Were the G20 protests well policed? The Metropolitan police tactics for protests are to be reviewed in a wide-ranging independent inquiry. The inquiry will ask whether the Met has strayed from "the British way" of policing protests, using minimum force. The eradication of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka has led to violence in another small island...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

On the evening of April 1st, at about 10pm, I completed the public transport leg of my journey home at Liverpool Street station in the City of London, only to find nearly every exit blocked. One was still open and it allowed people to spill out of the station on streets around it. But access to the main thoroughfare outside the station - Broadgate...

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Nicky Fisher, who is shown in video footage being assaulted by a police sergeant at the vigil for Ian Tomlinson, has reportedly hired Max Clifford to represent her, and is rumoured to be asking £50k for an exclusive interview. It might seem like a bizarre juxtaposition – Clifford, typically associated with "kiss-and-tell" tabloid stories, and...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

 Last Monday, a friend of mine called me to say there was a protest going on outside Parliament. "Thousands of Tamils are here", he urged. Intrigued by how this had happened considering it is now illegal to demonstrate within a 1km zone of Parliament Square under section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, I...

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