Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Manifesti? Sei un terrorista!

Sorpresa!
L'UK usera' le leggi anti-terrorismo contro le manifestazioni
ecologiste che si oppongono all'espansione di un'aeroporto.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2146692,00.html
Police to use terror laws on Heathrow climate protesters
Government has encouraged use of stop and search and detention without
charge
Armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to "deal robustly" with
climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations
threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport.
Up to 1,800 extra officers will be drafted in to prevent an estimated
1,500 people disrupting the airport over the period of the camp for
climate change, which is due to begin on Tuesday. The police have been
told to use stop and search powers against the protesters, who have
pledged to take direct action on August 18 and 19 but not to endanger
life.
 The Metropolitan police chief, Sir Ian Blair, has said he fears a
minority of protesters intent on breaking the law could cause massive
disruption as Heathrow prepares for its busiest week of the year.
Yesterday Met commander Jo Kaye, in charge of the specialist firearms
unit, said some people would "want to get their message across using
criminal means".
Scotland Yard's plans for handling the protests are revealed in a
document seen by the Guardian, which was produced by Met commander
Peter Broadhurst during a legal hearing at the high court which
imposed restrictions on a number of named campaigners.
"Should individuals or small groups seek to take action outside of
lawful protest they will be dealt with robustly using terrorism
powers. This is because the presence of large numbers of protesters at
or near the airport will reduce our ability to proactively counter the
terrorist act [threat]," the document says.
The police report makes it clear that the government has encouraged
police forces to make greater use of terrorism powers "especially the
use of stop and search powers under s44 Terrorism Act 2000".
The law gives police powers to:
· Stop and search people and vehicles for anything that could be used
in connection with terrorism
· Search people even if they do not have evidence to suspect them
· Hold people for up to a month without charge
· Search homes and remove protesters' outer clothes, such as hats,
shoes and coats.
Last night the protesters said they would not be intimidated. "We are
trying to prevent climate change by stopping the expansion of the
airport. There is no intention to endanger life. Our quarrel is not
with passengers but with BAA and the government," said a spokesman.
The civil rights group Liberty said it was alarmed at the police use
of the anti-terrorism powers to deter peaceful protest. "Stop and
search powers created to address the threat of terrorism should not be
used routinely against peaceful demonstrators," said James Welch,
Liberty's legal director.
The police tactics have echoes of the 2003 anti-war demo at RAF
Fairford where law lords eventually ruled police had acted unlawfully
in detaining two coachloads of protesters, who were stopped and
searched and then turned back even though they were on their way to an
authorised demonstration. Police used section 44 of the act 995 times
at the Fairford peace camp, even though there was no suggestion of
terrorist overtones.
The Guardian has established that at least two climate change
campaigners have been arrested recently at Heathrow by officers using
terrorism powers. Cristina Fraser, a student, was stopped when cycling
near the airport with a friend and then charged under section 58 of
the Terrorism Act. This makes it an offence to make a record of
something that could be used in an act of terrorism.
"I was arrested and held in a police cell for 30 hours. I was
terrified. No one knew where I was. They knew I was not a terrorist,"
she said.
Ms Fraser, a first-year London university anthropology student, has
been on aviation demonstrations with the Plane Stupid campaign group,
but claims she was carrying nothing at all. The police later recharged
her with conspiring to cause a public nuisance.

 terrorist act [threat]," the document says.
Piu' che doveroso.
Tra quei manifestanti che *FARANNO AZIONI CONTRO LA LEGGE* potrebbero
anche esserci dei terroristi.
-Stefano