{"id":21834,"date":"2010-09-06T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T10:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=21834"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T07:58:00","slug":"protester-attempts-citizens-arrest-on-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/09\/06\/protester-attempts-citizens-arrest-on-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Protester attempts citizen’s arrest on Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"

An anti-war campaigner has attempted to make a citizen’s arrest on former prime minister Tony Blair over alleged war crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Activist Kate O’Sullivan managed to get through tight security to confront Mr Blair as he held a book signing in Dublin.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old from Cork claims to have queued for 90 minutes and went through airport style security – handing in all her belongings and going through a metal detector – before she attempted to arrest Mr Blair.<\/p>\n

She says the former Prime was blas\u00e9 about her accusations: “He didn’t say anything, He just signed the book, he looked down and then looked at security.”<\/p>\n

Ms O’Sullivan, a member of the Irish Palestine Solidarity Movement, was detained for almost half an hour before she was cautioned by gardai.<\/p>\n

Earlier, shoes and eggs had been pelted at Mr Blair as he arrived at the bookshop on O’Connell Street in Dublin city centre.<\/p>\n

ITN<\/span><\/p>\n

A website offered \u00a0reward For Tony Blair’s Arrest earlier this year<\/strong><\/p>\n

UK, Wednesday January 27, 2010<\/p>\n

Website Offers Reward For Tony Blair’s Arrest<\/h1>\n

A website offering a reward to people who try to arrest former Prime Minister Tony Blair for alleged “crimes against peace” has raised over \u00a39,000 in just two days.<\/h2>\n

The website, called\u00a0Arrest Blair<\/strong>, was launched on January 25 – just four days before he was due to give evidence to the Chilcott inquiry into the Iraq war.<\/p>\n

It was created by writer George Monbiot, an environmental and political activist who has a weekly column in The Guardian newspaper.<\/p>\n

Launching the website, he wrote: “We must show that we have not, as Blair requested, ‘moved on’ from Iraq, that we are not prepared to allow his crime to remain unpunished.”<\/p>\n

The website stipulates the citizen’s arrest must be peaceful and that anyone attempting it will be paid a quarter of the money donated – currently just over \u00a39,200.<\/p>\n

It also states there must be no injuries to Mr Blair or those around him and that the incident must be reported in “at least one mainstream media outlet in a bulletin, programme or article”.<\/p>\n

Anyone claiming the reward must also prove they are the person featured in the report and come forward within 28 days of the attempt.<\/p>\n

For people who have not carried out a citizens arrest in the past, the website offers advice on how to go about it, including handling police.<\/p>\n

They are recommended to approach Mr Blair “calmly”, and “in a gentle fashion to lay a hand on his shoulder or elbow, in such a way that he cannot have any cause to complain of being hurt”<\/p>\n

They are urged to loudly announce: “Mr Blair, this is a citizens’ arrest for a crime against peace, namely your decision to launch an unprovoked war against Iraq.<\/p>\n

“I am inviting you to accompany me to a police station to answer the charge.”<\/p>\n

Mr Monbiot<\/strong>, 47, said although any arrests would be “largely symbolic” they would nonetheless have “great political resonance”.<\/p>\n

He added: “There must be no hiding place for those who have committed crimes against peace. No civilised country can allow mass murderers to move on.”<\/p>\n

Source : The Sky<\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.sky.com\/?f=rss<\/span><\/p>\n

The metioned website’s link is below.<\/p>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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