[antiwar-van] Oct 30: Solidarity Caravan: Free All Refugees, Abolish the Prisons!]

[Harsha W.]

Be Part of the Solidarity Caravan!

*** Free All Refugees!
*** Abolish The Prisons!

Join No One is Illegal-Vancouver in a Noise Demo Road Trip to the three
prisons (Burnaby Youth Detention Centre, Alouette Correctional Centre for
Women and Fraser Regional Correctional Centre) where most of the Tamil
refugees, who arrived aboard the MV Sun Sea in mid-August, remain
detained.

Come express your support and solidarity with those still being held
inside and loudly call for the immediate release of detained asylum
seekers.

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WHEN: Saturday Oct 30 12 noon
WHERE: Meet in the Safeway parking lot near Broadway and Commercial
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* Bring noise! We want to be visible and be heard from inside so please
bring pots, pans, horns, drums, noisemakers (please be aware of noises
which may be triggering or traumatizing)

* Wear costumes! Because it's almost Halloween.

*Bring a car! In order to transport as many folks as possible we need your
car, and we need you to drive it. We also could use a van to carry the
sound system. If you can get a van we will induct you into the pantheon of
NOII heroines. Contact Harjap harjap at resist.ca, 778-552 2099 and let him
know if you can provide a car or want to join us and need a ride.

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For the past eight weeks we have gathered in front of the Burnaby Youth
Custody prison where approximately 90 Tamil refugee mothers and children
are being incarcerated. Supporters bang on pots and pans and blew whistles
and horns to the beats of Tamil music. A large Tamil banner reading "We
welcome you, we support you" is held towards the two detention units where
children can be seen waving and smiling, peering through prison bars. (For
photos, see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nooneisillegal/)

Now we are going on the road to bring the noise to each of the prisons
where Tamil asylum seekers are being detained. Join No One is
Illegal-Vancouver in expressing our love, support, and solidarity with
those still being held inside and in calling for the immediate release of
detained Tamil asylum seekers. In light of increasing repression and
exclusionary policies and ideologies, we demand "Justice, Freedom, and
Status for All!"