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Published Date: 04 July 2008
CAMPAIGNERS arrested during a protest against ID cards at the Carlton Highland Hotel will appear in court later this month.
The "No2ID Nine" – which includes three doctors and one PhD student – were charged with breach of the peace offences following an incident at a Home Office meeting on ID cards at the hotel on Monday.

The protesters – members of the Edinburgh branch of No2ID – are set to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on July 24.

Among those herded into police vans was a four-year-old, who was taken away with his mother.





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  • Last Updated: 04 July 2008 11:20 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

subrosa,

04/07/2008 12:28:58
They deserve all the support they can get from the public. Time the police arrested the 13-17 year olds who are drunk and disorderly in our streets instead of their 'ticking off' attitude.
2

Amenemhat,

04/07/2008 12:48:06
#1 No, because it's these same liberals that tell the police to stop pushing these young persons around.
3

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

04/07/2008 13:11:21
And we think we are free? LOL

I noticed no police were arrested when they protested over their pay?
4

An Beal Bacht,

04/07/2008 13:31:37
"Among those herded into police vans was a four-year-old, who was taken away with his mother."

New Labour have a history of making war on children so I am not surprised. Just disgusted.
5

hertscot,

04/07/2008 15:09:56
The Grand Plan,

If you arrest enogh peolple for excersing their right to protest, then people will stop protesting.
6

hertscot,

04/07/2008 15:12:31
Attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

TIME TO SDPEAK OUT
7

hertscot,

04/07/2008 15:13:02
.....or even SPEAK
8

James (1),

04/07/2008 15:57:11
#6 So are you saying we should all become Nazis?
9

steve 1511,

aberdeen 04/07/2008 16:10:28
they should be arresting mps for their abuse of the expense system at westminster,the like of eric joyce mp for falkirk west who has topped the expenses league before and it is no wonder
he lives in south croydon london not falkirk,his wife is a school teacher in south croydon his family home is in south croydon his kids go to school in south croydon,and he voted to keep the expenses system as it is open to abuse by them all,and he voted for the introduction of id cards
10

john z,

edinburgh 04/07/2008 16:19:21
Surely the best ever piece of spin by authoritarians is the phrase: "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about"

I see people saying this all the time in Scotland. It is beyond stupid.

Everyone has things to hide, otherwise we would all leave our bedroom curtains open at night, and pin our salary packets to the outside of our houses. Heavens, some people don't even like people to know what they have on their Ipod.

In the 1920's, jews, the disabled and homosexuals in Germany had nothing to hide, and nothing to fear. Twenty years later, they were being gassed.

The reality is, these 9 people should be set free, they stood up for nothing more than freedom. I do hope our Scottish justiciary still have people who understand the concept of civil liberties.

No matter how much power a police force has, it will ALWAYS want more, and these ID cards are the first step in a totalitarian society.

Imagine, in the future, a very successful independence movement starts in Scotland, and we know from past history the English Government use illegal means to suppress such trends. Imagine then, the leader of said independence movement, suddenly it is leaked to the press, that twnety years ago he looked at some pron on the internet - result movement destroyed.

These kinds of ID records are open to real abuse, with the result that democracy can be usurped at a mouse click. If you object, 'data' will be added to your file, 'showing you had done bad things in the past.

These 9 protesters deserve all the support they can get. The police in this country operate by the CONSENT of the population. Maybe the chief constable of Lothian and Borders police needs to remember that. But then again, L&B police force, are the ones who tried to 'sully' the name of Tommy Sheridans wife, with trumped up charges (together with press leaks - how convenient) regarding whisky miniatures.

Be in no doubt,History repeatedly shows us, the more power you give pol
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john z,

edinburgh 04/07/2008 16:28:16
Be in no doubt,History repeatedly shows us, the more power you give police, the more power they will abuse.
12

John Aitken,

Huddersfield 04/07/2008 22:54:23
Well that's typical of the Police too busy waisting time instead of dealing with knife crime they are more interested in protesters being locked up for speaking out in what they believe in. This government is turning into a load of nazi's hell bent on power at any cost, all they are concerned about is their stupid Id Card scheme and National database and to treat us all like criminals and who pays for it all? The taxpayer who else. What have they done about this knife crime thats sweeping the country? Handed out a bunch of stupid leaflets how pathetic is that? The Labour party will lose in the end by losing votes, power to the people.

 

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