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Barbara in Court - victimised over Scottish census
Barbara
Dowling is being charged under the Census Act, accused of not filling
in her census form properly. Her intermediate diet was held on Tue 10
January and her case is going ahead to trial. Barbara will be
defending herself. The trial will be at 10am in Court
16, Glasgow Sheriff Court Thursday
26 January
(not
16 January, as stated in an earlier email).
Countless
Scots have either failed to fill in their census forms or returned
them partially completed or improved by critical comments, but have
not been prosecuted. Barbara's victimisation is inexplicable. Please
make a date in your diary to come along and support her.
And please tell your friends.
Barbara
will also be in court on 25 Jan over non-payment of a fine incurred
for blockading Faslane nuclear submarine base. Barbara is refusing to
pay the fine and risks a jail sentence:
10am
25th January, Dumbarton Sheriff Court
- support in court welcome
Looks like the 'authorities' want to nail Barbara, as an anti-nuke activist. I think a good defense would be refusal to have any association with a company knowingly involved in torture. You can download an anti-census poster at my site.
ReplyDeletehttp://savetheholyheadland.blogspot.com/2011/05/guantanamocensusco.html
Solidarity!