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BRIAN HAW

Brian Haw is an English peace campaigner. He was born in 1949. In 2001, Brian Haw commenced a constant vigil protest outside England's Houses of Parliament protesting against the USA led sanctions and bombing of Iraq. Within a year of his campaign starting, moves were made to evict Brian Haw under pretexts such as 'obstructing the highway' and supposed risks of terrorism, however all attempts failed and in 2005 the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, passed a new law banning all spontaneous protests within a half-mile radius of the House of Parliament in direct contradiction to the rights established under the Human Rights Act.
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