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Denise-Now/174533002581566