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About this episode

March 2003, the invasion of Iraq was beginning and in deepest middle England, three coachloads of people on their way to a lawful anti-war rally at a US airbase were stopped, searched and kidnapped by hundreds of police. Treated as dangerous terrorists the peace people - and their hired coach drivers - were imprisoned on the moving buses and forced back to London with helicopter escort along a motorway closed for the purpose. This denial of the passengers' human rights, including the right to protest, was later found to be illegal by the UK Law Lords after a judicial review.For more information see Fairford Coach Action This no-budget film was made in the days following the events depicted, and the footage was used in the court cases.

• Release Date

  Sep 21, 2009

• Runtime

  09:48