Sari Squad - Afia Begum Campaign from bangladeshi 3 video Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 75 sec
✓ Published: 29-Jul-2016

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Afia Begum was a young Bangladeshi widow who was deported from London with her child, Asma, in April 1984. There was no just reason for this deportation or the harsh treatment they were forced to endure. nnThe Sari Squad were a group of activist women, mostly South Asian, who helped to defend multicultural clubs and gatherings from racist attacks in the early 1980s. Based in East London, they campaigned to raise public awareness for Afia Begum's deportation, taking the case to the European Commi