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PUT THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON TRIAL !
This coming Monday (March 15th) voices in the
wilderness members Gabriel Carlyle and Andrea Needham will be appearing at Bow
Street Magistrates' Court in London (nearest tube: Covent Garden) charged with
criminal damage to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The trial will
take place at 2pm.
On December 17th, as the bombs rained down on
Iraq, the pair through buckets of red paint at the FO wall where they also wrote
the messages "Stop the killing" and "Lift the Sanctions".
The FO is claiming £2178 worth of damages. If convicted the pair could face a 6 month prison sentence.
There will be a vigil outside the Court between
12 noon and 1pm (bring food to share).
After the trial the die-hard campaigner could proceed to the
ARROW anti-sanctions vigil outside the Foreign Office (5.30 pm - 7 pm). ARROW
have been holding this vigil every week for the last eight and a half
years.
For any additional details call voices on 0181 - 444
1605.
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