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G20 defendant marks six weeks in jail, Last detainee awaits bail appeal hearing

August 4, Toronto – Community organizer and G20 activist Erik Lankin continues to remain in detention since his arrest early on June 26th. Along with others, he is facing politically-motivated charges in relation to the Toronto G8/G20 protests. He is the last detainee on conspiracy charges who remains behind bars, and is awaiting a bail appeal after almost six weeks in detention.

OPP seeks to silence alleged G20 protest ringleaders.
Activists warned that speaking to media could lead to jail.

July 29, Toronto – The OPP have warned two alleged G20 protest ringleaders Leah Henderson and Alex Hundert that their recent media interviews are a violation of bail conditions not to organize, participate or advise protests. On the morning of July 28, OPP officers called their sureties and threatened to re-jail them if they persist in speaking to the media. Leah and Alex were released on bail on Monday July 19, three weeks after they were arrested at gunpoint in a pre-emptive nighttime raid on their Toronto home.

reposted from the toronto media coop:
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/4294
By: The Many

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Bail hearings continue for G20 activists detained for a month;

Crown appealing release of some. Communities express support for defendants and denounce criminalization of dissent.

July 26, Toronto - Leah Henderson, Amanda (Mandy) Hiscocks, and Alex Hundert, along with others, are facing politically-motivated charges in relation to the Toronto G8/G20 protests. The three were pre-emptively arrested at gun-point in a house raid on the morning of June 26, before protests began.

October 1st, 2009 - We respond to media coverage around AW@L's Olympic Torch Statementand we update on the continuing site 41 protests and the with a statement from the "People's Fire", and Dan rants about the dirty politics surrounding the development. We also read responses to and talk about Harper's "No History of Colonialism" comments among other things.
http://www.peaceculture.org/drupal/radio/aw@lradio-oct1-2009-fe.mp3