British Fascist leader's appearance causes furore at BBC HQ.Byline: ANI London, Oct. 23 (ANI): Protesting against the appearance of British National Party
in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. programme, hundreds of anti-Fascists demonstrated outside the BBC TV centre in London. Up to 25 protesters managed to enter the reception area of the building in White City, West London West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. Although it is only ambiguously defined, it is one of the most economically active areas of London outside of the centre, containing significant amounts of office space along with Heathrow Airport and many of , but police and security dragged them away, The Scotsman reports. Griffin managed to flee the protests by using a side entrance of the building. Before the programme was recorded, three people were arrested as anti- Fascist protesters against Griffin's appearance on Question Time. The Metropolitan Police said three people had been arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm The medical idea of (grievous) bodily harm is more specific than legal ideas of assault or violence in general, and distinct from property damage. It refers to lasting harm done to the body, human or otherwise, although in its legal sense it is exclusively defined as lasting , public order offences and assaulting a police officer, bringing the total arrests to six. The number of officers on the ground increased significantly as the crowd grew in numbers during the evening and a police helicopter circled overhead. As the debate approached, the chants outside Television Centre grew louder with the crowd yelling: "We're black, white, Asian and Jew, BBC shame on you", and "we won't let Nick Griffin through". Ryan Allen, 16, from Telford, Shropshire, was one of those who managed to get into Television Centre. "Peter Jones from Dragons' Den was drinking his coffee and he just smiled and looked at us. The police then put us into a corner and dragged us off one by one," he said. The protests were not restricted to London. About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the corporation's Glasgow HQ at Pacific Quay, while about 30 people targeted the BBC's Edinburgh offices. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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