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Update to DSEi arrests

anon@indymedia.org (Friend) | 05.10.2011 08:55

People are by now aware of the recent arrests linked to the disruption to the delivery of a model of the Eurofighter Typhoon to the DSEi arms fair.

 Regretfully some individuals attempted to try and deflect attention from the failure of the mainstream DisarmDSEi and StopTheArmsFair protests by presenting the news of the arrests as "disinformation"

See http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10258

The good news is that here on Northern Indymedia the mods have a bit more backbone.

Ignoring this bitterness and sour grapes the latest details are below

 

All those arrested have been told that the charges against them have been dropped (hurrah ! ) and claims against the police are now being considered in conjunction with legal advice.

What we can all take from this is the following points of success

1) BAE Systems stand at DSEi screwed up

2) Activists actions fully vindicated

3) A new tactic developed that can be used again to great effect

4) Political arrests followed by dissmissing of charges now a common tactic to prevent dissent

5) Fluffy actions at DSEi don't work, spikey stuff does.


anon@indymedia.org (Friend)
- Original article on IMC Northern England: http://northern-indymedia.org/articles/2247

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Woops !

05.10.2011 09:08

Would this be the action that certain Indymedia mods tried to tell us did not happen and branded "disinformation".

Apology perhaps ?

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