UK SOCPA Newswire Archive
The JCHR is asking for fresher evidence on the policing of protests
23-04-2009 17:42
Why not send to them over 5,000?Call Out -- Day or Night
20-04-2009 19:19
Hunger Strike -- Day 14 going into Day 15Ref:
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427895.html Blockade of highway and parliament as there are about 1497 civilians reported killed 1/3 of them children! today as the Sri Lankan Army tried to "capture" civilians who wish to remain outside the control of the Genocidal Sinhaleese dominated army.
[Ref: www.puthinam.com]
Police ordering people off the street as of 30 min ago . People staying put.
Come help by being witnesses to what could otherwise happen in the dark with street lights shut out (remember Westminster bridge two weeks ago on Tuesday morning)
2500 Tamils gather in Parliament square for rally
20-04-2009 11:20
...according to the Press Association. According to the Guardian the slaughtering of defenceless civilians is continuingFast unto last breathe - Day 13
19-04-2009 20:46
28-year-old Parameswarn Subramaniyan from Mitcham is not in good health as day 13 of his hunger strike comes to a close. He started off without any water and this seems to have done its damage although he does consume water now.Lots of other youth are joining him tomorrow in mass hunger strikes.
The demands are as follows
The demands put forward by Parameswaran follow:
* Immediate and permanent ceasefire
* Food and medical aid should be allowed to reach the civilians immediately with international monitoring committees and allow “Mercy Mission to Vanni”
* UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, arrange to meet our representatives.
* Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are our sole representatives and UK government should lift the ban on LTTE.
* UN should call for an immediate referendum to the Tamils regarding whether they want separate nation or to remain as Sri Lanka.
SOCPA, the tamils, and the grass
17-04-2009 12:14
Supporting the Tamil protests, SOCPA arrest
10-04-2009 14:46
Maria Gallastegui from the Parliament Square Peace Strike was arrested under s132 SOCPA yesterday when she went with a delegation of Tamil women to Downing Street to demand that they be seen by someone in the Government about the crisis in Sri Lanka and the young hunger strikers in Parliament Square. They were told that the Government were all on holiday. See 2nd press release below.Tamil protest still going strong / 8th April 3pm
08-04-2009 14:07
Tamil protest still going strong /continues
07-04-2009 18:05
There are more than 2000 Tamils in Parliament square at time of me writing including many women with children and babies and many old people. They are determined not to go home until their demands are heard. Whatever happened to SOCPA legislation... Police repression remains heavy, many people have been injuried. Please go and support. Sleeping bags needed!Main points from JCHR report on Policing and Protest
25-03-2009 15:05
Summary of conclusions and recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights' report into Policing and Protest: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest, March 2009London Critical Mass sound systems.
23-03-2009 07:47
The Critical Mass (CM) ride is often accompanied by cycle sound systems, which the police in the past have silenced in the vicinity of Parliament.Police too heavy handed says Parliamentary Committee.
23-03-2009 07:16
First the Law Lords came down on the side of Critical Mass and now a Parliamentary Committee is supporting public protesters against police. Whatever next!The SOCPA zone: one year dead
20-03-2009 15:35
It's now a year since the government said they accepted that SOCPA s132-138 should be repealed, but still there is no bill before parliament which would repeal, and the government can only repeat that they aim to..."My Lords, I absolutely believe in everyone’s right to protest within the law. That is exactly what we are aiming to do. We are intent on repealing this provision, which clearly was not a clever thing to have done in the first place."
- Lord West of Spithead
more lawlessness in parliament square
11-03-2009 18:29
Dialect - Ten Years In Jail For Photographing A Policeman?
06-03-2009 13:25
http://www.bcfm.org.uk/
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brian haw assaulted and then arrested this morning in parl square
04-03-2009 11:41
brian was assaulted by a worker putting up barriers in parliament square this morning. his hand was bleeding after the attack, but rather than arrest the culprit, or even (in case of doubt) both, they've instead arrested brian, supposedly for the theft of a key! solicitors are trying to find his whereabouts.a big thank you from the met!
01-03-2009 13:24
on friday afternoon, brian haw and others saved the life of a tamil protester who set himself alight in parliament square. a police sergeant who saw cctv footage of the incident told them they would be receiving a letter of commendation for saving life and limb. on sunday morning, the same sergeant arrived at 9am to perform an unlawful search of the tents - using force and intimidation against the peace protesters.parliament square hunger striker - day 30
10-02-2009 00:40
parliament square hunger strike - day 25
05-02-2009 15:48
parliament square gaza vigil hunger strike now entering 22nd day
02-02-2009 01:01
maria gallestegui continues her hunger strike in freezing conditions and snow on the pavement opposite westminster. monday is her 22nd day without foodFull article | 1 addition | 1 comment
parliament square hunger striker - day 16 - visit to downing street
28-01-2009 01:06
today she took advantage of socpa legislation to exercise her right to protest behind the gates inside downing street as the cabinet turned up for their early morning meeting at number 10.
there has still been no mainstream coverage of her extraordinary protest