Human Rights Act Victory for Fairford Coach Action

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Wednesday December 08, 2004 18:28 by pc

COACH-NAPPED PROTESTORS “VIRTUALLY PRISONERS” RULES COURT OF APPEAL

Anti-war protestors are today celebrating a Court of Appeal ruling which held that the police acted unlawfully in detaining them for 2½ hours without arrests.

Helen Wickham, a coach passenger, said: “I think it is deeply worrying that Gloucestershire police, confronted with the possibility of US troops shooting unarmed protestors, chose to defend the US use of lethal force and pursue a political agenda.” remind you of anything