RED ALERT !!! your civil liberties and right to protest are under attack once again .squatting in this country is under assault I went to a squash meeting on Tuesday where we were told that moves are being made to further criminalise squatting in non-residential and commercial buildings.
This could happen as soon as the end of this year 2013 apparently the Justice Minister Chris Grayling has contacted all MPs asking for stories concerning commercial squatting with a view to criminalisation.
Also Mike the murderer Weatherly MP has been calling for the law to be changed by the end of this year.
The Justice Minister has said this could simply be done by adding an amendment onto the end of an upcoming justice bill.
This is similar to the undemocratic unlawful and unfair way section 144 (criminalising residential squatting) was added to the legal aid bill at the last minute without proper parliamentary debate and passed through The House of Lords after midnight when most peers had gone home.
This is a major assault on our rights to protest and Civil Liberties as it will affect occupations of universities for students as well as workplace occupations of factories etc by unions as well as anybody who chooses to occupy space for a short or long period as a protest.
Now is the time for action we cannot sit by and watch the last of our squatting rights and a major part of our right to protest be removed in an undemocratic manner.
The consultation about criminalising squatting in residential buildings had a result of 96% of the replies saying do not criminalise, including judges police lawyers and homeless charities.
This was completely and undemocratically ignored by the government who proceeded to criminalise residential Squatting and the homeless and dispossessed ,the Landless.Preferring to put people into prison, Rather than to use some of the 1 million empty buildings in the UK.
Please contact www.SquashCampaign.org as soon as possible and offer any help or support.
particularly if you are from a protest group union or student group.
Get networking contact your MP ,contact the media,organise a local meeting in your area,leaflet network but most of all take DirectAction.
Contact phoenix on phoenixrainbow23@gmail.com if u up for action
U can't kill the spirit
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