Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 70 - August 2000Back to list of articles in this issue

Terrorism Amendment

The Green Party have achieved their first ever Bill amendment, and have managed to get the definition of terror in the Terrorism Bill changed. It was “action endangering the life of any person,” but now continues “other than that of the person committing the action” so Suffragette Emily Davison, who threw herself in front of a horse, would not be classified as a terrorist!