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Searched by Police at DSEI? Liberty needs your help, Urgently!

a volunteer on behalf of Liberty's judicial review | 24.09.2003 03:19 | DSEi 2003 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | Sheffield

Liberty's high court legal challenge of police searches at DSEI will take place on 2 October, 2003. Were you searched in London by police using Section 44/Anti-terror search powers during/before the week of September 6th-12 "DSEI week"?

If so, Liberty needs a copy of your police search record(s) ASAP!! Your anonymity will be guaranteed, but the some of the information from the record will be used on THURSDAY the 2nd of OCTOBER at the High Court Hearing (see below).

Send a copy of your police search record(s) would be sent via fax to 0207 407 5354 or delivered by hand to Liberty at 21 Tabard Street, SE1 4LA (Borough Tube).

If you have questions, please ring Mona Arshi (the LIBERTY lawyer handling the case) at 0207 378 3653. If you have any difficulties reaching Mona, contact the Liberty volunteer involved in this case - Jesse at 0781 4587 361.

NOTE: All information will be held in accordance with you right to privacy under the data protection act 1998).

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A short explanation of Liberty's high court challenge of police tactics at DSEI.

The Metropolitan police used anti-terror searches to intimidate, disrupt and deter protest at DSEI. Liberty will challenge these police tactics in the high court judicial review on the 2nd of October, 2003. To show support, arrive at 9am outside the Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand.

For more details, visit www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

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Liberty's high court challenge of Met police tactics

The Metropolitan police used anti-terror searches to intimidate, disrupt and deter protest at DSEI.

In response, Liberty challenges these police tactics in the high court judicial review on the 2nd of October, 2003. Supporters should arrive at 9am outside the Royal Courts of Justice, on The Strand, London.

On December 10th, Blunkett ordered an Scotland Yard investigation of alleged misuse of the anti-terror searches at DSEI. Blunkett's statements suggest that
this was the first time anti-terror search powers may have been misused, but there is substantial documentation of such police tactics being employed against protesters around 'RAF Fairford' airbase during the invasion of Iraq.

In July 2003, Liberty, Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors, and Berkshire CIA issued the 22 page report "Casualty of War - Eight weeks of counter terrorism in rural England".

For more details, visit www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

a volunteer on behalf of Liberty's judicial review
- e-mail: info@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
- Homepage: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

Comments

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Take cases to the UN or European court of human rights

24.09.2003 14:23

Cases of wrongful arrest at ther DSEi protests should be taken to the European court of human rights or the United Nations. The government were totally wrong to hold this arms fair so lets get them in as much shit as possible!

Rockwell


Nice attempt to sow confusion, Spooky

24.09.2003 15:55

Either someone is naughtily using "Off his" Rockers' nom de plume, or he's even less consistent than I thought.

NotFooledByTheFools


This is what I am all about

24.09.2003 16:05

Rockwell seems to have played a good part in DSEi protest organisation.
There are few possibilities
-- the chief one being Rockwell is Rockwell and this is what happens in way of dilution when IMC starts to spin the media to attract numbers instead of the substance. Substance first then numbers!
-- another possibility is there was once a Rockwell who got invovled in organising anti DSEi measures but is an irresponsible git in not trying to face off another ID theft.

Whatever the case Rockwell's point /here/ is correct.

ram


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