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G8: prisoner solidarity

@ | 06.07.2005 17:00 | G8 2005 | London | World

Over 400 people arrested during a day of blockades and actions against the G8 summit. Prisoner solidarity demo Thursday 10.30am

Today, over 400 people have been arrested during blockades and actions against the first day of the G8 summit. The arrested have been taken to police stations in Perth, Dundee and Edinburgh and will start appearing in court tommorrow.

Already, on Monday 4th July, at 'the carnival for full enjoyment, in Edinburgh, there were 125 arrests. Many people were deported from Scotland and 17 people remain in prison. Men are being held in Saughton prison in Edinburgh, and women are being held in a prison in Stirling.

Tommorrow, Thursday 7th July, will be a day of prisoner solidarity. At 10.30 am there will be a solidarity breakfast outside the Sheriff's Court in Chambers Street, Edinburgh where those arrested in Edinburgh will be appearing. This will be followed by an assembly at 12pm outside the court to decide the location of the next demonstration, which will follow at 6pm.

Solidarity with the prisoners is urgently needed. We also require donations of money for prisoner support.

Please donate via the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group (LDMG):

Bank Details:
LDMG
Bank Account no 433921080
Sort code 720000
Our bank is Alliance & Leicester

Cheques to “LDMG” sent to:
LDMG
BM Haven
London
WC1N 3X

Our passion for freedon is stronger than their prisons!

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Correction

06.07.2005 17:51

Correction!!!!
There will be tomorrow at 12 noon a general public meeting assembling outside the Sheriff's Court to discuss mass solidarity actions in support of the prisoners before and during the g8 summit.
Come along!

Solidarity group

Legal Action Is IMPERATIVE!!!

06.07.2005 18:23

A sad pattern which has developed at these meetings are the mass arrests which are used to clear the streets, and limit the visibility of the Demos. Most often, these are illegal actions on the part of the police, and all charges against demonstrators are dropped.

The Elite has gotten what it wanted; The streets are cleared, and the Opposition silenced, or at the very least, quieted.

If this is the case, the legal action is a must. If we continue to allow this criminal behaviour to go unpunished, this will only embolden the perpetrators.

Jordan

Banks

06.07.2005 19:58

Alliance & Leicester? So it's really ok to use big corporate business when you lot want to?

Doesn't this bank put people into debt throuout the world then? Doesn't this bank float on the stockmarket then?

A tad double standards on the anti-corporate claims eh?

Corporate Klinger

i caught you again

06.07.2005 21:26

there's yet another post by the same person. they all sound the same. you aren't discouraging anyone with your mockery and foolish name calling. this person is posting a comment to every news post in an attempt to make a fool out of himself. i say, keep up the good work chap.

no one