UK Bayer GM Feature Archive
11-02-2004 12:08 | 0 comment(s)
Bayer and the criminalisation of dissent
Today (Wednesday 11th), in the High Court in London, Bayer AG (the German pharmacuetical and chemicals giant) sought to make permanent an interim court order against six named individuals and five 'organisations' which effectively turns previously lawful protest activities into a criminal offence.
The judge gave his ruling on Friday 13th, upholding all of the conditions previously requested. Defendants have 28 days to make a case against the ruling,until then, the interim court order obtained in December will remain effective.
Lawyers outlaw protest where UK governments fail
Using the Protection from Harassment Act, the injunction places severe restrictions on the freedom of expression and ability to protest, for anyone that could be shown to be working in concert with the named organisations (which include two websites!).
Obviously this has far reaching implications for everyone. The simply act of reporting on events relating to the campaign against Bayer, or walking or parking in some streets in Oxford and Cambridge, could become a criminal offence for anyone that might be shown to have knowledge of the injuntion and be connected in some way to one of the named injunctees (perhaps having visited the StopBayerGM website).
Previous report | Court order on bayer's site | Schnews on Injunction | www.stopbayergm.org
More on this from the Indymedia topics Bio-technology page.
Global news on the bio-tech threat from the Bio-Tech IMC www.biotechimc.org
09-02-2004 21:47 | 0 comment(s)
Bayer GM background
As the primary company set to profit from commercialisation, Bayer has become one focus for the anti-GM movement, and the subject of a UK wide (and occasionally international) campaign against ALL of Bayer's business interests.
Any group or individual can take part in the campaign which aims to put pressure, economic and otherwise, on the entire company so that it pulls out of it's recent ventures into the field of GM.
There is no central organisation or membership behind the campaign, it exsists as little more than the Stop Bayer GM Crops website, acting as a hub for sharing information, resources and publishing details of past and future events.
Articles posted on Indymedia UK that relate to Bayer's involvement in GM crops in the UK should appear under the Biotechnology topic page and on the Biotech IMC website.
Read more >>09-02-2004 20:40 | 0 comment(s)
UP THE INJUNCTION!
And as if to demonstrate their respect for the rights of people to protest by lawful means, they obtained an injunction that effectively turns previously lawful acts into criminal offences.
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05-01-2004 20:36 | 0 comment(s)
Bayer Targetted in Widnes
On Thursday 11th December half a dozen Lancastrians made their way to a pesticide manufacturing site in Widnes to protest against Bayer's involvement in GM crops. Some of them entered the building, whilst others help up banners, made lots of noise and leafletted the staff car park. Work was disrupted for two and a half hours, as staff locked themselves into their offices and site security barricaded the gates against the protestors. People inside the building eventually got to discuss Bayer's GM involvement with the site manager and demanded that Bayer pull out of GM now.
Read more >>26-10-2003 23:00 | 0 comment(s)
GM out of Yorkshire! IMC Leeds talk to Bayer bashing local activists
IMC Leeds talked to Leeds' anti Bayer campaigners to find out more... Read the interview...
More info at the Stop Bayer website
PUBLIC MEETING ON GMOs. LEEDS CIVIC HALL THURS 6TH NOV. 7.30PM
Read more >>26-09-2003 12:59 | 2 comment(s)
ANTI-GM CAMPAIGNERS RAISE FLAG AT BAYER CROPSCIENCE, WIDNES
01-05-2003 02:09 | 0 comment(s)
Bayer Double Entry Action
UK action - video, photos & report
German Bayer AGM action
Background - Bayerhazard, CBG
25-01-2002 10:46 | 0 comment(s)
Bayer HQ Blockaded
