Miranda Dunn is being held at Paddington police station tonight after being arrested for criminal damage to a carpet. Miranda, who was protesting at the Landmark Hotel where George Bush Senior is staying was arrested just before 7.00 pm this evening.
George Bush Senior is holding a $1000 dollar fundraising dinner to help re-elect his son to the White House.
Miranda who is also campaign co-ordinator for London Green Party as well as Green Party candidate for the Assembly elections for Barnet and Camden is a well known anti-war activist and has organised many demonstrations against the war in Iraq.
The Green Party has consistently opposed the war in Iraq.
Paul Ingram No 2 on the London list for the European Parliament and an expert in defence and security matters said today, " It is not Miranda Dunn that should be arrested. Miranda should be applauded for taking such a stance against the war in Iraq. The evidence of torture and murder by coalition soldiers in Iraq is truly shocking. It brings home the horror of war, and underlines the crime that Bush and Blair committed in waging such a reckless and illegal war in Iraq. The consequences will be felt across the region for years to come. We demand that the international community set up a war crimes tribunal, with those responsible; Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld and Hoon, in the dock. Anything short of this would put the lives of British soldiers and civilians in Iraq, and UK security at home, at grave risk."
Ends:
NOTES TO EDITORS
· Darren Johnson is 37 and was selected as the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London in May 2003. He was elected to the London Assembly in May 2000 where he is Leader of the Green Party Group. He was also elected to Lewisham Council in May 2002.
· The Mayoral election will be held on June 10th at the same time as the elections for the London Assembly and the European Parliament. At the last Assembly elections the Greens scored one of their best ever results in the Party’s history, securing 11.1% of the vote across London and winning three seats on the 25-member Assembly.
· Darren Johnson’s vision for a sustainable Green London can be found on his website www.johnsonformayor.org.uk
· Jean Lambert is London’s Green Member of the European Parliament and she is No 1 on the list for the London Green Party. Her website is www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk
· Green Party Assembly Members are Cllr. Darren Johnson AM, Deputy Mayor Jenny Jones AM and Noel Lynch AM