Writer Fined for Reading Names of War Dead

Daily MailApril 13, 2006

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AN antiwar campaigner who refused to follow police procedures governing demonstrations close to Parliament was fined Pounds 350 yesterday after becoming the first 'protest organiser' to be prosecuted for breaching new legislation.

Writer Milan Rai, 40, staged a peaceful protest outside Downing Street last October at which he read out the names of 1,000 dead Iraqi civilians. Mr Rai's fellow protester, Maya Evans, became the first 'protest participant' to be prosecuted after she was convicted in December.

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Writer Fined for Reading Names of War Dead

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