Anti-War Protesters Banned From Demonstrating Against Bush

[babylonsister]

Anti-War Protesters Banned From Demonstrating Against Bush
by Peter Walker and Julian Borger


London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners hoping to protest against President George Bush’s visit to Downing Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a “totalitarian act” by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War organisers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby in Parliament Square.


“In what is supposed to be a free country the Stop the War Coalition has every right to express its views peacefully and openly. This ban is outrageous and makes the term ‘democracy’ laughable,” Pinter said today.

Lindsey German, a leader of the Stop the War Coalition, said: “It seems that when George W Bush visits this country traditional rights of assembly are to be removed from the people. We are calling on those who care for our democratic rights to come to Parliament Square at 5pm on Sunday 15 June. Some of those who signed statements accusing Bush of war crimes will be leading this protest.

“George Bush has been dictating British foreign policy for many years. Now it appears his security services are determining our rights of protest. This is a disgrace and we will challenge the ban.”

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/10/9542/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. But unlike American media, the anti-war protests will be all over the

place, on tv, on radio, in the papers. The rest of the world will know exactly how "unpopular" our "leader" is once he leaves his "homeland".

[babylonsister]

6. True that; they don't listen well historically, thank goodness. nt

[malaise]

2. Bush and the Europeans times their meetings well

It's the UEFA Cup finals so people are delightfully distrated.

[jeff30997]

3. Remember...

Remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

[gateley]

4. Another action mirroring Hitler's Germany. nt

[rhett o rick]

5. Wish I lived closer. nm

[windoe]

7. I wish someone would arrest him

we can't seem to get it together right now.