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UK: Nationwide hunger strike

01 November 1997

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A 48-hour nationwide hunger-strike, staged by more than 60 inmates at 20 prisons, took place in November. The prisoners were participating in the action to protest their wrongful imprisonment and to draw attention to the role of the Criminal Cases Review Committee (CCRC), a statutory body set up under the Criminal Justice Appeal Act 1995. The body took over its caseload from the Home Office in March and, in the 9 months since becoming operational, it has received details of over a thousand alleged miscarriages of justice. Only 5 of these cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal confirming observations that its function was to staunch the flow miscarriages of justice rather than facilitate them. The hunger-strike was supported by a picket of the CCRC offices in Birmingham, West Midlands, and other activities coordinated by "Action Against Injustice" (PO Box 858, London E9 5HU), and "Birmingham Prisoners Solidarity" (PO Box 3241, Saltley, Birmingham B8 3DP).

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