UK G8 LEGAL SUPPORT WEBSITE RE-LAUNCHED!

The G8 Legal Support Group (a working group which emerged from the Dissent network) has re-launched and updated its website www.g8legalsupport.info

The website will be updated throughout the course of the summit protests with breaking news, information on arrests, prisoner support and solidarity events.

The site features a number of resources for activists living outside Scotland and the UK. Most importantly, the Legal Group recommend that anyone travelling to Scotland download and read the “Activists Guide to Scottish Law and Police Powers” available in English and a number of other languages.

Other resources include:

• An online “Witness Statement” to complete if you have seen an arrest and can help to give evidence to help the defendant

• Information on the law related to Squatting in Scotland

• Updates on any Emergency Legislation or police powers that are rushed through by the Government in response to summit protests

• Information or advice that the Legal Group can provide based on monitoring the tactics of the police during the course of the protests

We recommend that activists regularly return to the website for any updates or changes in law, in the run up to the summit as well as during the week of the protests themselves.

If you have any questions for the Legal Support Group, you can contact us by email:  g8legalsupport@riseup.net

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