justice4bolton PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Tuesday, June 18th 2013 CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR IPCC TO PUBLISH REPORT ON POLICING OF ANTI FASCIST PROTEST IN BOLTON AS CROWN COURT CASE ENDS IN YORK Prosecutor describes how protester Alan Clough was “forcefully” punched in the face by GMP inspector who was not charged with assault because of [...]
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*No Fear: info-evening against repression* In the final discussion evening of StopG8 Week, we want to bring people together again to think deeper about one crucial topic: repression, and how to fight against it. Whenever we try to take control of our own lives, the powerful will respond with repressive measures that are intended to [...]
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The inquest into the death of Smiley Culture, who police claim ‘stabbed himself with a kitchen knife’, has begun in Woking, at the Borough Council’s Civil Offices. People responded to Smiley’s death in 2011 with a demonstration thousands strong from Battersea to Scotland Yard. Understandably, Smiley’s family and the justice campaign have always seen the [...]
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by John Sinha Tuesday’s raid on the convergence space in Soho is not without precedent. Those of us who were at the G20 protest in 2009, which led to led to the death of Ian Thomlinson by riot police, will recognise a familiar pattern. The police obtain a search warrant from compliant magistrates under the [...]
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StopG8 held a “Carnival Against Capitalism” in the West End of London today (11 June), demonstrating against 100 murderous banks, corporations, “dens of the rich” and other hiding places of power in the run up to the G8 Summit.(**) The carnival went ahead despite extreme pre-emptive violence from the Metropolitan and City Police, which caused [...]
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The twenty-one activists in No Dash for Gas who were originally facing a £6 million lawsuit were yesterday sentenced. Whilst their sentences, community service and conditional discharge, were far lighter than was previously feared, it feels wrong to say that this represents justice. What firms like EDF are doing puts us all at risk, with [...]
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Protesters who snuck in to G4S (the firm responsible for the death of Jimmy Mubenga, profiting from Israeli apartheid and countless other horrors too numerous to write about in brackets) successfully managed to disrupt the Annual General Meeting yesterday. Most had prepared by buying a single share, in order to gain access to what has [...]
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Defend the Right to Protest extends its solidarity and best wishes to Amy Jowett who had her leg broken on the anti-fascist march last Saturday. To send messages of support emailinfo@defendtherighttoprotest.org More info on Amy’s experience here.
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The organisation which has built many of the legal challenges to the number of deaths in custody, INQUEST, has released a briefing on the effects of the Legal Aid Reforms on the families seeking justice for the death of their loved ones. Tellingly, they believe that Without specialist family representation there would be no proper [...]
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Channel 4 screened a fantastic report into the attacks on Legal Aid reform last night. They mention Alfie’s case and Defend the Right to Protest too. Check it out if you have 6 minutes to spare.
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