London SOCPA Newswire Archive

18-08-2007 03:18 | 2 additions

SOCPA - report and film of yesterday's raid on parliament square

the greater london authority and uniformed police mounted another expensive and unilateral raid on peace protestors in parliament square yesterday morning. they were there to enforce bye-laws but there are serious questions about the legality of the raid both in terms of jurisdiction and also in arbitrariness of conditions. Read more >>

17-08-2007 22:48 | 1 addition

SOCPA - assaults and arrests tonight at parliament square

aqil shaer, a long-standing supporter of brian was viciously assaulted and arrested by the known thuggish parliamentary policeman nicknamed 'fatgut'. another unknown man was arrested by police after assaulting brian's supporter 'barbara tucker'. Read more >>

17-08-2007 14:54 | 2 additions

SOCPA - pics of this morning's parliament square raid

when brown seized power he promised a lifting of socpa conditions on the right to protest near parliament. today, in preparation for the visit of nelson mandela, his henchmen helped ken livingston's henchmen to crack down even more on brian haw's protest, forcing their support tents into an impossibly small area in another expensive police operation. Read more >>

17-08-2007 12:44

S.O.S. - The Met are raiding and removing tents of supporters of Brian Haw

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/webcams/546501.shtml Read more >>

17-08-2007 09:48

SOCPA - parliament square GLA raid this morning!!!! URGENT

urgent newsflash
gla backed by 'flatcap' officers have arrived at parliament square. it seems they are going to attempt an eviction of the tents there. Read more >>

14-08-2007 09:37

9/11 Truth: London Parliament Demo 11th August 2007

Here are some pics from our 11 August Demonstration outside Parliament in London. Due to the legislation from 2005 (SOCPA – Serious Organised Crime and Protection Act) all demonstrators had to apply for a lone demonstration license from the police. To remain within the law we therefore all had to demonstrate on different topics to all be lone demonstrators. Read more >>

08-08-2007 21:45

SOCPA - not a good day for freedom of speech

the monday edition of 'the independent' claimed 'a good day fro freedom of speech' on its front page. it was far from it. Read more >>

03-08-2007 07:09 | 1 addition

Video of July ride of London Critical Mass.

As usual at the start of the ride the police were threatening riders with sound systems with arrest if they dare to play them within the SOCPA zone around Parliament. Something they do not do to motorists with sound systems. The photos show police hassling a rider with a sound system. Read more >>

28-07-2007 07:14 | 1 addition

Another London Critical Mass police hassle.

Police routinely interfere with Critical Mass, holding up the front of the ride, targeting sound systems and sometimes ticketing riders. They also video and photograph riders at the start of every event. It is odd though that they never turn up for the December ride, which is close to the New year celebrations. Read more >>

25-07-2007 19:21

Mr. Brian W. Haw V. Sir Ian Blair et al - THEFT!

Yesterday was most interesting, in the City of Westminster Magistrates' Courts.

What happened after court was even more interesting... Read more >>

22-07-2007 22:16

SOCPA - update on 'the brown stuff'

update on SOCPA - the brown stuff (previous article on indymedia).
more metropolitan police harassmant of a single peaceful lone demonstrator.
having successfully persuaded mark thomas to stop his mass lone demos on the basis that brown is going to repeal the act, the police continue to intimidate known peaceful demonstrators. Read more >>

19-07-2007 23:36

SOCPA - the brown stuff

mainstream media has recently been consistently reporting that gordon brown has lifted the restrictions on demonstrating near parliament. this is a lie. socpa has not been repealed, and if anything the police appear to have been given orders to crack down harder than ever on the handful of peaceful campaigners who daily dare to point out that our government is still committing genocide in iraq Read more >>

16-07-2007 10:52

Sir Ian Blair - "Pick on someone your own size - pr*ck!"

Sir Ian Blair - I Charity Sweet will have your guts for garters mate!

YOU will be attending the Hague in the near future with your war criminal buddies.

Mark my words! Read more >>

13-07-2007 19:40 | 2 additions

SOCPA movie hits the west end!!!

the prince charles cinema is proudly advertising the socpa movie which will be shown there on sunday at 1pm, followed by a q&a session with rikki the film-maker, milan rai from peace news, and mark barrett from the parliament square picnickers. there's also now a film trailer on youtube. Read more >>

13-07-2007 12:39

Brian Haw – now in his 7th year!

Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw is now in the seventh year of his protest. He started on June 2nd 2001 and despite numerous attempts to evict him including specially enacted legislation – SOCPA – he is still here. A selection of photos is attached Read more >>

06-07-2007 11:12

SOCPA - The Movie at the Prince Charles Cinema 15/07

SOCPA - THE MOVIE
1pm Sunday 15th July
Plus Q&A with Director Rikki and SOCPA activists.

The Prince Charles Cinema

http://www.princecharlescinema.com Read more >>

30-06-2007 06:23

Sounds of SOCPA.

In recent months London Critical Mass sound systems have been banned from playing within the SOCPA zone but drivers are allowed to continue playing theirs. Read more >>

28-06-2007 17:15 | 1 addition

SOCPA - the movie 3rd July @ LARC

For nearly two years, 'indymedia rikki' has been closely following the events and battles around the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act Section 132, which criminalised "unauthorised" demonstrations around Parliament.
Read more >>

28-06-2007 00:17

SOCPA - brown's first day at the office

looks like gordon brown is no great libertarian, as police mark his notably undemocratic coronation with high levels of repression and unlawful action in and around parliament square. Read more >>

27-06-2007 16:30 | 1 addition

Good riddance Blair from Parliament Square.

Since Saturday the protest camp in Parliament Square has been a scene of almost boring calm. Even the police were behaving in an unusually affable manner but all that changed today, almost as if in a final finger-up gesture from the departing Tony Blair. Read more >>