United Kingdom: Activists claim police siding with power company EDF in law suit

Guardian: The energy company EDF is seeking more than £5m in damages from a group of more than 20 activists who occupied one of its power stations for a week last year, in an action campaigners claim could stifle the right to protest across the country. Some of the campaigners named in the legal case also claim that officers from Nottinghamshire police overstepped their role by helping EDF issue protesters with details of the civil action against them, including in one instance allegedly chasing a bailed...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/20/activists-police-edf-law-suit
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