Jean Charles de Menezes

The Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign

On 16 August, the Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign, also known as "Justice4Jean", began calling for a public inquiry into the shooting. The stated aims of the Justice4Jean campaign are to:

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• find out the truth about Jean?s unlawful killing
• bring those responsible for his death to justice
• end the ?Shoot to Kill? policy and so prevent a similar tragedy happening again
• to campaign against the rising tide of racism and the attack on civil liberties in the UK{{ref|Justice4jean.com}}

Critics claimed that the involvement of Asad Rehman, an adviser to MP George Galloway in the Justice4Jean campaign showed that the family's campaign had been "hijacked" and the death of Menezes was being used to "advance a political aim." Rehman and Galloway also have ties to the Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war organization which critics claim is politically motivated.

Related Topics:
MP - George Galloway - Stop the War Coalition - Anti-war

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Yasmin Khan, another spokesman for Justice4Jean, is involved with Iraq Occupation Focus, which is campaigning to get coalition forces out of Iraq. Khan is also involved with the Radical Activist Network, which is opposed to corporate globalisation.

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Mr. Galloway's secretary confirmed that Rehman was acting in "a personal capacity, … not in his role as political adviser". Menezes family members Alessandro Pereira and Vivien Figueiredo have stated that ?the campaign is not using or manipulating us."{{ref|Times_August_24_j4j}}

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On 22 August, a petition asking for a public inquiry was delivered to Downing Street by Menezes family member Alessandro Pereira and members of Justice4Jean. The protestors made their way from Downing Street to Scotland Yard, together with the relatives of Paul Coker and Azelle Rodney, individuals who also died in London police incidents in 2005. {{ref|Guardian_August_23_protest}}

Related Topics:
22 August - Downing Street - Scotland Yard - London - 2005

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