From Stockwell to Forest Gate - One Year On
On 22nd July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, a innocent young Brazilian man was shot dead by police at Stockwell tube station. On 2nd June 2006 Mohammed AbdulKahar was shot in a near fatal attack by police. His family (the Kalams) and his neighbours (the Dhogras) were subject to brutal assaults during the mistaken 'anti-terror' raids in Forest Gate. To mark the one year anniversary of Jeans death - this unique platform of the three families together with leading civil liberty figures ask: is justice possible in the war on terror?
SATURDAY 22nd JULY 2006
2.30PM - 5.00PM
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON
(nearest tube Euston/Kings Cross)
SPEAKERS:
PARTICIA DA SILVA ARMANI & ALEX PEREIRA (Cousins of Jean Charles de Menezes)
MOHAMMED ABDULKAHAR & ABUL KOYAIR (Kalam Family - Forest Gate)
INAYAT DOGHA (Dogha Family - Forest Gate)
HAROLD PINTER (Nobel Laureate)
GARETH PEIRCE (leading civil liberties lawyer and lawyer for the families)
MIKE MANSFIELD QC (Bloody Sunday Inquiry)
BIANCA JAGGER (International human rights activist and EU Goodwill Ambassador)
LORD STEYN (Chair of Justice & former Law Lord) invited
chair : ASAD REHMAN (Newham Monitoring Project)
NOTE: The meeting will start with a minutes silence - in conjunction
with a memorial service taking place in Gonzaga, Brazil attended by Jean's parents
For further info: justice4jean@hotmail.co.uk
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