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UK Uncut accuses police of politically motivated arrests - Campaign group claims police are trying to disband it following arrests at Fortnum and Mason sit-in

01 April 2011

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UK Uncut accuses police of politically motivated arrests - Campaign group claims police are trying to disband it following arrests at Fortnum and Mason sit-in (The Observer, link):

"The Met has charged 138 people – practically the movement's entire leadership – with aggravated trespass after a UK Uncut occupation of Fortnum and Mason in central London during the anti-cuts march.

A meeting of UK Uncut supporters heard that those charged have had their phones confiscated. The mobiles contain details of the group's secure networks and email accounts used to mobilise and organise actions.

The group believes that the decision to charge all of those inside Fortnum and Mason was an attempt by police to crush the movement."

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