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UK SHAC Newswire Archive

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NETCU's SOCPA failure

21-05-2009 15:16

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit (NETCU) have suffered a major blow in a hard-fought attempt to throw the book at four campaigners facing charges under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA). The prosecution, involving numerous experts, several police forces and, according to one source, up to a million pounds in legal costs, was part of NETCU's ongoing attack on the animal rights movement and criminalisation of activists linked to the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign (SHAC). During the prosecution, it has become apparent that the police, terrified that the anti-vivisection movement might claim a success, have intervened to prop up a rabbit breeder on the verge of closing down.

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Direct Action; France, Mexico, Belgium, Finland, USA, Chile & Spain

18-05-2009 15:49

14th-18th May

ARSON ATTACK ON NOVARTIS CLUBHOUSE (France)
5 LITERS OF GASOLINE + ONE BUTCHER SHOP (Mexico)
HLS CUSTOMERS TARGETED (Belgium)
ALF KNOCK-AND-RUN (Belgium)
ATTACKS AGAINST NYSE EURONEXT (France)
WINDOWS BROKEN, PAINT THROWN AT CRUEL RETAILER, FUR SHOPS (Finland)
LOCKS GLUED, WINDOWS SMASHED IN SAN FRANCISCO (USA)
BROKEN GLASS AT PROPERTY OF COCKFIGHTER (Mexico)
LOCKS DAMAGED AT ANIMAL MARKET (Chile)
TELMEX TELEPHONES SEALED UP (Mexico)
EXCAVATOR, POLITICAL PARTY HQ VANDALIZED (Spain)

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SHAC: Mad Science May - Week of Action

16-05-2009 19:38

www.shac.net/action/demos/MadScience/index.html
MAD SCIENCE MAY!
Monday 25th May - Sunday 31st May 2009

Mad Science May is all about protesting against companies who are funding cruel and unnecessary experiments inside HLS.

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Direct Action; Switzerland, UK, France, Mexico, Australia, Chile & Italy

14-05-2009 23:50

Video
5th-13th May

HOME VISITS FOR NOVARTIS SCUM, AND DEER RUNNING FREE (Switzerland)
LAMBS LIBERATED, BIRD FREED (UK)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT HOME OF FURRIER (France)
MCDONALDS ATTACKED IN GUADALAJARA (Mexico)
BUTCHERS WINDOW AND CCTV SMASHED (UK)
CIRCUS SIGNS VANDALIZED (UK)
ALF TARGETS MEAT EXPORTER (Australia)
MCDONALDS SET ON FIRE (Mexico)
WINDOW SMASHED AT BARCLAYS BANK (UK)
ARSON ATTACK ON SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY ASSOC. HEADQUARTERS (Chile)
PHEASANT PENS DESTROYED (UK)
30 TELMEX PHONES SABOTAGED (Mexico)
HUNTING CENTER SMASHED INTO PIECES (Italy)
PIGLET SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER (UK)
MORE TELMEX PHONES SABOTAGED (Mexico)
EARTH-DESTROYING MACHINE CLEANSED BY FIRE (Mexico)
TELMEX PHONE LINES SABOTAGED (Mexico)

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Busy Week for SHAC UK Demos

12-05-2009 04:35

Tuesday-Saturday last week (5th-9th) saw demonstrations in; Horsham, London, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Worcester, Cambridge, Luton and Birmingham. Targeting customers, investors and suppliers of HLS; Novartis, Legg Mason, Barclays (x9), Axa, Boicair, Staples, Sigma Aldrich and BNY Mellon.

The special occasion? Closing down HLS!

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Investigation into LSR (HLS)

11-05-2009 22:41

Finkelstein Thompson LLP is currently investigating possible shareholder claims arising from potential breaches of fiduciary duty by certain executives and directors of Life Sciences Research, Inc. (NYSE: LSR) in connection with the proposal by Andrew Baker, LSR's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of LSR for a price of $7.50 per share pursuant to a letter dated March 3, 2009. See  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423787.html

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Direct Action; Germany, Mexico, Italy & Switzerland

04-05-2009 23:47

1st-4th May

PAINT AND PETROL FOR HLS CUSTOMERS (Germany)
MESSAGE SENT TO BULLFIGHT SUPPLIER (Mexico)
CARS SET ON FIRE AT HOME OF FUR FARMER (Italy)
BANKS, MEAT MARKETS, LUXURY CARS TARGETED IN NIGHT OF ACTION (Mexico)
NOVARTIS WORKER VISITED AT HOME (Germany)
BUTCHERS PAINTED RED (Switzerland)

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Everybody! Please take action, it costs 5 minutes of your life.

29-04-2009 12:40

On 4th May there will be voting in EU parliament for revision of directive about testing on animals , please send this mail to UK MEP's (listed under the letter - cut/paste)

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World Day for Lab Animals March in Chile

28-04-2009 17:25

Saturday, 25th April: About 500 people marched in the centre of Santiago against vivisection. The march started with a performance that represented a person wounded by vivisectors, expressing how people and humans suffer and feel the same.

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New SHAC Magazine - Out Now!

26-04-2009 16:39

Things go from bad to worse for HLS with a new undercover exposé...

With a share price that is almost as low as HLS’ moral standards, the last thing they will be needing is someone secretly filming them abusing monkeys for the past year. Bad luck Huntingdon! An ADI reporter watched and filmed as monkeys were bred and shipped in from Vietnam, strapped into chairs and gassed to death. For the seventh time in the past twelve years, we can see once again the huge level of incompetence and suffering at the hands of the monsters inside HLS. Turn to the next pages to read the full write-up of what’s been going on behind locked doors...

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Another Arrest at Barclays & Police Station Vigil

24-04-2009 12:31

Following the shenanigans at the previous Barclays demo ( http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428175.html), we decided to do the decent thing and visit them twice this week to show that police harassment doesn't deter committed campaigners from educating the public about the unspeakable horrors perpetrated upon animals inside Huntingdon Life Sciences, supported by blood money from Barclays Bank.

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World Week for Laboratory Animals Begins

21-04-2009 22:35

World Week for Animals in Laboratories -  http://wwail.org - has reported to of kicked off on Monday in Santiago (Chile) and Philadelphia (USA).

The National March in London to mark World Day is this saturday, with thousands of campaigners planning to travel from across the UK and the Europe -  http://wdail.org

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SHAC supporter arrested at Barclays demo

18-04-2009 00:38

Demo starts like any other
Passers by join in with protest despite police shenanigans while trying to make up the 'law' as they go along...

We held another demonstration today against Barclays in Birmingham City Centre for their blood-money investments into the filthy Huntingdon Life Sciences.

A riot van was also on the scene, and one of the supporting teens was unlawfully arrested - in an attempt to scare the newly aware bunch away.

Video of arrest  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhkWmRrgO4

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Police intimidation - Southampton animal rights

17-04-2009 15:57

Police in Southampton have aproached and advised local venue The Hobbit Pub that hosting so called 'meetings' between animal rights activists/hunt sabs will land them in deep shit with the law should something unlawful occur in the field/demos/actions.

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Direct Action; 12 reports, 8 countries, 6 days

16-04-2009 17:31

11th-16th April

ANIMAL ABUSE TARGETED IN LONDON (UK)
BIRDS FREED FROM AVIARY (Chile)
FOIE GRAS RESTAURANT TARGETED FOR SECOND TIME (USA)
ALF HOME VISIT FOR COCKFIGHTER (Mexico)
FIVE RABBITS RESCUED (Australia)
MINK FREED FROM FUR FARM (Sweden)
MORE TROUBLE FOR TELMEX (Mexico)
OPEN RESCUE OF 61 HENS IN MEMORY OF JILL PHIPPS (Czech Republic)
BUNNIES RESCUED FROM PETTING ZOO (Canada)
ALF TORCH FISH COMPANY TRUCK (Sweden)
LOCKS GLUED AT INFAMOUS RESTAURANT (Sweden)

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Cant find transport from your area to World Day for Animals In Laboratories?

14-04-2009 21:52

For those of you who don't have coaches going from your area to London on the 25th of April...

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U.S. Prisons Used to House Muslim, Animal Rights and Environmental Activists

14-04-2009 18:18

The government is using secretive prison facilities on U.S. soil, called Communication Management Units, to house inmates accused of being tied to “terrorism” groups. They overwhelmingly include Muslim inmates, along with at least two animal rights and environmental activists.

Little information is available about the secretive facilities and the prisoners housed there. However, through interviews with attorneys, family members, and a current prisoner, it is clear that these units have been created not for violent and dangerous “terrorists,” but for political cases that the government would like to keep out of the public spotlight and out of the press.

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SHAC Time For Action 4 Out Now!

12-04-2009 14:35

The much anticipated Time for Action 4 movie, documenting the SHAC campaign from 2007 - 2009 is now available!

The DVD also contains all of the previous Time for Action movies, as well as undercover footage from inside HLS from 1997 - 2008, and the Channel Four documentary that launched the campaign.

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Prisoner Support :: Dan Amos has moved prisons

07-04-2009 21:54

Daniel Amos' prison address has changed, please spread the word.
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