Five General Secretaries of major unions in Britain have backed Trenton. (see below)
101 people have also provided character references attesting to Trenton and the “public good”:
http://www.deepanaik-trentonoldfield.net
We the undersigned call on Theresa May to stop the deportation of Trenton Oldfield. On 7th April 2012 Trenton Oldfield held a peaceful direct action protest against elitism and inequality at the Oxford Cambridge boat race: a symbolic representation of ‘the establishment’. Trenton wanted to draw attention to the rapidly increasing inequalities resulting from the Coalition government’s austerity programme. Following his protest Trenton was charged and convicted of public nuisance, an offence which the Law Commission recommended the abolition of criticising it for being vague, out-dated and often in conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Trenton was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Despite having served his sentence, the Home Office now intends to deport Trenton to Australia, where he was born, claiming he is “undesirable”, a potential “threat to national security” and not conducive to the public good.
Trenton and his wife Deepa, have a new born child and work together. In 2007 they founded This Is Not A Gateway and in 2009 Myrdle Court Press. Both organisations are not-for-profit and work to challenge inequality and injustice. The judge who sentenced Trenton recognised him as a valuable member of the community.
If the government is successful, the effect will be to destroy Trenton’s right to a family life and the removal of a person from Britain who has always striven to improve the lives of the marginalised and vulnerable. This represents a grave attack on the right to protest of us all and must be stopped.
Hannah Dee Defend the Right to Protest
Len McCluskey UNITE General Secretary
Peter Hain MP
Paul Kenny GMB General Secretary
Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary
Billy Hayes CWU General Secretary
Bob Crow RMT General Secretary
Tony Kearns CWU Deputy General Secretary
John McDonnell MP
Caroline Lucas MP
Nadine El-Enany, Lecturer in Law, Birkbeck School of Law
Nathan Moore, Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck School of Law
Adam Geary, Professor of Law, Birkbeck School of Law
Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck School of Law
Victoria Ridler, Lecturer in Law, Birkbeck School of Law
Patricia Costall, Academic Support Tutor, Birkbeck School of Law
John Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Brunel University
Gareth Dale, Senior Lecturer, Politics Department, Brunel University
Filippo del Lucchese, Lecturer, Politics Department, Brunel University
Tom Linehan, Lecturer in History, Brunel University
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