Photographers 6 year legal battle concludes.

NUJista | 19.11.2009 15:33 | Indymedia | Repression | World

Tomorrow (Friday 20th) a court in Lausanne Switzerland will hear an appeal by photographer Guy Smallman who was crippled by a deliberately targeted Police Stun Grenade during the G8 protests in 2003. Mr Smallman previously won his case but the State of Geneva successfully appealed the first ruling. The Swiss Federal Court will hear arguments from both sides tomorrow morning and makes its decision in the same session. If Mr Smallman wins then he will qualify for compensation for his injuries. If he loses then he will owe thousands in legal costs to the State of Geneva.

He has been supported in his fight by both UK Indymedia and the National Union of Journalists over the past six years.

Photo taken by Swiss doctor after emergency surgery in 2003.

Links.

Blog

http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/2009/11/six-year-stun-grenade.html

Marc Vallee Blog

http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2009/11/swiss-stun-grenade-guy/

NUJ Reports

http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1419

http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=991

Current TV

http://current.com/items/91492777_photojournalists-six-year-stun-grenade-battle-ends.htm

NUJista
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Already posted mate - see other links on newswire:

19.11.2009 17:06

See here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/441885.html?c=on#comments

good luck guy.

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Small brain more like...

19.11.2009 23:03

...and if his legs still held him up (not that they often did anyway, the feckless layabout) he'd have flogged the pair for a bottle of Jack many moons ago.

That riot cop was merely articulating in pyrotechnics what all of us thought but were too polite to say. It was a social act.

You know it, I know it - the world should know it.

Jim

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