[via Parliament-Square.org.uk]:
IMPORTANT SOCPA APPEAL IN THE HIGH COURTThursday 16th and Friday 17th November 2006, Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, 10am
Demonstration of support outside the court from 9.30am - please bring banners.
Four people convicted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for demonstrating without authorisation in the protest exclusion zone around Parliament will be appealing in the High Court. Maya Evans, Steve Blum, Aquil Shaer and Milan Rai will be appealing against their convictions on points of law including the compatibility of the ban on unauthorised protests with the Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
This is the first court hearing at which the SOCPA law itself will come under significant scrutiny. Please come along and show your support for the SOCPA convicts.
According to the The Daily Cause List, these appeals will be held in Court Number 1:
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