CONTENTS CODE : * New Section... ^ Updated Section... ~ Bristol

01) * ~ Anti G8 Protest – July 6th Bristol
02) *~ RESPECT Public Meeting – July 6th Bristol
03) *~ Police Seize Bristol Indymedia Computer Hardware – Press Statement & Appeal

Please pass information in this News Update on to anybody you know who may be interested.

To contact Bristol Stop The War Coalition, email  bristolstopwar@hotmail.com


01) ANTI G8 PROTEST – JULY 6th BRISTOL

Want to go to Gleneagles and can't? Bristol Stop The War Coalition encourages all its supporters to get down to the protest announced below. Bring all your friends. Fight war and poverty.

Bristol G8 Dissent announcement:

Bristol G8 Dissent has called a public protest for 6 July – for all those who can't get to Scotland; for all those who went to Scotland on 2 July for MPH and came back enthused; and for everyone who says enough is enough! Absolutely everyone welcome!

Protest against G8 in Bristol: 6 July, meet 5pm outside the Hippodrome, St Augustine's Parade, central Bristol. (You can download a copy of the protest poster as a PDF file from here:  http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire/display/23255/index.php - please copy up if you can and distribute as you can.)

In solidarity with the International Day of Action against the G8, and with those protesting in Gleneagles/Scotland!

Bring pots n pans, drums, banners, flyers, instruments, masks, attitude, humour & joy - LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!

Whatever the media whitewash spun by the G8, capitalism continues to kill the planet, and it's people. Let's let Bristolians know that we oppose these puppets, their international profit-agendas, and all their bullshit (African debt relief? Yeah really…). Let's show the links between the G8 and the global corporations - ripping off the world; creating poverty, unemployment, hunger, war & environmental destruction - enough is enough!

Oppose hypocrisy!
Oppose injustice!
Oppose capitalism!
Oppose the G8!

For more info contact  dissentbristol@subsection.org.uk or come to the next Bristol Dissent organizing meet, 28 June, 7.30pm, at Kebele, 14 Robertson Rd, Easton, Bristol, BS5.

Bristol G8 Dissent! Box 102, 82 Colston St, Bristol BS1 5BB

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02) RESPECT PUBLIC MEETING – JULY 6TH BRISTOL

Title: `Our Challenge To New Labour'
Speakers: George Galloway MP, Lindsey German (Convenor Stop The War Coalition)(personal capacity) , Malik Ahmad Khan (former chairman of Roman Road Mosque), Steve Norman (Bristol Day Centres Campaign), Chantal Cushnie (13 year old threatened with deportation).
Chair: Paulette North (Bristol Defend Asylum Seekers Campaign) (personal capacity)
Venue: Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Time: 7.00pm. Admission: £2 (£1 unwaged)
For a map go to :
 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=359549&Y=172384&A=Y&Z=1


3) POLICE SEIZE BRISTOL INDYMEDIA COMPUTER HARDWARE

The police have seized important hardware from Bristol Indymedia. Details are in their press statement reproduced below . Bristol Indymedia have launched a fund to which all donations towards new server / legal costs will very much appreciated. Cheques can be made out to: Bristol Indymedia. Box 3. Greenleaf Books, 82 Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5BB

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Bristol Indymedia Press Statement:

On Monday 27th June the police raided a residential property in Bristol and seized an Indymedia server and other computer equipment. They also arrested one person for incitement to criminal damage under common law. That person has since been released on bail. We see this police action as an attack on the freedom of speech and journalistic independence.

This police action relates to an article posted on 17th June in which persons unknown claimed to have damaged cars being transported on a train. This article was considered by Bristol Indymedia to have breached the guidelines and was hidden.

On Monday 20th the police contacted Bristol Indymedia with reference to this posting. Bristol Indymedia informed the police that they were in the process of instructing a solicitor to reply on their behalf. On Tuesday 21st the police contacted a Bristol Indymedia volunteer requesting the IP logs. Bristol Indymedia considered that the system was journalistic material covered by special provision under the law.

A solicitor from Liberty faxed the police explaining this provision. The police then contacted Bristol Indymedia to request a meeting which Bristol Indymedia agreed to. Ten minutes before the arranged meeting DI Bennett of British Transport Police cancelled the meeting and asked to postpone it.

The next police contact was the seizure of the server and the arrest of a Bristol Indymedia volunteer. The seizure of the server was carried out under a search warrant (police and criminal evidence act 1984, ss.8 and 15), not recognising the journalistic privilege.

Additional Statement:

"We are outraged at the actions of the police. They have completely disabled the entire Bristol Indymedia news service. By their actions they have undermined the principle of open publishing and free access to the media, thereby removing people's opportunity to read and report their own news. This situation has serious implications for anyone providing a news service on the Internet. We do not intend to let this stop us from continuing the project."

Contact: Ana - Bristol Indymedia Volunteer / 07976 787335

Email:  bristolindymedia@hush.com
 http://www.bristol.indymedia.org