So killing 34 of them wasn't enough! This is being done under a law called "common purpose", which means that armed protestors clashing with police in incidents resulting in deaths, can actually be charged for the deaths.. Something like the dream of every right wing politician: put two paid lads with guns amongst the protestors and kill everyone, THEY will pay for it!
If anyone hears of protests or solidarity campaigns in the UK please forward here.
Jero
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Dr Jerónimo Montero Bressán
ESRC Post Doctoral Fellow
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3626
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/jeronimo.montero
Latin American Editor for Human Geography
www.hugeog.com
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Cloke
Sent: 31 August 2012 13:14
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: 270 Striking SA miners charged with murder after police kill 34
Kid you not... the police shoot 34 miners, many of them in the back as they ran away, then charge the 270 miners they arrested with the murder of the 34:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=8750
Everyone else got charge with damaging police bullets as they recklessly got in the way of them.
Truly the ANC is becoming that thing it overthrew.
Dr Jon Cloke
LCEDN/MEGS Research Associate
Geography Department
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
Office: 01509 228193
Mob: 07984 813681
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