UK Policing Newswire Archive
Travellers and supporters work together to open up Dale Farm
21-09-2011 10:32
Travellers and supporters at Dale Farm will work together on Wednesday morning from 11:30 am to move barricades that are blocking access to the site [1]. The residents want to enable families to bring their trailers back on to their plots, and to enable access for emergency vehicles, but will oppose any attempt at entry by bailiffs.The barricades were constructed to prevent Basildon Council from demolishing the homes and land of residents who have been living on the site for over ten years. The last minute reprieve caused by the High Court injunction left the site blockaded with gates, lock-ons and vans preventing access.
Lib Dem conference protester remanded in custody after banner drop
21-09-2011 08:56
The three men remanded in custody for three days over the weekend, after a banner drop at the Liberal Democrat conference, appeared in court on Monday. The men were remanded as their membership of an “organization” showed that they could not be trusted not to cause danger to the public.
At court all three men pleaded not guilty denying entirely that they caused danger to road users. Even the prosecution accepted in court that “no damage or injury was caused.” Two of the men were bailed on the condition that they do not enter Birmingham City Centre but the other one – a 22 year old from Fleet in Hampshire – was refused bail on the grounds of a previous conviction for aggravated trespass, as well as his continuing trial for the peaceful occupation of the Fortnum and Mason shop on March 26th of this year. He has been sent to prison awaiting a review of his bail.
Communique from the Buenos Aires Support Network for Freddy, Marcelo, and Juan
19-09-2011 15:03
We never forget our imprisoned comrades. We don’t mystify our respect for them but neither are we indifferent to their everyday experience. Solidarity is not, as has been demonstrated on several occasions, just a beautiful word or a slogan, but a practice inseparable from our struggle. This can be expressed in many diverse ways, and there are moments when an idea takes shape with forcefulness and continuity. Given the delicate situation (in court and in prison) that faces our comrades Juan Aliste Vega, Marcelo Villarroel Sepúlveda, and Freddy Fuentevilla Saa, who are currently held captive in prisons of the Chilean state, several individuals from Buenos Aires have decided to form a new support network in order to provide updates and disseminate information about their situation, as well as hopefully assisting in their return to the streets.Chile: anarchist clash with police on Coup Anniversary 11.09.2011 - photo, video
15-09-2011 20:22
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15-09-2011 10:27
On Tuesday, nine Brighton UK Uncut activists faced their first day in the courts. Eight of them had superglued themselves to a Topshop window last December to protest against tax dodging by Sir Philip Green, the billionaire retail magnate who owns the store along with several other major UK fashion chains within the Arcadia Group. The ninth was arrested before the action took place.
Statewatch Analysis of Undercover Police in Europe
14-09-2011 18:26
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Retraction: EDL and Stabbings
13-09-2011 21:40
We published an article yesterday casting doubt on the claims that two EDL members were stabbed outside the Tyburn Pub in Marble Arch, London.
We now accept these stabbings did happen and anyone with any information should contact Westminster Serious Violence Team on 0207 321 9314, or Crimestoppers anonymously.
Blanket ban on protests lifted following threat of High Court action
13-09-2011 00:39
[Press release from Christian Khan Solicitors]The Metropolitan Police today applied to the Home Secretary for consent to lift a blanket ban on protest marches in four East London boroughs to allow a march against the world’s largest arms fair to go ahead
on Wednesday 14 September 2011, following a threat to bring legal proceedings challenging the lawfulness of the ban.
Defend The HSBC 3! The Appeal Approaches
12-09-2011 17:54
Disrupt the FIT at DSEi
11-09-2011 15:05
It's that time again. DSEi, Defence Systems Equipment International, the world's largest arms fair, is returning to ExCeL, and Disarm DSEi, alongside others in the Stop the Arms Fair Coalition will be trying to stop them. 13th September has been announced as the main day of action, with Disarm DSEi calling for people to stop the arms dealers in their tracks by blockading the DLR from 10am at Custom House station. Actions will be continuing throughout the week, including at the arms dealers dinner on Thursday.
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Breaking: Kayaks attempt to stop warship getting to DSEi
10-09-2011 10:34
European far right terror network? EDL links to Norway massacre
10-09-2011 01:02
Harsh sentences for student demonstrators
09-09-2011 16:04
Why I put myself back in the dock over Fortnum’s
09-09-2011 15:41
On 26th March, I was arrested, along with 144 other people, for sitting down in Fortnum and Mason, in protest at their tax avoidance scheme, which costs taxpayers nearly £10m per year.
On the 18th July, my case was dropped, along with around 100 others, leaving 30 defendants to be tried (some were never charged, and youth defendants had already had cases dropped in case you are confused about the missing numbers). On Sept 7th, the Fortnum145 defence campaign revealed that 21 of us have decided to revive our case.
Spartaci, Spartacum, Spartacuses?
07-09-2011 15:14
I have put myself back on trial to support the F&M defendants because I believe the CPS has no more reason to prosecute them than they do to prosecute me. It is in no-ones interest to penalise peaceful protest. It is in everyones’ interest to support people who stand up against injustice.
Anonymous Spartacus
In June, the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against 109 of the Fortnum 145, after doing the same with the few younger protesters some time before that. Their reason for continuing with the remaining 30 has been cited as the possession of ‘leaflets and signs‘.
End the Arms Trade! Defend the Right to Protest! March from Westminster to DSEi
07-09-2011 06:51
- March from Westminster to the Arms Fair, Wednesday 14th September
A march for peace and freedom will take place on Wednesday 14th September, from Westminster to the ExCel Centre in east London, where DSEi (Defence and Security Equipment International), the world's biggest arms fair will be in progress.
Vilified nurse cleared of wrongdoing
02-09-2011 16:35
Given the daily mail brigade who trashed this young woman's reputation forever won't have the common decency to print a prominent and full retraction, I am putting the story on indymedia in the hope that we can remove from our society the assumption that this woman carried out sickening acts, and in the hope that we can come to understand more the life-plundering relationship between the cops and corporate media.'New laws not needed' to block Twitter: UK can morph into police state at will
02-09-2011 09:14
One of the unanswered questions arising from the August riots is whether the government needs new powers to block the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media which were used to organise the disturbances.London neighbourhoods terrorized by police raids: 30,000 arrests planned
02-09-2011 09:11
One month after major disturbances were provoked by the August 4 police killing of Mark Duggan in north London, the Metropolitan Police in the capital are intensifying raids on working class communities.Ruling means questions remain over police treatment of disabled protesters
01-09-2011 21:32
On IPCC's appeal verdict over widely viewed abuse of disabled activist Jody McIntyre during tuition fees protest
