fotdmike | September 19, 2009
It remains to be seen whether this new-style policing was a one-off occurrence, specific to the Climate Camp and Camp-related protests, or if it will be adopted for other protests too.
Concluding the present series of observations on the 2009 Climate Camp at Blackheath, London, 26th August to 2nd September
“Cops on site!”
Such was the cry that [...]
fotdmike | September 4, 2009
Open letters to the police seem to be the thing to be doing nowadays. Last month there was the “Open letter to the Met” from the Camp for Climate Action.
Now, with the arms trade protests in London literally just a few days away, we have another open letter to the police from Disarm DSEi.
We Will [...]
fotdmike | August 23, 2009
This year’s Climate Camp is to be “somewhere in London”, running from 26th August through to 2nd September.
As for the precise location, well, campers are as much in the dark as anyone else. Unlike previous years when the location of the site had been announced some weeks beforehand on the Climate Camp website.
But this year [...]
fotdmike | June 18, 2009
This, just received…
In solidarity with the detainees on hunger strike since Tuesday in Yarls Wood immigration prison in Bedford, a protest has been called this Friday 19th June, from midday-2pm at the offices of Serco (the company that runs Yarls Wood).
Please bring banners and instruments!
Address: Serco Institute, 22 Hand Court, Holborn, WC1V 6JF
More info about [...]
admin | April 18, 2009
The Climate Camp legal team have now released a report, “Demonstrating Respect for Rights?”, on the policing of the Climate Camp in the City on 1 April 2009.
The report looks at the “policing of the Camp for Climate Action’s Camp in the City in the context of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights report [...]
admin | April 16, 2009
An interesting and illuminating article by Musab Younis in Ceasefire Magazine “Correcting the media narrative of the G20 protests on April 1, 2009” in which the role the mainstream media played in shaping public perception of the G20 protests is examined…
With ample opportunity to question an unusually talkative police force, barely a single sentence in [...]
fotdmike | April 14, 2009
FURTHER LEGAL CALL OUT
First an important clarification: if you were assaulted by a police officer (who wasn’t?) and may wish to bring a legal claim then you should NOT also complain to the IPCC/police.
The advice being received from activists who have been here before and specialist solicitors is that you should NOT make a complaint [...]
fotdmike | April 14, 2009
Found this intriguing image (and accompanying explanatory blurb) on Indymedia…
Hmm…
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