Disarming Grandmothers is a web series, looking at the lives of veteran peace campaigners Helen John and Sylvia Boyes. From their relationship with the authorities, the press and their families to their current actions and trial for terrorism, this series will provide a unique insight into the peace movement through two extraordinary women. New...
Chris Cole from Oxford was approached by plain clothed police during his attendance at court for a hearing concerned with action he took outside Downing Street during the 10 year anniversary week of the beginning of the Afghanistan ‘war’. He was served with papers informing him that the police want a 10 year long...
. . We’re back! And with a secure server, massive coverage and a clear message that we’re here to stay. On Monday night we received notification that our site had been suspended due to “attempting to pervert the course of justice” due to our posting offering advice to the Millbank students. Whilst the...
Police act to close down Fitwatch website which monitors the behaviour of the police Forward Intelligence Team (FIT Team) on grounds of ‘criminal’ activities. More than 70 websites today published guidance to student protesters about avoiding arrest, in defiance of a police ruling that doing so was unlawful. Fitwatch was suspended yesterday after detectives from C011,...
Following contact from New Scotland Yard, the Fitwatch website and domain name (www.fitwatch.org.uk) have been suspended for a minimum of twelve months for “attempting to pervert the course of justice”. Following the student protests Fitwatch wrote a piece supporting students after last Wednesday’s protest entitled: Beating police repression after the student occupation Fitwatch say...
Schnews report on the accquittal of EDO Decomissioners & activist interviews on video. They Think It’s All Over… ITT is Now!!! “It’s a real victory for the anti-war movement, The jury were presented with the facts and they supported our motivations. If people in Britain knew the truth away from media manipulations they would...
Who is Lynne Stewart? Lynne Stewart, is the 70 year old “Peoples Lawyer” who should not be in jail. The charges, long trial and her conviction are an effort at government intimidation. Lynne was ordered to prison to begin serving her sentence after her bail was revoked in November 2009, even though her Appeal...
Congratulations to the accquitted activists, the jury and the judge in this trial. One is always hopeful that a judge and jury will understand the law and apply it correctly at all trials but sadly that isn’t always the case. We must be grateful that juries aren’t made up from politicians or no-one would...
The jury in the trial of 7 people involved in disarming a weapons factory in Brighton (which made weapons components for the Israeli military) at the time of the attacks on Gazans in January 2009, have this afternoon brought in unanimous Not Guilty verdicts on 5 of the defendants. The jury have still to...
Home Office says 14 different forces have unlawfully used anti-terror powers Alan Travis guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 June 2010 18.16 BST Thousands of people who were unlawfully stopped and searched under controversial counter-terrorism powers could be eligible for compensation. Senior police officers are fighting hard to retain the use of section 44 stop...
