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Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw dies

Paul O'Hanlon | 19.06.2011 12:34 | Anti-militarism | South Coast | World

A brief tribute to wonderful human being and committed peace activist Brian Haw.









Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw dies


Brian Haw 1949-2011


Long time Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw has sadly passed away in hospital in Germany after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 62.

His nearly decade long presence in London’s Parliament Square caused the establishment no end of problems. He was arrested many times, was assaulted by an employee of the US Embassy and by an Israeli – both assaults resulted in a broken nose and hospitalisation. Parliament even brought in legislation (SOCPA - Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005) specifically to get rid of Brian and his protest by making it illegal to demonstrate within a one kilometre radius of Parliament without police permission. However he successfully argued that as his protest predated the legislation it did not apply to him.


I first met Brian in 2002 and was so taken by his efforts that I tried to get down to London from Edinburgh at least once a year. I wrote a number of Indymedia reports – here is one from 2010 which marked 9 years of the campaign in Parliament Square:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/452634.html

Brian’s heroic effort of living 24/7 in such austere conditions will surely not be forgotten. The campaign he started will continue with Melbourne born Barbara ‘Babs’ Tucker.

Here is the website for the campaign:  http://www.brianhaw.tv/index.php

As Brian himself would have said: Love…peace…justice…for all.

Paul.

Paul O'Hanlon
- e-mail: o_hanlon@hotmail.com

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Brian Haw

19.06.2011 13:17

He put us all to shame with his conscience and determination.

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terrible loss

19.06.2011 14:43

absolutely terrible, brain died after after taking a lethal dose heroin, rip brian

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