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Sanctions-Breaking Delegation Searched As They Leave For Iraq



Sanctions-Breaking Delegation Searched As They Leave For Iraq

Today, Sunday 16 May, three British anti-sanctions campaigners engaged in
breaking the sanctions on Iraq were searched at Heathrow airport on their
way to Jordan.  Andrea Needham, Simon Emdin, and Joanne Baker, members of
Voices in the Wilderness UK, are taking medical supplies and medical
journals to Iraq without export licences, thereby breaking UN sanctions and
risking possible five year prison sentences.

The three were stopped as they went through the security check at Heathrow
and asked if they were carrying medicines. Security guards referred to a
higher authority to determine whether syringes and needles were 'okay'. In
the event, nothing was seized from any of the three campaigners - who are
not carrying medicines on this particular delegation.

The three campaigners delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street yesterday
informing the Government of their intentions, and openly acknowledging their
part in breaking the sanctions. Tomorrow at 11am, together with two
campaigners from Voices in the Wilderness US, the three British activists
will set off for Baghdad.

Milan Rai
voices in the wilderness uk
12 Trinity Road, London N2 8JJ
phone/fax: 0181 444 1605
internet: voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk


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