Sheffield M1 Protestors Foiled — & link to activist security guide

17.04.2007
Eight peo­ple were arrest­ed and hous­es were raid­ed yes­ter­day before a planned action against M1 widen­ing in South York­shire could take place. Accord­ing to the main­stream media three women and five men were arrest­ed on sus­pi­cion of com­mit­ting Pub­lic Order offences and were lat­er released on bail, the arrest were made before the activists could stop any work and the ‘inci­dent’ did not dis­rupt traf­fic.

17.04.2007
Eight peo­ple were arrest­ed and hous­es were raid­ed yes­ter­day before a planned action against M1 widen­ing in South York­shire could take place. Accord­ing to the main­stream media three women and five men were arrest­ed on sus­pi­cion of com­mit­ting Pub­lic Order offences and were lat­er released on bail, the arrest were made before the activists could stop any work and the ‘inci­dent’ did not dis­rupt traf­fic.

BBC report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6559839.stm

York­shire Post report:
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news?ArticleID=2706544

Sheffield Star report:
http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/headlines?ArticleID=2706627

For back­ground info see this fea­ture arti­cle:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2007/01/360616.html

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http://www.nowideningm1.org.uk/
http://www.activistsecurity.org/