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Press Association | May 23 2006 Police have removed placards belonging to anti-war protester Brian Haw at his long-running demonstration outside Parliament.
Mr Haw said he had been left with just one placard after
officers took the action over alleged breaches of his demonstration
conditions.
Earlier this month, Court of Appeal judges overturned a
ruling that allowed him to carry out his round-the-clock vigil which he
began in June 2001.
Mr Haw, who was not evicted from Parliament Square, said
his large display of anti-war banners, placards and flags had been
"completely destroyed".
He said: "They have left me with just (one) placard. All of
my personal belongings have been taken and dumped in a container along
with nearly all the displays.
"They have completely destroyed all the expressions of
people who opposed the war in Iraq. What gives them the legal right to
remove 40m of evidence of genocide and reduce it to just 3m?"
The legal size of the protest - 3m - was imposed by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (Socpa) 2005.
A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard confirmed officers attended the scene at 2.35am.
She said: "The Metropolitan Police Service removed placards
from a demonstration site as per conditions related to size and
supervision imposed in relation to notice to demonstrate under Socpa.
"This action was taken due to continual breaches of the
conditions imposed on the demonstration. This action follows a number
of requests to the applicant to adhere to the conditions, which he has
failed to comply with." |
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