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Photographers to “Flash-Mob” Canary Wharf – as new campaign is launched.

10-08-2009 13:31

A new campaign for photographers’ rights launched this weekend – with more than two hundred leading photographers showing their support for the PhotographerNotaTerrorist.org website by holding up a placard saying “I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist!” – will help all photographers to understand and uphold their legal right to take photographs.

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Brian Haw - day 2,970 of his magnificent protest!

20-07-2009 15:33

Here are 13 photos (copyleft) of Brian Haw's continuing presence outside the Houses of Parliament.

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Stop and account for your actions fill in form 5090(X)!

08-07-2009 13:35

I was `happrehended` by the boys in blue in London's Connaught Square last Friday - I'm not the only one apparently.

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A Plaque for Tony Blair

04-07-2009 13:18

My picture of Blair's house in Connaught Square
The unveiling of the plaque to Tony Blair on Friday July 3rd did not happen but there was a tad of excitemnt in Connaught Square last night.

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churchill statue converted to sri lankan extermination camp

01-07-2009 07:55

Audio jamcam - by cover of night
in a bold occupation at 2.30 this morning, a woman from peacestrike.org has converted the parliament square churchill statue into a mock-up of a sri lankan death camp. she intends to stay there as long as possible to highlight the plight of hundreds of thousands of tamil civilians facing threat of starvation, rape, torture or murder.

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Mas protest to save the Tamils Sat. 20th June

14-06-2009 20:44

Tens of thousands killed this year alone. Over 13,000 disappeared from the internment camps.

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Its Non Tamil!

03-06-2009 15:05

I was on the pedal power bike rush on Monday.
As we circled parliament square like most I thought the hunger strike was by a Tamil.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/431535.html
It seems not to be.
Amazing, an Englishman on strike for my people.

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Brian Haw - 8 years today in London's Parliament Square!

02-06-2009 13:23

Today Brian Haw clocks up 8 years of his one-man protest.

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battle of the tamil flags - parliament square

27-05-2009 11:21

proscribed LTTE emblem
when is a flag a terrorist flag? the answer, it seems, depends on who and where you are! to a tamil student in parliament square, it is, and they're arrested (and fined?!). but if you stand outside new scotland yard and challenge the police to arrest you and test it in court, suddenly it magically becomes the tamil eelam national flag and is NOT proscribed. murky goings-on at parliament square.

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London Tamil Protest Policing Questioned/ video and blog

19-05-2009 12:32

Video of Monday 15 May, includes assaults and threats of arrest to journalists, and catches spurious comments by a police officer about the press "parasites".

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INDYMEDIA SCOOP - repressing protest - what's next?

13-05-2009 22:27

in secret meetings not recorded in Hansard, our government has formulated a plan to rid parliament square of not only the current tamil protests, but also brian haw's seven and a half year vigil. emergency legislation is expected to pass through parliament unopposed within a matter of weeks.

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Demonstrations in Parliament Square, London.

13-05-2009 11:51

The Speaker of Parliament has just made an announcement.

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Tamil blockade of Parliament Monday 11th May

12-05-2009 20:41

2.30pm standoff
Over 3000 innocent people were slaughtered in the so called 'safe zone' in the space of 24 hours by air bombardments between Saturday and Sunday, according to the Tamils in Parliament square; by Monday the number of dead had risen to 4000, which would bring the total of deaths up to 12.000 since January.*

Sunday more people began to gather in Parliament Square, and Monday the numbers had swelled and from 9.30 am people began blocking again the roads around Parliament, the only way for them to get attention to the genocide in their homeland and the UK politicians to intervene with the UN.

It is feared that the Sri Lankan government are determined to kill all of the civilians trapped in the so- called ' safe zone' in the Vanni region by the end of the month, more than 150.000 people are living under bombardments and have no way to get out and no access to food or medication, as the Sri Lankan army has sealed off the zone. The few who have managed to escape to government controlled areas have been put in concentration camps by the SLA.

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SOCPA has withered away

08-05-2009 18:15

The name-reading ceremony for the Afghan war dead proceeded opposite Parliament without any attention from the police today - despite the use of a loudhailer (banned under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act)

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Highgate Farm- Trial over.

08-05-2009 00:49

The unexpected events of today and official end of my case

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SOCPA prosecution collapses in disarray

07-05-2009 22:20

The attempt to prosecute Milan Rai for participating in an unauthorized demonstration in the vicinity of Parliament failed today as the police and Crown Prosecution Service had failed to do their paperwork properly - within the time limits required.

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strike against genocide - today 29th april, westminster

28-04-2009 23:57

22 day hunger strike in parliament square
all day event in and around westmisnter. many people are gathering at noon, although it is an all day event. more support needed.

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"On Strike Against Genocide" Wednesday

26-04-2009 21:32

strike for peace
STRIKE DAY
Make your stand, take a day off work, nursery, school, college, university, and gather in Westminster.

Wednesday 29th April from early...

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Video of Critical Mass London 15th Anniversary ride.

26-04-2009 11:47

Video Gathering at the start
In a large Mass like this one it is difficult to spot everything that is going on.