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Tuesday, 05 July 2005
WDM Brighton crane activists arrested
At
6.20pm today, exactly 12 hours after their dramatically taking possession
of a 150 ft crane outside Edinburgh Waverley station to protest against
the "Brownwash" of UK government spin on trade, aid and debt policy,
three exhausted activists from Brighton WDM brought their occupation to
a peaceful end.
The trio descended of their own accord, only to be arrested, handcuffed and taken to Livingston police station, some 20 miles from Edinburgh. Kath, Leila and Paul were cheered down by a waiting crowd of WDM supporters and well-wishers, and hope to be released in order that they can go on to join thousands of others in protest at Gleneagles tomorrow (Wednesday) to call for Blair and other G8 leaders to drop their corporate-led neo-liberal agenda and engage in real policy change to benefit the world's poor.
Wednesday 06 July update: All 3 Brighton WDM activists have been released and are all on the bus to Gleneagles. They were charged with a breach of the peace and were bailed to appear at the Sheriff's Court in Edinburgh next Tuesday. They are due to be interviewed by Five Live this afternoon.
Report of the arrest on the BBC website
Crane incident mentioned on Newnight correspondent Paul Mason's Gleneagles blog
Read WDM's pre-arrest press release of the crane possession
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"No More Brownwash!" declare WDM Brighton group from the top of the crane. |
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The activists make their way down after 12 hours... |
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... watched by the police... |
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... who promptly arrest Leila Deen... |
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... Paul Hutchings ... |
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... and Kath Pasteur. |
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