UK Peace Activist Convicted

[Eric J in MN]

A woman was arrested and convicted for reading the names of British soldiers killed in Iraq.

From the BBC website:

Maya Anne Evans, 25, a vegan cook from Hastings, (UK) was found guilty of breaching Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act.

The UK has made it illegal to have unauthorized protest of any size within a kilometer of the Parliament building.

From the UK Mirror:

(She) was found guilty of breaching a one kilometre exclusion zone for unauthorised protests around Westminster.

She had been arrested in October as she read out names of 97 British soldiers who died in Iraq.

She said: "I just think it's a shame you can't voice your freedom of speech any more."

Who really committed a "Serious Organised Crime?" Maya Anne Evans or Tony Blair? The latter misled the UK into a war with hype about wmd.

"War is a Racket."