Family, friends and activists in Luton held a memorial vigil for Leon Briggs, who died in police custody this month, last night. Here is the video. DtRtP encourages people to do everything they can to support the Justice 4 Leon campaign. The Facebook page can be found here.
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Defend the Right to Protest Campaign Meeting. Monday 18th November, 6.45-8.30pm NOTE VENUE CHANGE: SOAS, ROOM 4426, 4th floor, Main Building (this is 5 mins from ULU) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London Wc1H OXG 5 Minutes from Russell Square Tube, Goodge St, Euston or Tottenham Court Rd) (MAP: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&q=SOAS+map&oe=UTF-8&safe=on&ie=UTF-8&ei=56qHUomxMdGShgeiq4DIAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg) The meeting was called as a follow up […]
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Defend the Right to Protest is joining Blacklist Support Group in backing the TUC day of action against Blacklisting: We encourage all supporters across the globe to organise direct action events in your part of the world against blacklisting firms. When you post to social media use hashtags: #blacklisting #N20 #BSG Some ideas to maximise […]
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Get an update from Justice 4 Leon campaign at Monday’s DTRTP meeting, 6.30pm, Central London, Details Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/592843864111060/ A criminal inquiry was launched following the death of Leon Briggs who died while in police custody on 4 November. Luton News reported on 13 November that, ‘five cops and two support staff have been suspended’ by the […]
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Yesterday ULU President Michael Chessum was arrested for failing to notify police of a procession called against the planned closure of ULU. (see: http://uclu.org/whats-on/representation/national-demo-save-ulu) After been held for hours at Holborn police station, he has been released on bail conditions that ban him from protesting within half a mile of any university. CLAMP DOWN ON CAMPUSES: […]
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By Phil Tsappas On the 11th of November hundreds of people attended a public meeting in Luton following the death of Leon Briggs, 39, on 4 November, while in Police custody. Leon was held by police under section 136 of the Mental Health Act. The meeting was representative of the wider community, including the Briggs family. […]
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Defend the Right to Protest Conference – DtRtP would like to thank everyone who came along to our second national conference on the weekend. For those who missed it video recordings of the opening and final plenary can be viewed here https://bambuser.com/v/4047306 and closing plenary:http://bambuser.com/v/4048062 (thanks to occupy London) Recordings of many of the workshops will be available soon. Several […]
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Yesterday saw the first court appearance of five anti-fascist protesters charged in relation to the anti-BNP demonstration which took place on June 1st this year. Shortly after the death of Lee Rigby in May the BNP tried to mobilise a march to Woolwich, where he was killed. After a police ban stopped this taking place […]
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Today LCAPSV celebrates with Jason as the spurious case against him of “obstructing the police” was dropped after just half a day. The case was heard at Camberwell Magistrate’s Court, where Jason’s supporters and members of LCAPSV maintained a presence both inside and outside the court throughout the proceedings. After hearing the testimonies of the […]
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On Friday 15th November we will be handing in our petition ‘Theresa May, Home Office: STOP THE DEPORTATION OF TRENTON OLDFIELD’ at the Home Office. Please join us to show solidarity with Trenton and his young family. We urge you continue to sign, circulate the petition (http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/theresa-may-home-office-stop-the-deportation-of-trenton-oldfield) and please invite people to this event. It’s […]
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