Pall Mall pickets Support groups have been set up. A demonstration is planned for Friday November 24 12-20m outside the main hospital entrance. There will security" be a daily picket at the hospital every morning.
Please send messages of support to the UNISON office, Hillingdon Hospital Wing. ing accused of. ised. The next day a 100-plus strong picket of the sackco workers and supporters was attacked by the police.
So far, six more workers have joined the union and the picket line. The TGWU has been supporting the workers from their victimisation fund: they have also have received money and messages of support from other unions and from their local MP. Bernie Grant. Islington UNISON 'A' Raghbir the specific allegations against him the British NUJ Secretary government are breaking UN Birmingham, Principles of Detention, personal capacity Amnesty are also concerned because Raghbir was NUJ member Raghbir editor of Aware Quam, a PunSingh continues to lan- jabi newspaper which cam. guish in Winson Green paigns for an independent state in the Punjab. He should prison Birmingham, threatnot be deported for his views. ened with deportation on As a result of incarceration the grounds of "national Raghbir's family have split. his wife sacked from her job He has been imprisoned through stress-related illwithout trial for over eight Masses months. The British govern Since his arrest the NUJ ment claim Raghbir is an "in' have staged three lobbies of terational terrorist" despite the prison and a local demonnever presenting any evt- stration of about 1000. dence. Despite requests from An Early Day motion of. Nirs and his legat icam no Parliament tabled by David evidence has been forthcom- Winnick got the backing of It is extremely difficult to Michacl Howard continbuild a defence case when you Dues to insist on deportation. do not know what you are be- The forthcoming London demonstration needs to be Amnesty International built to put maximum pressure on the Tories and on the concern over the case. They Labour Party front bench in claim that by refusing the right to an independent judi. the case officially. order to force them to take up cial hearing and by not telling A show of strength will be a huge boost to the campaign. • Contact the Raghbir Singh Defence Campaign at 7223 Pershore Road, Birmingham B29 7NY. Tele. phone 0121 486 1809 No evidence against Raghbir, but Howard won't retreat • Demonstration December 3 assembles 12.30pm Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (adjacent to Imperial War Museum) Lambeth Road, Southwark.