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Welsh assembly occupied in anti-war protest

18.03.2003 15:13

For the second time in six months, activists from Cardiff Anarchist Network occupied the chamber of the Welsh Assembly in protest at the impending illegal attack on Iraq. At 2:45pm on Tuesday afternoon, five activists leapt from the public gallery and staged a sit-in in front of the speaker's podium in the main debating chamber, bringing the assembly's business to a complete halt. At the same time, two more attempted to climb the truss inside the Assembly's foyer, and the last tried to D-lock himself to it. All were released without charge, and the group's action even garnered support from two assembly members who came out of the building to congratulate the protestors, saying that as Tony Blair had ignored the wishes of the people of this country and the will of the United Nations, he was no longer in any position to lecture anyone on illegalities. [Report 1 | 2].