BRITAIN: Demonstrators condemn Vajpayee, Musharraf

Hundreds of angry
demonstrators rallied on June 8 outside the British Prime Minster Tony
Blair's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, to protest against British
arms sales to India and Pakistan and oppose war between the two countries.

“Tony Blair, Jack Straw, blood on your hands for aiding war!” and “Vajpayee,
Musharraf, shame, shame, no more killings in our name”, were some of the
key slogans. The protest was called by the South Asia Solidarity Group,
supported by 15 other organisations, mainly representing Asian communities
in Britain.

The organisations expressed their determination to continue campaigning
against war and religious chauvinism in South Asia. They stressed the need
to step up efforts to counter the intimidatory activities in Britain by
right-wing Indian organisations, such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Pictured is the June 8 action. Photo courtesy of South Asia Solidarity
Group.

From Green Left Weekly, June 19, 2002.

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From GLW issue 496