the high court today gave the right to the GLA to evict the democracy village from the grass at westminster parliament square. five of the campers are launching an appeal on points of law, and the camp will be safe until at least the weekend while that process begins. villagers are also calling out for experienced activists to join forces with them to resist an eviction and to confront the government over its illegal wars.

today the high court granted both a possession order and an injunction against the democracy village in parliament square.

in a document of some thirty pages, the judge dismissed claims of 'ancient rights' as baseless, and also said their european human rights are not 'fully engaged'.

five people representing the camp then announced, on legal advice, that they would be appealing. their lawyers, bindmans, feel that there are grounds for appeal on several points of law.

now, they have a stay of execution until 4pm on friday to present their appeal. after that, the appeal process would take between two weeks and two months, but at this stage it is unclear whether a further stay of execution would be granted for that period.

meanwhile, the democracy villagers have once again made a call-out for other experienced activists to join them in what they describe as the best opportunity in years to directly confront the government over its illegal wars.

they have announced a programme of non-violent direct action under the name "rolling thunder" - more news on this in a separate article.