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Mass anti-war rally set for Saturday

ananova | 09.04.2003 11:20

The Stop The War Coalition says hundreds of thousands of protesters are set to attend a mass rally in London on Saturday.

They say the rally will be held to commemorate the people who have died during the conflict.

Meanwhile, anti-war groups are organising a meeting in London on May 25 with international lawyers to consider whether members of the British government, including Tony Blair, Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon have committed war crimes.

A Stop The War Coalition spokesman said: "We are organising meetings in many parts of the country which are bigger than those which took place before the war started." He said one meeting in Liverpool on Tuesday night had drawn a crowd of more than 1,000 people.

The coalition expects hundreds of thousands of people from across the UK to take part in Saturday's march, which will be held to commemorate the people who had died during the conflict.

Demonstrators will hold a minute silence as a mark of respect to the Iraqi civilians and members of the military forces who have been killed or injured in the fighting.

Carol Naughton, chairwoman of CND, said she was convinced war crimes had been committed and she believed the case should be heard in the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Mrs Naughton who is helping to organise Saturday's rally, said she was being asked why she was still protesting against the war, now that it seemed the military phase was nearing its end.

She went on: "I cannot put my conscience to one side just because thousands of people have already been killed. The conduct of this war has been inhumane and we have to keep opposing what has happened to make sure that the people carrying this out are held accountable."

Anas Altikriti of the Muslim Association of Britain said the vast majority of Muslims in this country remained opposed to the war. He said the British public was being fed "lies and deception" about the conduct of the war while the true nature of the humanitarian disaster had not been disclosed.


Story filed: 11:57 Wednesday 9th April 2003


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