Free Satpal Ram - Asian Dub Foundation

The scales of justice

Weighed down on one side

Freemassons on the case

You know you’re gonna get a rough ride

Hold tight, even if you know your rights

It’s just a piece of paper unless you’re prepared to fight

For ten years, one hell of a long time to rot in a cell

When you’ve committed no crime

Another innocent man forced to carry the can

Free Satpal Ram!

Whose word against who?

The degenerate crew out on the town

Thought they had something to prove

Self defence is no offence

Had to protect himself from the murderous fools

Cutting remarks on account of his race

A plate to the chest and a glass in his face

An Asian fights back

Can’t afford to be meek

With your back against the wall

You can’t turn the other cheek.

Back away all you trouble makers

Fix up your brains 'cos you’re the biggest fakers

You come in the place

Do you know who you are?

Free Satpal Ram!

Satpal Ram has been in prison for 10 years now, unjustly convicted of murder.

He was attacked in a restaurant in Birmingham by six racists.

Having been

glassed in the face he had no choice but to def

end himself.

One of the attackers got injured and later died after refusing

treatment.

Satpal was subsequently charged with murder.

Satpal was provided with lawyers who refused to argue his case.

They made him

change his plea of self-defence to that of manslaughter.

Most of the

prosecution evidence came from the group that attack

ed Satpal.

The all-white jury missed vital evidence because no interpreter was provided.

The judge said he would interpret but couldn’t speak a word of Bengali.

The jury weren’t asked to consider if Satpal’s actions were in self-defence and

found him guilty.

It’s taken ten years to get the Criminal Justice System to allow any appeal.

Enough is Enough!