10th November 2006

FREEDOM TO PROTEST PUBLIC MEETING

Public Meeting demands No to Police Harassment of Demonstrations

The Right to Protest is NOT a Police Privilege

Following the 19th August demonstration against the Lebanon demonstration, which came under severe harassment and attack by Sussex Police, with intrusive videoing and filming of children and protestors alike, a number of organisations are coming together to hold a public meeting to demand No to Police Harassment of Demonstrations and Protestors.

The Public Meeting, at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 10th November at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street will have a number of speakers including Cllrs. Francis Tonks and Simon Williams of the Green Party, Tony Greenstein of Palestine Solidarity/Alliance for Green Socialism, Glenn Williams of Sussex Action for Peace, Abu Bakr of the Save Omar Deghayes Campaign James Elsdon-Baker from No2ID Campaign and a speaker from the Smash EDO campaign.

The primary theme of the meeting will be the defence of democratic rights at a time when terrorism is being used as the excuse to undermine the most basic and taken for granted human rights. Internment, Control Orders, Habeus Corpus long standing rights of freedom and liberty are being undermined in the war against terror. The meeting is being held under Benjamin Franklins watchword Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither. Two hundred years later it is still appropriate.

For Immediate Release
For further information contact: Tony Greenstein 01273-540717/ 07843350343

Public Meeting
Defend the Right to Demonstrate
Protest is a Right - not a Police Privilege
Friday 10th November 7.30-9.30 p.m.

Friends Meeting House,
Ship Street,
Brighton

Speakers include:

Paddy OKeefe (Respect) - Chairperson
Cllr. Francis Tonks
Cllr. Simon Williams (Green Party)
Glenn Williams - Sussex Action for Peace
Tony Greenstein (Palestine Solidarity /Alliance 4 Green Socialism)
James Elsdon-Baker - No2ID Campaign
Abu Bakr - Save Omar Deghayes Campaign
Smash EDO speaker

Notes for Journalists

Brighton & Hove is a UN Peace Messenger City

EDO MBM Technologies Ltd are the sole UK subsidiary of huge U.S arms conglomerate EDO Corp, which was
recently named No. 10 in the Forbes list of 100
fastest growing companies. They supply bomb release
mechanisms to the US and UK armed forces amongst
others. They supply crucial components for Raytheon's Paveway guided bomb system, widely used in the "Shock and Awe" campaign in Iraq.
Campaign against EDO MBM.

EDO MBM makes electrical weapons components for the
Israeli military. EDO MBM manufactures components to be incorporated into the Hellfire missile, which the Israeli army has recently used to attack the civilian population of Gaza. They have organised conferences on the development of UCAVs, unmanned aircraft which are widely used in aerial attacks on Gaza. EDO Corporation, of which EDO MBM Brighton is a wholly owned trading unit, has a direct contract with the Israeli Navy who murdered 10 civilians on a beach near Beit Lahiya, Gaza, earlier this month.

People involved in the anti-EDO campaign include, but are not limited to: local residents, the Brighton Quakers, peace activists, anti-capitalists, Palestine Solidarity groups, human rights groups, trade unionists, academics and students.

The campaign started in August 2004 with a peace camp. It's avowed aim is to expose EDO MBM and their
complicity in war crimes and to remove them from
Brighton.

Contact Andrew Beckett or Sarah Johnson For more
Details

Email - smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk, tel 07875708873
http://www.smashedo.org.uk

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