Archive of protest in the UK and London between 2007 -2010

Here you can find an archive containing images covering protest during 2007 - 2010 in London and the UK. This archive contains photographs from the Tamil diaspora, Israeli embassy, G20, Financial crisis, Afghanistan and Iraq war marches and rallies, the Iranian PMOI protests for Ashraf city and many other protests outside Downing Street and Parliament Square over the conduct of the British and United States Government during the War on Terror period.

A woman holds up a sign objecting to the 42 day detention proposal as Metropolitan police look on.

A man wears a black arm-band in solidarity with the international Peace Strike taking place in the United States and the United Kingdom.

On the day British MPs largely fail to attend Parliament for the vote on the continued deployment of military forces in Afghanistan, antiwar campaigners scale the side of the British parliament building to bring attention to public opinion regarding the occupation. Members of the public and foreign national tourists gather to take pictures. London, UK. 09/09/2010.

As the march ends at Pall Mall for a rally, Jewish Rabbis and Iranian Clerics stand united beside each other.

A man stands bearing a simple message.

Another image depicts an Iranian man who is helped by others after he falls injured in the street, again with head injuries.

Born into Incarceration.

Born into Incarceration.

Born into Incarceration.

The campaigners gather once again on the day Iraqi security forces are due to assemble for the operation to remove the residents of Ashraf City prior to their transit into internment.

The campaigners gather once again on the day Iraqi security forces are due to assemble for the operation to remove the residents of Ashraf City prior to their transit into internment.

The campaigners gather once again on the day Iraqi security forces are due to assemble for the operation to remove the residents of Ashraf City prior to their transit into internment.

A male hunger striker has his blood pressure monitored.

Video footage of the residents of Camp Ashraf City is shown outside the embassy. Since the Iraqi operation to destroy the city began, both British and US media corporations have persistently refused to deal with the matter.

Candles are arranged to represent forty five years since the Camp was established in front of images of the Camp Commanders, all women and behind them, the images of the founders of the dissident pro-democracy group. Camp Ashraf is a Meritocracy led by women and founded on liberal principles of fairness and justice, entirely at odds with the male oriented Mollah regime of Iran.

Born into Incarceration.

Brian Haw, beaten and bloodied, is taken away by TSG [Territorial Support Group] officers.

Born into Incarceration.

One of the Campaigners, Maria Gallastegui, is then arrested along with others and led to a waiting police van.

A male protester with his face painted stands in front of uniformed officers who have formed a rank to prevent the group from moving any closer.

Bonkers.

Born into Incarceration.

Two members of the village carry out a protest in orange boiler suits inside the double fencing skin in order to bring attention to why protest is important to maintain and facilitate. The boiler suits are based on the apparel worn by internees at the notorious Guantanamo Bay internment camp in Cuba operated by the United States in its so-called War on Terror.

As the British General Election draws to an end, an election poster campaign truck is driven repeatedly around Parliament Square serving as a reminder of the populist narrative that underpins the course of the war, and illustrating why the British Government, in whatever guise, are too weak to bring this ruinous episode to a close.

The villagers sit on top of the monolith, a large box erected in Parliament Square to advertise the crimes commissioned and executed by Governments around the world, in many cases against their own citizens. The monolith carries a large demand for the British Government to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan. The demand has been in place for almost a year now and despite the demand, the British Government have failed to take heed of it.

Mr Cheney hangs his head in shame as the misadventure comes to light in spectacular fashion.

Barclays staff look down from above.

A large banner is held up outside BBC HQ renaming it the Biased Broadcasting Corporation.

Two Colchester women, named Amber and Louisa, pose for a photograph after seeing a peace flag from across the street.

The situation deteriorates quickly and the crowd and police officers clash in the streets.

After several hours, and a punishing walk over uneven ground and through overgrowth, the peace walkers and Malcolm Pittock stop for a few moments to rest before setting off again in the direction of Chelmsford.

The Peace Walkers enter the Whitechapel district of London, itself host to a large muslim quarter. In recent months, this district has been targeted by English loyalists posing as Fascists with the aim of provoking local violence in the area, violence that is intended to undermine the British muslim community and consolidate the continuing war in Afghanistan. Throughout the passage of the Peace walkers through this district, universal support for the anti-war cause is encountered and no known support for the war is detected.

A campaigner dressed in orange overalls holds the text of a speech in her hand. The text reads that - No injustice can last for ever if people of courage and good conscience are prepared to stand and fight.

Born into Incarceration.

A Metropolitan police officer dressed in riot uniform wears pro-war insignia on his chest during the operation planned and conducted by Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair.

The grave of capitalism sits on the floor as a woman buries it under dirt.

Another well-wisher refers to the 'underlying' nature of modern conflict.

They stop off again at another UK based oil interest.

The indigenous farmers of Bolivia are represented in a banner celebrating the power of the people.

Maria stands opposite 10 Downing Street as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown attempts to manage the disastrous election results which have confirmed that he does not, and has never enjoyed, a mandate to govern in the UK.

Maria stands opposite 10 Downing Street as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown attempts to manage the disastrous election results which have confirmed that he does not, and has never enjoyed, a mandate to govern in the UK.

One of the lies refers to his administrations presentation of the threat to the national security of the United Kingdom as a result of Iraqs stockpiling of so-called weapons of mass destruction (WMD). To date, the British people are still to be correctly informed of exactly how the Labour Government came by this information, and why they presented it as fact.

In the crowd, a woman holds a sign asking forgiveness for the crime of silence in the face of lawlessness.

David and Brian Haw embrace. David's step-daughter Helen Katherine Jones, was killed while travelling on a Piccadilly line train during the London underground bombings in July 2005. He continues to campaign against the hate that the attacks have been used to justify. London, October 2008.

The red horse of the Apocalypse (Labour) stands in Parliament Square under a foreboding cloud of doom. In just a week from now the British General Election will take place and will reveal a general strategic shift that has taken place within the country. In this final week, both mainstream political parties have adopted desperate and unconvincing campaigning to try to convince their supporters that their particular support base is unaffected.

The barrel of gunpowder almost explodes outside Parliament but not with enough force to claim any of the rabble within.

After killing nine innocent people on vessels in international waters and then attempting to blame those it has killed for their own deaths, Israel's reputation, and reliability, enters serious and chronic failure.

A police officer seizes Barbara Tuckers antiwar banner shortly before the PM arrives for the unveiling.

Senior figures from the coalition government, the Royal Navy (RN), the Royal Air Force, (RAF) and the British Army walk the short distance from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to cabinet offices hosting the National Security Council (NSC) to take part in negotiations for the Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The announcement of the results of the negotiations are expected on October 19th , just one day short of the announcement of austerity measures.

The supporters gather outside Westminster Abbey prior to beginning a vigil for those who have been arrested and charged inside Iran and who are awaiting execution or are now serving heavy sentences. Behind them, The Iraq Enquiry building hosts the Iraq Enquiry and is now days away from hearing testimony from Anthony Blair, former British Prime Minister over his premierships conduct during the pre-amble to Britains involvement in the UK/US led inavasion and occupation of the sovereign nation of Iraq.

An image depicts a burning police vehicle in Tehran.

Another London hunger striker holds his hands up and vows to continue on.

Maya Evans holds a watch to time the reading ceremony, each name is read out at one minute intervals.

A man, bleeding badly from a head wound, stands dazed and confused during the initial confrontation.

A man, bleeding badly from a head wound, stands dazed and confused during the initial confrontation.

They are greeted by a man going by the name of Adrian Duffy who insists that he will hand the letter to the UK Home Office Labour Minister Alan Johnson. The letter calls on the British Government to halt the deportation of Bita to Iran, to grant Bita political asylum she deserves and to recognise that Bita is not simply an immigrant, as the UK Border Agency seem to think.

A Home Office worker walks with his hands in his pockets into the entrance of the building. In the UK there is no sitting Parliament and no operating Government. As a result, there is no political oversight in play leaving British courts heavily unsupported when determining the political impact of deportations of highly relevant activists to regions which are politically unstable during the aftermath of the so called War on Terror.

Three soldiers from the the Second Fusiliers bearing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) insignia stop during the campaign and discuss the fate of L/C Joe Glenton with a campaigner.

A high ranking official from within the High Commission attempts to give answers to the assembled crowd and has to be protected as he does so.

A group of pensioners sit on a bench. In the UK, pensioners are the single largest group to face the full severity of spending cuts due to their reliance on services provided by the NHS. At the moment, almost all cuts possible are likely to severely impact on this group from reduced supplies of critical drugs and cancellation of care provision in local communities through to reduced state pensions.

Maria Gallastegui and others listen to poems written by David Gould, step-father to Helen Katherine Jones who was killed during the London bombings in 2005.

The four men from left to right are Sivatharsan Sivakumaravel aged 20, Hariram Shanmugathas aged 24, Sivarajan Satkunarajah aged 26 and Premanathan Hariendran aged 20. Their main demands are Immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka, Food and Medical aid with International monitors to the Tamil civilians in the Liberation (LTTE) controlled areas and Recognise the LTTE as the only representatives of the Tamil people and de-proscribe the organisation.

Police officers swarm around the protesters underneath a railway bridge in order to protect the company and its business.

A man is stopped and searched in Trafalgar Square as the protesters assemble.

The marchers move away and try to find another route.

The Israeli flag is burned outside Downing Street.

A muslim man shouts in anger at the appalling violence in Palestine. Israeli Embassy.

The crowds anger overflows as another Israeli flag erupts into flames.

An image from within Iran itself illustrates the chronic violence being seen on the streets. Here, a phalanx of security force police are hemmed in by the protesters. In the foreground, their motorbikes burn after being wrecked.

A banner calling for the boycott of companies engaged in trading with the Sri Lankan regime on display in London opposite the Parliament building.

The photographs also depict group executions and refer to the execution of minors, an offence under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN).

A banner calling for the boycott of companies engaged in trading with the Sri Lankan regime on display in London opposite the Parliament building.

A man wears a 'Union Jack' on his shoulders as he waits for the protest to take place. Temple, London. October 2007.

A Black-Bloc protester looks up while behind him another protesters placard asks what Jesus would do about Iraq.

The campaigners gather outside the British Parliament building to make calls for the emergence of the Proportional Representation electoral system otherwise known as PR. England continues to use the first past the post system (FPTP) and is one of just a few nations to continue to do so. FPTP is predominantly used by nations using the British Parliamentary system but has progressively fallen into disuse as other nations have adopted PR, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Under PR, both the Conservative and Labour parties would lose seats in equal measure if the 2010 General Election were staged again, the Liberal Democrat party would gain very substantially and the smaller parties would all mostly gain marginally.

Candles are held to remember those killed on the island during the Sri Lankan Governments UN sponsored operation.

Candles are held to remember those killed on the island during the Sri Lankan Governments UN sponsored operation.

Mr Parameswaran Subramaniyans heart rate is monitored as he reaches day 23 of his hunger strike.

Mr Parameswaran Subramaniyans heart rate is monitored as he reaches day 23 of his hunger strike.

The Tamil hunger striker, Mr Parameswaran Subramaniyan, has now been without food for 14 days and is now receiving constant medical care from doctors and paramedics. He has vowed to continue to the end.

Terence Bunch - Photojournalist & Writer.

A Tamil woman holds her hands with palms upturned inside the pen representing the concentration camp at Trinco.

The protesters form a line stretching from Horseguards to Trafalgar Square along Whitehall.

The protesters form a line stretching from Horseguards to Trafalgar Square along Whitehall.

A woman wears a bandage on her arm to represent the humanitarian disaster deliberately enforced on the Tamil people by the British Government, the International Community and the Sri Lankan Government.

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton currently serving with the Royal Logistic Corps assembles with others at the head of the march prior to moving off. While there have been many protests regarding British involvement in Iraq, this is the first massed gathering single issue protest to take place regarding Afghanistan. Recent polls confirm that the British people no longer believe that the conflict can be won.

Lyndsey German speaks through a loudspeaker as a man holds a newspaper behind her.

An appalling roll-call of names of those who have died while in the care of the state.

A Tamil man stands in front of a large banner depicting stills from a recently released video, broadcast around the world, confirming that the Sri Lankan military machine have been carrying out summary executions of Tamils on the Island, a war crime in international parlance.

Born into Incarceration.