Latest regarding Tony Leamon - Kernow's answer to Michael Collins

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Comrades - please support and spread this news which has just arrived in my 'in basket'. The media and press in Cornwall are weak and with a few exceptions made up of second rate journalists who are afraid of making waves with the authorities and which are police controlled. For too long the police have breached human rights in Cornwall and have walked free. Evidence of that to be found at:
http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/ and http://www.pinkpasty.blogspot.com/ (the fascist colonial police in Cornwall are taking action against Mr Lidbury by veiled threat to have him remove his website - the truth is too much for them you see) which points out that they are above the law, any law !

To the police to whom this e-mail is copied:

This material is forwarded to you and your must retain it and disclose it including its inserts and internet links under the terms and provisions of the Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act (CPIA).
It MUST be forwarded to the officer in case and recorded on the appropriate schedule (MG6 C) and disclosed both to the Crown Prosecution Service and to the lawyer representing Mr Tony Leamon who has been subject of an injustice at the hands of the fascist and government directed colonial police who cover Cornwall in a most corrupt manner.

Thanks, Tam Graham

Material received as follows:

CELTIC LEAGUE - PRESS INFORMATIONBAIL DATE FOR LEAGUE MAN ON TERRORISM CHARGE

Celtic League campaigner and Kernow branch treasurer Tony Leamon,will be appearing for at Camborne police station this Wednesday (2ndJuly 2008) to answer his bail, almost 10 months after he was first arrested on 6th September 2007 on suspicion of terrorism.

To give support to other victims of the British state's over enthusiasticuse of anti terrorist legislation, Mr Leamon has made a short video film of himself, for the Celtic League, to rely some of his feelings of having been on police bail for this extended period of time.

As will be seen from the video footage, Mr Leamon is in good spirits and has kept his sense of humour throughout, despite a very low period earlier this year when the pressure of the ordeal drove him to make a suicide attempt. The Celtic League has been campaigning on Mr Leamon's behalf sincehis arrest and the arrest of other members of the Cornish cultural and political movement at the same time. Mr Leamon, along with all of the other people arrested, were perplexed as to why the police had picked on them as part of the police investigation into the Cornish National Liberation Army/Cornish Republican Army.

Needless to sayMr Leamon and the other people arrested all maintained their innocence and denied ever having taken part in any criminal activity in the furtherance of their beliefs. With no or little evidence to go on,the police had to release the other arrestees from their bail andnow it is only Mr Leamon who has been kept hanging on.Mr Leamon has been due to answer his bail on 3 separate occasions(not including his arrest), but each time, after lengthy periods of questioning, his bail has only been extended further. Now Mr Leamon is hoping that Wednesday will be the fourth and final time he will have to visit Camborne police station on this matter. The Kernow Branch of the League are planning to hold a protest outside Camborne police station on the afternoon of the 2nd July and are requesting that all his supporters who are able to attend the protest to turn up at just before 1500. Those who are unable to attend the protest are encouraged to phone the Devon and Cornwall Police central number on 0044 (0) 8452 777444 (remember to include the 0 if phoning from the UK) and ask to be put through to Camborne police station, regarding Tony Leamon, not forgetting to state where you are calling from. Alternatively,emails can be sent to mailto:Police.Enquiries%40devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk with the same message of support. Supporters are requested to enquireafter Mr Leamon's welfare, who is registered disabled and has a debilitating disease. If Mr Leamon is bailed once again, he may have to forfeit attendance at the Celtic League's AGM - due to be held in Dublin on August 16th 2008 - in accordance with his bail restrictions. If this is the case or if Mr Leamon is charged, the League may hold a protest outsidethe British Embassy in Dublin on the weekend of the AGM. The Tony Leamon video link can be found below:http://rhisiart.talebot.googlepages.com/tl2

J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League
29/06/08

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Tony Leamon - Kernow/Cornwall's Michael Collins shows bravery in the face of the Imperial & Colonial Police

This just in from the Tony Leamon support group. A direct and very dignified message from Mr Leamon himself:

"My temperament is a lot better these day because I think the police are finally showing how weak their case is. I am almost looking forward to my next bail hearing on July 2nd.

Of course this is still affecting me and my family. My father,94, is still terrified of the police at the door. In my entire life I do not remember the police having to knock on our front door in anger.

My mother, who is slowly recovering from her bi lateral mastectomy, is keeping a brave face on all this, as all mothers do.

One thing that has given us all strength is the support I have received from complete strangers. Everything from people who recognise me in the street, to emails from other continents. Every time I type my name into Google, and see all the hits, my heat soars. Not just for me, but for all of the little people who fall foul of the state.

I answer my bail on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 3pm. I'm going to Camborne Police Station again. I have spoken to the West Briton, our local paper, and they hope to have a reporter present. I ask that anyone who can make it stands outside the police station, with a Cornish flag, Do so politely, and with the dignity we all have. If you cannot make it, give them a ring, stating it is non urgent, and then state you are enquiring about the progress of Mr Leamon's case.

Please do not use any aggression, or intimidation with them. They are only doing their job.

I thank all my friends, from all over the world who are giving me their support.

Kernow Bys Vyken - Cornwall forever !"

The whole world will know about the plight of Celtic Cornish campaigner, Tony Leamon, who has fallen foul of the Colonial Police in Kernow and dropped into a kind of 'Catch 22' situation. The whole world except Kernow itself, that is, where there is a press & media ban in place on the whole rotton affair.

Well there is now a 'You Tube' film let on the matter to be found at:

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=OIvwoEV4gOo

Good Luck Tony Leamon. The world watches while the Colonial Police and their masters inflict misery. One day the press in Kernow will have the guts to reveal what is happening !

TONY LEAMON

More news from across at the Celtic League about Tony Leamon:

CORNISH BRANCH MEMBERS PLIGHT GETS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

The plight of Celtic League campaigner Tony Leamon was highlighted last night on a three hour weekly radio broadcast from Taos, New Mexico, USA. The program, dedicated to Tony Leamon, was devoted to Kernow and focused on the legends, language and people of Kernow,including the injustice being suffered by Mr Leamon.

Mr Leamon, who was due to answer bail last Tuesday, was informed byDevon and Cornwall police on the day that his bail would be delayed until July 2nd 2008. The psychological strain that the Devon and Cornwall police have been putting on Mr Leamon, who has suffered severe emotional distress from his ordeal throughout the last 8 months, has been drawing sympathy for his cause from around the globe.Support from across the USA, Australia, Spain, Malaysia and the Celtic countries has been growing on a weekly basis. At this weekend's Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Albuquerque,New Mexico, USA visitors will be able to read a leaflet about Mr Leamon's plight being distributed at the Cornish stall.

In addition, visitorswill be able to sign up to the distribution list to be kept updated about Mr Leamon's case.

As one of the festival's organisers and CelticLeague member told the Kernow Branch this week:"{Tony's} case is one that has gathered support world wide".Relevant links to earlier items on Celtic News at:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2607http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2544http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2280http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2450http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2451http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2478http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2537http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/2541
J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League
16/05/08

The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It worksto promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on abroad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It highlightshuman rights abuse, monitors all military activity and focuses onsocio-economic issues.TEL (UK)01624 877918 MOBILE (UK)07624 491609Internet site at:http://celticleague.net/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/

TONY LEAMON - MESSAGE FROM SUPPORT GROUP

As follows:

The Criminal Procedures and Investigation Act (CPIA) which obliges the police and their Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to disclose to the defence solicitor every piece of material not used in the actual case. That means every one of your letters of support, every phone call which should be logged and passed on and so on. To breach this legislation will undermine the Prosecution case - so I hope you all see where I am coming from ! keep those messages going. I have sent one in asking the police to be aware that the St George's Flag is very unpopular in Kernow and that much hate may follow from many people who could possibly have phoned the campsite where it was being flown. Further, that if they went to the "News is Now Public", a Vancouver based news site, they would see that over 10,000 people have viewed very critical material about Jamie Oliver and other celebrity English colonisers. Any one of those 10,000 could easily send hate mail.

The police officer investigating Tony is as follows: Detective 196 HAMPSON of BODMIN CID
so why not make all mail addresses to him and ask that it is copied to the CPS and to Tony's lawyer Ms. G. Kinley (good Celtic name !) of Vivian Thomas & Jervis Solicitors, PO Box 23, Falmouth, Kernow TR11 3UF.

The police/Cps must reveal every piece of information acquired along the way of these 10 months. Let's make them earn their money !

Police E-mail: http://de.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Police.Enquiries@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk marked 'for attention of Detective 196 HAMPSON, BODMIN CID
or anonymously to:

https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp marked 'for attention of detective 196 HAMPSON BODMIN CID

or to the people who 'pay' the police, the Police Authority (just like a board of Governers if you like)

http://de.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=PolAuth@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk and again mark for attention of 196 HAMPSON & Cornwall CPS

Also ask that Tony's Lawyer be made aware of your message.

TONY LEAMON - Brave Celtic Cornishman still subject of ill treatment by Colonial Police

More news regarding Tony Leamon, Celtic activist from Kernow who is now compared to a Michael Collins type figure after refusing to be called English, all this courtesy of the site:

http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/

Tony Leamon - still on bail!

As readers will be aware, yesterday should have been the day that Celtic League activist Tony Leamon answered his bail at Camborne police station.

The Celtic League ran this story on their news pages, thinking that Tony may at last be taken off bail for lack of any evidence against him. A demonstration outside Camborne police station had been planned by Branch activists and so had a campaign of coordinated activity to contact Camborne police station asking about Tony's welfare, by email and telephone, from across the world.

However, just before Tony left his house yesterday, two police officers called round and told him that his bail would be delayed until 2nd July 2008.

Whether this was a calculated attempt by the police to avoid any negative publicity in the press for themselves or whether it was because they can find no evidence whatsoever to charge Tony with, we will probably never know.

The CPW feeling is that the truth lies somewhere between the two scenarios. What is clear though, after this bail date, is that Tony’s support is growing at an incredible rate. The longer Tony is on bail the more people around the world are becoming aware of the injustice that he is being subjected to by the Devon and Cornwall colonial police.

Emails of support have been coming in to the CPW team and others from as far afield as USA, Canada, France, Spain, Australia and Malaysia, in addition to the support base in the celtic countries.

Yesterday, after the visit from the police, Tony contacted his solicitor to complain about the length of bail that he has now received and to see if something could be done about it. His solicitor told him that the police can keep him on bail for as long as necessary and that it is only the time spend at the police station, being interrogated that actually maters. By July Tony will have been on bail for 10 months and has been interrogated for 18 to 20 hours.

After arrest the police can only keep you at the police station for a maximum of 24 hours before being charged. However, solicitor friend that Tony has also been in contact with told him that he had never heard of such an extended bail period before.

This weekend at the Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, a flyer about Tony’s treatment will be distributed to visitors from the Cornwall stall and people will be able to add their name and contact details to a distribution list to be kept informed about further developments.

Also a support fund has been set up for Tony to cover any legal costs. Also see this link for further details.

We at the Celtic Warrior recognize the great courage being shown by Mr Tony Leamon in the face of the Colonial police who occupy Kernow. Our thoughts and best wishes are with you and as soon as news of the support fund is announced, you can rest assured that we shall be contributing as should all good Celts ! United we stand against the Imperialists !

We like this one found on an Irish website:

TO BE A BRAVE CELT

By day and by night
We shall fight that good fight
Seizing back what is ours
And making it right

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

They may take our books and flags away
Little they know, we're right here to stay
Black uniforms and guns in their raids by night
Their English law used to cause us much fright

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

Many people have fought this battle for years
And they have endured both misery and
we remain stubborn and at end of the day
Our deep held beliefs shall win us our way

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

(Dedicated to Tony Leamon)


Very emotive and so very true ! Follow the Tony Leamon story here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/support-tony-leamon-pacifist-celtic-cornish-activist

Tony Leamon gains world wide support

This incredible piece of poetry has been penned by a Welsh supporter of Tony Leamon.
Celtic brotherhood will overcome any Imperial or Colonial System !

http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/ - well worth a visit!

DEDICATED TO TONY FROM A SUPPORTER IN WALES

There's a man I'd like to meet, Tony Leamon is his name
He's the one in Kernow the Colonial Police want to frame
A very brave Cornishman he is, as Celtic as me and you
And although much persecuted, the views he holds are true
This great big generous Falmouth boy travels everywhere on a bus
He's the Cornish terrorist you know, the one they want to bust
He's read a John Angarrack book, you see, this but one of his crimes
And for that the foreign Chief of Police wants the man to do his time
He dares to fly many St. Piran's flags in his homeland too
And through English eyes this makes him a criminal right through
His father's an old war vet, with English medals cross his chest
But now this counts for nothing, for being Cornish is second best
He speaks the Cornish Language, another very suspicious sign
The way things are going, they'll make it a fixed penalty fine
He uses the email system, mobile phones and the internet
Most odd for a Cornish lad who they assume weak of head
So when the armoured and armed Colonial boys on his door did beat
Little did poor old Tony know, he'd be off for the custody suite
They refused to call him Cornish, West Country was their best
And through hours of interrogation, he failed to pass their test
There's no such thing as Cornish and you're a criminal they implied
And those who've told you otherwise have spoken naught but lies
And although he fights with cancer, and battles with the pain
Tony Leamon's a man of Celtic steel, not for him to be lame
And from all around the whole wide world, from both far and near
Came message of support, offers of cash, and greetings of good cheer
For this honest Celtic lad, the Colonial Police can't just let him be
Born a Cornishman his only crime to be an activist and to disagree

TONY LEAMON - Cornish Campaigner 'tortured' by Police

This is very much a story in progress. A source from the USA who is a Celtic Campaigner has contacted us with news about a Cornish Campaigner called Tony Leamon who is from Falmouth, Kernow.

Apparently, this man was arrested followed a house raid by the police force which covers Kernow and which is run from across the border and into England. The arrest occurred last September, 2007 and the police caused much distress to Mr Leamon's elderly family in trashing his house and seizing goods.

Now eight months on, the police still have him on restrictive bail without charge.

We all know that members of the English Imperial State like to cause as much distress as possible and this is a classic example.

All Celtic peoples' thoughts will be with Tony Leamon right now.

A fuller account of the whole affair can be found here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/support-tony-leamon-pacifist-celtic-cornish-activist

and here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/police-harrassment-cornwall-1984-meets-21st-century