This Saturday 7th January 2006:
7/7 Anniversary Memorial Service.This Saturday at 3pm there will be held an informal ceremony at the Cenotaph, near Downing Street on Whitehall for the half-year anniversary of the London bombings.
In remembrance of past, present and future acts of war, terror and aggression against people everywhere, we will share silent and spoken prayers for the coming year. And in solidarity with Maya Evans*, there will also be a public bell ringing and a reading of the names of all those who died on the London transport system on 7th July 2005.
* The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 [also known as SOCPA] makes it a criminal offence to demonstrate without police control within 1km of Westminster. On 9th December 2005 Maya became the first person to be convicted under this awful legislation. She and the writer Milan Rai were arrested for ringing bells and reading aloud the names of Iraq war victims immediately outside Downing Street.
Please come and join us for our 7/7 Anniversary Memorial Service. This Saturday 7th January 2006, 3pm at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, Westminster.
For more info about the service please call Mark on 0785 439 0408
Service organised by individual members of www.peopleincommon.org in liason with others.
UPDATE: Saturday 7th January 2006 would have been the 28th birthday of Jean Charles de Menezes the innocent Brazilian who was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station on 22nd Jujly 2005.
New Scotland Yardis is also just within the Designated Area, so it will be intersting to see if any of Jean Charles de Menezes family and supporters are arrested under SOCPA.