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Direct Action: Chile, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Spain & UK

17-06-2008 16:28

HUNTING TOWER DESTROYED (Germany)
ANIMALS RESCUED IN LAB RAID (Chile)
HUNTING TOWER DESTROYED (Germany)
UNILEVER, DHL PAINTED IN SUPPORT OF PRISONERS (Mexico)
TRUCK VANDALIZED AT FISH COMPANY (Sweden)
FUR SHOP LOCKS GLUED IN SUPPORT OF JEFF LUERS (Spain)
FELIX SAYS "FREE SEAN KIRTLEY" (UK)
BULLFIGHTING ARENA TARGETED (Spain)
HUNTING TOWER OUT OF SERVICE (Germany)
TOWN CLEANED OF CIRCUS POSTERS (Sweden)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT HOME OF BIRD BREEDER (Mexico)

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Operation Overkill as 11 Police Forces Snoop on Animal Rights Gathering

17-06-2008 13:53

Sorry for the blurry pics...
No doubt supremely jealous of animal rights folk meeting together, socialising , drinking lots of tea, helping on the sanctuary and of course workshops the police decided to get their own national gathering together. Being too wimpy to actually camp local hotels (so our sources tell us) burst at the seams with police at the bar, at the gym and comparing camera lens sizes with one another at every opportunity.

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Solidarity actions for Sean Kirtley

14-06-2008 21:22

"One More Cage To Empty" - Free Sean Kirtley
Sean along with many others had his door smashed in and his house raided by police back in 2006 as part of “Operation Tornado” which was designed to start a case and try and lock up peaceful animal rights campaigners using new SOCPA legislation which was created to protect the vivisection industry from effective campaigners such as Sean and the Sequani defendants.

On May 30th 2008 Sean was found guilty of "conspiracy to interfere with contractual relationships so as to harm an animal research organisation" and was sentenced to four and a half years for his role in running the SSAT (Stop Sequani Animal Testing) website.

Since his imprisonment there have been solidarity actions from Yorkshire, the south west and as far away as Mexico.

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Western Animal Rights Network [WARN] Relaunch!

14-06-2008 12:46

After the conviction and imprisonment of Sean Kirtley for publishing information online that was already available in the public domain the Western Animal Rights Network have re-launched a new anonymous, non hierarchical version of the website and support network.

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Bridge painted 'Free Sean Kirtley'

12-06-2008 16:50

Solidarity is a weapon!

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Serious Implications for Freedom of Speech as Activist Jailed for 4.5 years

11-06-2008 23:41

WARN Press Release: Serious Implications for Freedom of the Net and Civil Rights as Activist Jailed for 4 ½ Years

For immediate release: June 11th 2008

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Fight Speciesism #1 - Out Now!

02-06-2008 22:34

The first issue features: occupations in Paris, Antispe vs. Novartis, news from the UK frontlines, the Sequani Six trial, SHAC watch and more.

Versions to read and print are available below.

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Response to state crackdown on peaceful protest

01-06-2008 10:36

The recent sentencing of our friend Sean Kirtley says much about the state's view of peaceful protest in a nutshell the prosecutor Lockhart demos 4th june and 8th June

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Support Freedom of Speech - Support Sean!

30-05-2008 16:44

On May 30, 2008, Sean Kirtley was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for conspiring to "interfere with contractual relationships so as to harm an animal research organisation" after the longest animal rights trial in history.

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Re: Sean Kirtley - Animal Rights Prisoner

27-05-2008 15:44

This article is to inform supporters of Sean Kirtley that, he will not be sentenced on Friday.

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Direct Action, Liberation & Solidarity for Political Prisoners

23-05-2008 19:55

21st-23rd May

CALF RESCUED FROM PADDOCK OF HORRORS (New Zealand)
TWO TARGETS HIT IN PARIS (France)
FUR SHOP PAINTED IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMPRISONED ACTIVISTS (Mexico)
80 HENS AND ONE ROOSTER LIBERATED (Sweden)

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Support Animal Liberation Prisoner Sean Kirtley (New site and MySpace)

19-05-2008 23:28

Our friend and fellow Sequani activist Sean Kirtley was remanded and awaits sentencing in relation to the 18 week Sequani trial and Operation Tornado.

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Sequani trial stitch up

16-05-2008 23:40

The vindictive state twists the knife.

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Sequani Trial Update - One Remanded - Three not guilty so far...

14-05-2008 22:45

One of our friends Sean Kirtley was remanded in custody today after a jury found him guilty of Conspiracy to interfere with contractual relationships so as to harm animal research organisation. Rose Golding, Gemma Astbury and Wendy Clark have been found not guilty. Pauline Burgess and Jo Goodyear should have a verdict tomorrow.

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Sequani trial update

09-05-2008 18:33

4.10pm Jury and defendants sent home until Monday 12th May @ 10.00am court 9 Birmingham crown court.

No verdict was given today.

Today May 9th marks the 2nd anniversary of the police raids on animal activists homes.

Defendants have been on bail now for 2 years to this day.

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Support Sequani Six Letter

02-05-2008 10:35

A Letter of Thanks, to the Supporters of the Sequani Six:  http://six.stopsequani.co.uk

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SHAC May Raids Anniversary

30-04-2008 09:42

Picture from TFI France: ALF torch HLS supplier HQ / redistributed by UAAF-TV
As most of you probably know it will be a year tomorrow since the "may raids", when police (i.e. NETCU & co) raided twenty-nine UK homes, searching two addresses also in Holland and one in Belgium, see picture below.

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Sequani 6 trial coming to an end (Part 2)

29-04-2008 19:38

The historic trial of 6 brave animal activists fighting sec.145 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 at Birmingham crown court which has lasted 4 months thus far has suffered yet another set back.

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Sequani 6 Trial Coming to an end at Birmingham crown court

18-04-2008 23:48

The trial of the 6 brave animal liberation defendants fighting sec 145 Socpa is nearing an end after 3 and a half months at Birmingham crown court.

The jury may well be sent out Monday 28th April.

Thank you to all that donated and supported the 6 throughout this long trial.

The Animal Liberation/ Rights/ Welfare movement will never forget this support

The trial will commence 21, 23, 24, 25, 28 April 08.

10.30am - 4.00pm daily Brum crown court,court9.

Keep On Keepin ... .. .