THE CASE IN PARLIAMENT
By June 8 2002, Samar and Jawad have already spent 2000 days and nights in prison for a crime they did not commit. There is still no news from the House of Lords, who have not indicated yet when a hearing will take place, if at all. There are no legal time limits to this process, therefore Samar and Jawad are again forced to go through another long, agonising wait.

This month the Campaign will be seeking to raise the profile of the case
in parliament by:
• Launching an Early Day Motion. EDM 1456 (Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh) has now been tabulated and has already secured cross-party support. 23 MPs (John Austin, Harry Barnes, Harold Best, Colin Breed, Ronnie Campbell, Jeremy Corbyn, Ann Cryer, Sue Doughty, Paul Flynn, George Galloway, Andrew George, Neil Gerrard, Kelvin Hopkins, Robert Jackson, Lynne Jones, Elfyn Llwyd, Rob Marris, John McDonnell, Kevin McNamara, Mohammad Sarwar, Brian Sedgemore, Alan Simpson, and Derek Wyatt) have already signed. All sponsors and friends are encouraged to ask their MP to sign it. We have enclosed a sample letter for you to use. You may also visit the website www.faxyourmp.com, type your post code, and send the e-mail/fax/letter.
In the last few years, through our supporters we reached over 50 MPs, so we are counting on you for this initiative to succeed!

• Holding a small round the table meeting in parliament on Wednesday 3July, at 16:00, Room W1. We will discuss the EDM as well as a new report on the case ‘Infinite Injustice: Human Right Breaches in the case of Samar Alami & Jawad Botmeh’. The report can be mailed at your request, but we recommend a donation of £3 (cheques payable to FOSA).

• Asking questions: for the last few years, answers to questions raised by

MPs have been declined on the basis that there is an appeal pending. It is time to raise them again, particularly as far as the "human errors" and the conduct of the investigation are concerned.

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Early Day Motion
Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh
That this House notes that Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh have always protested their innocence and that their 1996 conviction in relation to the 1994 bombings of the Israeli Embassy and Balfour House has been widely questioned;
also notes the unanswered questions about the bombings, including the identity of the bombers;
further notes that the prosecution scenario of an "intelligence vacuum" contrasts with the Israeli and British authorities having received contemporaneous prior warnings about imminent attacks by parties unrelated to Samar or Jawad;
further notes that the disclosure process has been plagued by the repeated use of PIIs (Public Interest Immunity Certificates) and by "human errors" conceded by prosecution, police, MI5 and MI6, resulting in crucial information being withheld from the trial judge;
notes Amnesty International's concern that the pair "were denied their right to a fair trial";
further notes that the UK Government has received official representations from many politicians and Arab governments on this case;
believes that winning the war against terror and the United Kingdom's reputation are ill served by jailing the wrong people and leaving the actual bombers free; and
calls on the Government to re-open the investigation, make its results publicly known, and address the "human errors" so that justice is done and seen to be done.

UNISON to support our Campaign
Thanks to the wonderful work of Wolverhampton UNISON, a motion about our case has been prioritised by West-Midlands UNISON, and hopefully will be discussed at this year's national conference in Bournemouth. The Campaign was there, lobbying trade unionists and seeking their support in the fight for justice. The indications are that supporting our Campaign will become UNISON policy!

Samar to be moved to a semi-open prison!
As you may remember, in February 2000, Samar & Jawad were de-categorised from the high-risk Category A status to their current Category B. Now that it is clear that the fight for acquittal will take time, Samar & Jawad have started to work on being de-categorised further to the equivalent of a Category C status. We are very relieved that Samar's application to be moved to a semi-open prison near London has been approved. A semi-open prison should means less restrictions in daily life, and may well mean that Samar and her family can start dreaming of town visits. So hopefully her incarceration will be less damaging and painful than it is. However, it is not obvious how things will progress: there are many cases of people being denied de-categorisation or parole because they protest their innocence. Samar's new address will be available on our web-site as soon as it is confirmed.

Good News for Satpal Ram and Mark Barnsley

Satpal Ram is Free!
Satpal Ram is Free! This is a Victory but not Vindication
At 7.00pm 18th June 2002, Satpal Ram walked through the prison gate of HMP Blantyre House, for the last time. Satpal's conviction has not been quashed and though he is now out on licence, Satpal will continue to fight the conviction, that has kept him in prison since 1987. It was a fight to the bitter end. Satpal's campaign to clear his name will continue after his release.
http://www.appleonline.net/satpal/

Mark Barnsley To Be Released!
After 8 years of wrongful imprisonment Mark Barnsley is due to be released (on license) on the morning of MONDAY 24TH OF JUNE 2002 from Hmp Whitemoor Longhill. E-mail:barnsleycampaign@hotmail.com
or check: freemarkbarnsley.com for last minute updates.

Other news
Samar & Jawad in Amnesty's Annual Report 2001
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/eur/uk! Open
‘Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh"
"In November the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal against conviction
and sentencing by Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh. They had been
sentenced in 1996 to 20 years' imprisonment after being convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions in 1994 at the Israeli Embassy and Balfour House in London. AI believes their convictions were unsafe and that they were denied their right to a fair trial."

The Campaign renewed its appeal for information in Birmingham through an interview with John Revill, in The Birmingham Post, on May 27, 2002.

The petition
We are continuing to collect signatures for a slightly amended petition.
We have only reached 1,400 so far and are counting on your efforts to
reach the 4,400 reached last year.