Demonstrate at Mansion House 11-12pm

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Sunday April 30, 2006 02:47 by Laurence - Dublin Campaign For Free Speech posterban at dublin dot com 0851544021

Act against the Poster Ban

We are holding a protest at the Mansion House to start our campaign against Dublin City Council effectively ending the right to free assembly by ordering its employees to rip down every single event notice posted in the city area.

This is a huge handicap to ALL campaigns large and small who want to publicise meetings or events. While big business, and the parties which they bankroll are free to advertise anywhere they like, small campaigns are undermined by this censorship which started during the Bush visit.

Even though the Litter act clearly states that all notices of public events cannot be prosecuted unless they are left up for longer than 7 days, the council ignores the law by removing them immediatly.
THousands of poster have been removed in this way, a clear breach of freedom of expression more.

Please join us on Dawson street on Thursday morning, & get whatever campaign you are with to support it,