Great news that the Oxford campaigner and press officer for the Campaign Against the Arms Trade has won the right to have photos taken of him leaving a shareholders meeting destroyed. Andrew Wood purchased a share in Reed Elsevier PLC, parent company of Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd which runs trade fairs for the arms industry and went to a meeting to question the company about their activities. Police images of him were retained on file despite Wood never facing any kind of charges. This ruling is a victory for campaigners struggling to defend the right to peaceful protest and anyone opposing the increasingly worrying levels of police surveillance and attacks on civil liberties in our country.
