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  • Six Animal Rights Advocates Are Convicted of Terrorism

    03/03/2006 5:02:51 PM PST · by neverdem · 48 replies · 1,005+ views
    NY Times ^ | March 3, 2006 | DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
    An animal rights group and six of its members were convicted of terrorism and Internet stalking yesterday by a federal jury that found them guilty of using their Web site to incite attacks on those who did business with or worked for a British company that runs an animal testing laboratory in New Jersey. The case was the first test of the Animal Enterprise Terror Act, enacted in 1992 to curb the most aggressive tactics used by activists. The verdict, which came after 14 hours of deliberation, was called an insidious threat to free speech by some activists, but was...
  • Huntingdon animal activists face terrorism charges in US

    01/22/2005 2:00:46 AM PST · by flitton · 6 replies · 546+ views
    timesonline.co.uk ^ | 22/01/05 | Bob Graham and NIcola Woolcock
    ANIMAL rights activists face trial on terrorism charges in America next month for their campaign against a British research centre. The seven members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (Shac) are all from America, but at least one trained as an activist in Britain. They were arrested in FBI raids across four states over their alleged activities against Huntingdon Life Sciences. The company’s headquarters are in Cambridgeshire, but it has a laboratory in New Jersey. The seven, who face trial in New Jersey, are charged with conspiring to commit animal enterprise terrorism. If convicted they face heavy fines and up to...