No10 Petition Passes 500 – now the government must respond – Colin Firth speaks out against child detention
Now we have passed 500 – we look forward to receiving the government’s justification for this immoral and unnecessary abuse of children. Our next target is to have one signature for every child that the UKBA will lock up this year. That’s four times as many as have signed so far – so please pass this link on to anyone who hasn’t yet signed. Remember power takes silence for consent. Don’t be part of that silent consent.
The link is http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoChildDetention/
One of our petition supporters, the actor Colin Firth wrote to us to say
It’s hard to think of a good reason to imprison a small child under any circumstances, but there can be no possible justification for locking up children simply because their parents are desperate enough to seek our help. It’s a horrifying practice which shames all of us.
