THE
SILENT WALK FOR JUSTICE
4 December 2009
Edinburgh,
Friday 4
Dec 2009
High
Street 3.00pm - 6.00pm
The
Silent Walk For Justice is held annually to honour those various people
searching for justice, exposing the need for improvements within the Scottish
justice system. The Freedom of Information Act was conceived as a means to give
the public access to information, however, this is being often denied with the
response that “it
is not in the public interest”.
We
the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children and friends concerned by such
unfairness within the Scottish justice system, have the right to obtain
documentation concerning our cases and our loved ones. We are families and
friends together and with everyone else engaged in the pursuit of justice, WE
ARE ALSO the PUBLIC and the documentation is in OURS and - THE PUBLIC
INTEREST. We therefore request that the Freedom of
Information Act is amended to fulfil our needs.
To
honour our loved ones and in order to achieve better consideration under the Act,
we will all meet at 3.00 p.m. at High
Street (at
the assembly area at the pedestrianised area between the bollards in the High
Street, just east of St Giles Cathedral). We will then walk together in peace and in silence along the Royal Mile
and stop in front of the Scottish Parliament. At the Parliament we will
put down our pictures of our loved ones and our placards publicising the cause
that we are individually fighting for and light our candles.
After
a speech from one of the organisers of The Silent Walk For Justice, a
representative from the Scottish Justice Department is invited to greet the
people and reply to our demands for the reformation of the Freedom of
Information Act. We will also give thanks to the Lord Advocate, Mrs Elish
Angiolini, for introducing a new unit to investigate unsolved crimes.