Witryna1 gru 2012 · A new group, the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, has begun orchestrating support for a public inquiry into the policing of the bloody confrontation on 28 June 1984. ... During March 1984 ... WitrynaIf the Orgreave march on 15 June isn’t on your calendar, it should be. Joe from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign hopes to see you all there!... Orgreave Campaign vice Chair & Unite Organiser Joe Rollin encourages as many people as possible to attend the Orgreave Rally June 15th full details here...

Background:

The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was a pivotal event in … Zobacz więcej Transport of coal and coke The Orgreave Coking Works, where coal was turned into coke for use in steel production, was regarded by National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill as … Zobacz więcej The NUM deployed 5,000 pickets from across the UK, who planned to use sheer numbers ("mass picketing") to prevent access to … Zobacz więcej Mansfield described the evidence given by the SYP as "the biggest frame-up ever". He said that the force had a culture of fabricating evidence which was not corrected by … Zobacz więcej Paul Routledge, a journalist and biographer of Arthur Scargill, suggested that the National Coal Board (NCB) had used the Orgreave dispute as a diversionary … Zobacz więcej Official reports state that during the confrontation 93 arrests were made, with 51 pickets and 72 policemen injured. 95 pickets were charged with riot, unlawful assembly and … Zobacz więcej Footage of the confrontation was filmed by a crew from the BBC. When this appeared on that evening's news bulletins, it was edited and … Zobacz więcej In 2001, conceptual artist Jeremy Deller originated and set in motion the idea of a re-enactment of the event as an arts project, … Zobacz więcej WitrynaOrgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield and 3.5 miles … tema 881

Thirty-five years on, Orgreave campaigners still seek justice

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