There was an atmosphere of relative calm on Friday evening, albeit with a significant police presence, in the wake of nonviolent actions in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament and Downing Street by residents and supporters of Democracy Village earlier that afternoon that resulted in a dozen or more arrests.

Four of the arrestees received jail sentences on Saturday for their unwillingness or inability to pay £40 fines for highway obstruction (three women), or for displaying a peace banner inside the courtroom and refusing to show remorse (one man). The remainder are believed to have either accepted cautions or fines, or to have avoided any punishment additional to the time already spent in police custody.

According to an entry on the Democracy Village Facebook group, a court hearing relating to the activists’ appeal against eviction by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is listed for this Friday, 9th July.

See also:

Democracy Village "operation rolling thunder"
 http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/5084

Arrests after democracy village victory (UPDATED)
 http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/5101

Operation Rolling Thunder is GO, Parliament square activist Olympics begins.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/454840.html

Democracy village: two jailed - URGENT call for support of third in court today
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/454876.html

Four Democracy Villagers jailed
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/454905.html

Correct photos of Democracy village protest Fri 2 July
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/454906.html

Democracy Village prisoner support details (updated)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/455006.html


Democracy Village Facebook group
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113998618637971

Democracy Village website
 http://democracyvillage.org

Democracy Village blog
 http://democracyvillage.blogspot.com

 http://meltdown.uk.net/election/Democracy_Village.html