Households Separated, Gaza, Ghouta and Sri Lanka – On Saturday twenty third August 2014 I photographed 4 protests in Westminster, one towards a facet of our racist immigration insurance policies, the second towards the UK promoting arms to Israel which have been utilized in assaults on Gaza (together with a counter demonstration), the anniversary of chemical assaults by the Syrian regime and a protest calling for UK assist towards the persevering with genocide of the Tamil nation.
Divided Households protest over cruelty – Downing St
The merciless and unfair immigration guidelines arrange by the Dwelling Workplace beneath Theresa Could imply that anybody incomes lower than £18,600 was unable to carry a non-EU partner into the nation (Brexit implies that comparable guidelines now apply to most EU international locations.)
This earnings requirement discriminates towards girls, the retired and disabled younger and lots of minority ethnic individuals who have on common decrease incomes than the overall inhabitants. For {couples} with youngsters, the earnings restrict is even increased, and to safe visas for a partner and two youngsters you would want an earnings of £24,800.
Charges for purposes are additionally costly – from £1048 to £1538 per individual and candidates can also must pay a healthcare premium of from £1560 to £3120 for adults and round three-quarters of this for every baby. For purposes made within the UK there may be an additional £800 if you would like a sooner resolution. And candidates additionally want to provide quite a lot of documentation.
The coverage, which additionally consists of harder English Language exams, a proof of larger attachment to the UK than of every other nation and lengthening the probationary interval from two to 5 years, is in direct contradiction of the Common Declaration on Human Rights which states:
‘Nobody shall be subjected to arbitrary interference together with his privateness, household, house or correspondence, nor to assaults upon his honour and repute. Everybody has the proper to the safety of the regulation towards such interference or assaults.’
Common Declaration on Human Rights
Folks on the protests included many whose households had been divided as they had been unable to fulfill the earnings ranges, in addition to a lot of dad and mom and mates of divided households.
Many carried placards with photographs of the divided households, together with captions corresponding to ‘I WANT MY DADDY TO CUDDLE ME NOT SKYPE ME’. I felt deeply for these caught by what appear to be vindictive, pointless and completely intolerable polices. It was not possible to not agree with the placards with messages corresponding to ‘WHY IS LOVE DIVIDED BY LAW? THERESA MAY HAS NO HEART!!! THE LAW NEEDS TO CHANGE….’
Divided Households protest over cruelty
Gaza Protest – Cease Arming Israel – Downing St
A big rally at Downing St referred to as on the UK to cease promoting arms to Israel, and for an finish to Israeli conflict crimes. Among the many protesters had been many Jews from numerous Jewish teams, together with the ultra-orthodox Neturei Karta who had walked down from north London to assist the protest.
Israel had carried out air strikes on Gaza in July 2014 following a lot of incidents together with the capturing by the IDF of two Palestinian youngsters and the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youngsters within the West Financial institution. There have been different incidents together with home demolitions and the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian youth. Hamas replied to air strikes with rocket hearth on Israel.
The Israeli invasion of Gaza started in earnest on twentieth July and the bottom conflict was nonetheless persevering with although on a lesser scale when this protest happened, with a ceasefire being agreed and coming into impact on twenty sixth August.
There are extra particulars concerning the invasion within the Wikipedia Timeline, which states “2,256 Palestinians and 85 Israelis died, whereas 17,125 Palestinians, and a pair of,639 Israelis suffered accidents.”
On the protest there was a row of black packing containers representing coffins and the names of kids killed, and a few individuals carried ‘bloodstained’ bundles representing lifeless youngsters
Three individuals got here to wave Israeli flags throughout the street and had been led away for security by police.
Earlier one of many Palestinian protesters had tried to grab one of many flags and was dragged away by police. On the finish of the rally reverse Downing St among the protesters marched round London and I went with them so far as Trafalgar Sq. the place I had one other occasion to cowl.
Extra footage: Gaza Protest – Cease Arming Israel
Syria Chemical Bloodbath Anniversary – Trafalgar Sq.
A rally marked a 12 months after the Ghouta bloodbath of 21/08/2013 when Assad regime forces outraged the world by utilizing Sarin gasoline, killing 1,477 residents together with over 400 youngsters on this Damascus suburb. The world did not act towards Assad.
One man was sporting wolf head with bloody palms and placard ‘I AM CHEMICAL BASHAR AL ASSAD AND ONE YEAR ON I AM STILL GASSING SYRIAN CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR UN VETO’
After an hour-long rally in Trafalgar Sq. the protesters, who had been primarily Syrians, marched alongside the pavements to Richmond Terrace, reverse Downing St, the place they laid flowers in reminiscence of the lifeless.
Extra footage: Syria Chemical Bloodbath Anniversary
Tamils protest Sri Lankan rapes & killing – Downing St
Additionally current once I returned to Downing St had been Tamils protesting over the persevering with genocide of the Tamil nation, calling for a UN investigation and referendum on Tamil Eelam.
Placards referred to as for an finish to the usage of rape to destroy their nation and sexual violence towards youngsters.
Extra footage: Tamils protest Sri Lankan rapes & killing
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