Hackney Riots - Message from Tim Shields - Chief Executive Hackney Council

Over the course of yesterday and last night there were no significant disturbances in Hackney, and on the whole the streets were relatively quiet. Local police have confirmed that they will have additional officers in place in the borough and they are due to stay in place over the coming days. Please reassure your local residents that the police are remaining vigilant, and advice can be found on the Metropolitan Police website. Updates of any disruption to Council services will be reported on the Hackney Council website.




Tim Shields



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Today we are all Norwegian

I have received an email from Nick Lowles from Hope not hate in regards to the terrible attrocity that occurred in Norway. We would like to express our most heartfelt condolences to the victims of this terrorist attacks and offer our deepest sympathy and prayers to the families and Norwegian people.

It is time now for us to all show solidarity to the people of Norway and work to together to ensure that Terrorism and violent extremism should find no shelter or refuge in any ideology, political opinion or religion. We must unite as one human race against terrorism, violent extremism and murderous ideologies to prevent these types of attacks from recurring in the future.

I leave it to Nick in his email below on his thoughts on what we can do;



Dear Dawood,

I am sure you will share with me a sense of shock, disbelief and outrage at the appalling events that took place in Norway last Friday. The horrors we have seen unfold are almost unimaginable and our thoughts go out to everyone affected.

The response of the Norwegian people has been humbling – a poignant contrast to those who so quickly and hysterically sought to blame Muslims for this act of extremist terror. Instead of vengeance, the Prime Minister of Norway called for more democracy, asserting that their values would not be shaken by the politics of hate made so violently real.

As a supporter of HOPE not hate, and of our struggle against fascism, hatred, bigotry and racism, I would ask that you join me in signing our book of condolences.

Will you join me in signing our book of condolences to the Norwegian people?
http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/today-we-are-all-norwegian

The atrocities were the awful consequence of the politics of hate. While Anders Breivik appears to have acted alone he was motivated and driven by the propaganda and anti-Muslim hatred pushed by Christian fundamentalist, right-wing Conservative and far-right groups. It is the same hatred that inspired the London nail bomber David Copeland and drives groups such as the BNP and the English Defence League in this country.

It is how we respond to this hatred that a society will be measured and the people of Norway have shown us the way. Just as London united after the 7/7 bombings, the people of Norway are refusing to get drawn into anger and hatred. Instead they are fighting hate with hope – standing firm together and reaffirming their democratic principles.

Let’s send them a message of support.
http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/today-we-are-all-norwegian

We will present copies of this book of condolences to the Norwegian Embassy in London and to the youth section of the Norwegian Labour Party.

Although we are stunned by the events we have seen it is also vital that we turn grief into action and hope. If we do, then the likes of Anders Breivik and the EDL that he actively supported will fail.

I dag er vi alle norske. Today we are all Norwegian.

In solidarity

Nick

To follow the HOPE not hate campaign, visit www.hopenothate.org.uk

Thank you!

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone one who sent words of kindness and good wishes for myself and my family. As most of you are aware, my eldest son had been quite ill and due to a serious condition with his, was under treatment at the Royal Brompton, at the same time my mother became quite ill as well. Subsequently, I havent been able to hold my weekly surgeries as regularly as I would have liked to. Anyway, by the Grace of the Almighty my son is improving fantastically and he has returned to studies, though he will have to take things very slowly for quite sometime. Also my mother is improving as well. So once again, thank you all for your kind understanding, now I am back and I remain at your service.

Dawood-Ebrahim Akhoon

Message from Ken Riley (Veteran of D-Day 1944) - Hope not Hate

Sixty-five years isn't a long time ago to me, it often feels like yesterday. I was in a tank division on D-Day 1944. It was a long, long day for us all - and the horrible, lonely sacrifices made that day by men scared yet brave is something I think about every day.These European Elections are personal to me. Some of the lads who went on D-Day and who never came back were barely old enough to vote. If they had made it through the fight against fascism, they would be voting now, voting to stop the BNP for the same reasons they fought in 1944.Sixty-five years ago might seem like a long time - but what made me volunteer then is what has made me volunteer now. Will you join me by volunteering for HOPE not Hate's campaign against the BNP to mark D-Day on Tuesday 2 June?

You can find your nearest event by going to this site and entering your postcode -http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/eventsnearme

It is a source of great pride that the slog and sacrifice of my generation freed Europe from the tyranny of Hitler's Nazis. The sadness brought by the price we paid is overshadowed by the happiness that we made the modern Britain we have today possible. Our nation has so much to be proud of - but the BNP want to drag Britain down. They would drag us back to what I remember Churchill calling "a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime".I was barely into my twenties on D-Day 1944. We didn't fight then just to allow the Nazis a route back 65 years later. And while I am getting on, I will be back on the streets this Tuesday doing my bit with HOPE not hate.Please take a moment to go online and see if there any events near you. A couple of hours leafleting will mean a lot to me, and will make a real difference.

Click here and enter your postcode to find your nearest
event:http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/eventsnearme

Thank you for taking the time to read my message - and thank you for taking a stand sixty five years on from my D-Day.Yours,Ken RileyNormandy Veteran - Tank DivisionP.S. If there aren't any events near you, can you organise your own? Enter the event details on the site and the HOPE not hate campaign will provide you with the leaflets that you need.
You can do that here:http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/page/m2/4c18c09/618ee844/61c447bc/167f5600/2742727802/VEsC/

STOP THE BNP - USE YOUR VOTE: 4th JUNE 2009

http://www.uaf.org.uk/

Click on the link or images to read what exactly what the BNP stands for!

Heartfelt thanks, you raised over £7,000 for the people of Burma.

Sunday the 18th May 2008. The Burmese Community held a fundraising event at the North London Muslim Community Centre, for the relief efforts in Burma after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, which has left 75,000 dead and missing and 2.5 million people directly effected.. £7,195.18 was raised for the Ummah Welfare Trust (www.uwt.org) which will be able to provide much needed relief by providing emergency packs and assisting in reconstruction and livelihood recovery. A Heartfelt thanks to all who attended and made the event such a success.

This event once again displayed the true generosity and caring spirit of the people of Hackney. This is what makes me so proud to live in Hackney and be part of this great varied community. Thanks once again and please do not allow the plight of the people of Burma to be forgotten.

Women's Event - Burma Cyclone Appeal - Sunday 18th May NLMCC