Fitwatch

News in Brief

Police shut down the website of Fitwatch – a group that resists police harassment and surveillance of activists – after it published advice for student protestors worried about being arrested following the trashing of the Tories’ Millbank HQ.

On 15 November the site’s US-based host received an email from British police alleging that it was being used for “criminal activity”. The site was removed and Fitwatch prevented from accessing its files.

The advice was instantly reposted hundreds of times on the internet, and Fitwatch is now back online with a new host: www.fitwatch.org.uk

Topics: Police