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#DidYouKnow that prisoners at @OfficialBerwyn in #Wrexham are being stopped from speaking Welsh? A thread.
#CymraegYnYCarchar #Wrexham #Cymru #Cymraeg [1]
#CymraegYnYCarchar #Wrexham #Cymru #Cymraeg [1]
Prisoner Solidarity Network and @undodcymru have been made aware of the ongoing harassment and separation of 1st language Welsh speakers by staff at HMP Berwyn in North Wales. [2]
The issue received widespread media attention last year after an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) report outlined discrimination against native Welsh speakers inside @OfficialBerwyn. Here's an article about that report https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54324232 [3]
Despite official criticisms by the IMB, Welsh Affairs Committee and Welsh Language Commissioner, this treatment is ongoing.
It's also illegal under the Welsh Language Act, and the Human Rights Act. [4]
#WelshLanguageRightsAreHumanRights
It's also illegal under the Welsh Language Act, and the Human Rights Act. [4]
#WelshLanguageRightsAreHumanRights
Nearly one million people speak Welsh: many of these people speak it as their first language. To speak Welsh as a first language is to live, feel and communicate through the medium of Welsh: something that is legally protected under law after generations of struggle. [5]
Undod and Prisoner Solidarity Network are demanding that the threats, separation and sanctions of Welsh-speaking prisoners at HMP Berwyn, and across the whole prison estate, stops. [6]
In particular, it is demanded that
An end to the threats and punishment of Welsh speakers
An end to the isolation and separation of Welsh speakers
An end to the delays in access to Welsh language letters
Access to Welsh-language media for Welsh speakers [7]
An end to the threats and punishment of Welsh speakersAn end to the isolation and separation of Welsh speakersAn end to the delays in access to Welsh language lettersAccess to Welsh-language media for Welsh speakers [7]
What can you do to support this? Well, absolutely loads!
1/ Check out this article written by @undodcymru here: https://undod.cymru/en/2021/01/27/stopiwch-erledigaeth-cymry-cymraeg-yn-hmp-berwyn/ [8]
1/ Check out this article written by @undodcymru here: https://undod.cymru/en/2021/01/27/stopiwch-erledigaeth-cymry-cymraeg-yn-hmp-berwyn/ [8]
Please consider writing a letter below to this tool too: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-the-persecution-of-welsh-language-speakers-at-hmp-berwyn-2 [9]
Here's the same letter but in Welsh. Thank you so much to @undodcymru and Prisoner Solidarity Network for helping to raise awareness of what is going on in Berwyn [10]
#CymraegYnYCarchar #Cymraeg #Wales #Cymru https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stopiwch-erledigaeth-cymry-cymraeg-yn-hmp-berwyn
#CymraegYnYCarchar #Cymraeg #Wales #Cymru https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stopiwch-erledigaeth-cymry-cymraeg-yn-hmp-berwyn
