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Latest news and site updates
2007
Site updateMain - "What is an ASBO?" updated
- "Why Should we be concerned about ASBOs?" updated
Children - Patrick & Louis Cairney
- Steven & Simon Smith
- Lewis Green
- Keenan Skilling
- Steven James Edwards
- Swindon "baby ASBOs"
- Carrie Anne Gardner
- Jimmy Fitzgerald
- Daniel Osborn
- Christian Pluknett
Law &
Order - Glenn Skinner
- Philip Cheshire
- John McKay (update)
- Peter Charles Dickens
- Edward Bryson
- Robert Wilson
Mental
Health - Katie & Ashleigh Lynch
- Danny Walsh
- Anita Bernard
- Danny Henderson
- Thomas O'Brien
Extreme - Mark Smith
- Diane Duffin
- Caroline Bishop
- Gene & James Flitcroft
- Thompson family
- Hampstead council estate
- William Rae
- Daniel Whittle
- Olga Conco
- Stanley Brown
- Andrew Walch
- Yan Price
- Dawn Benson
- Philip Powner
- Ideal Upholstery
- John Conington
- Mark Senter
- David Grimes
- Nicholas Phillip Corelli-Lichtenstein
- Mark Bowkett
- Kenneth Williamson (update)
- Arthur Burgess (update)
- Neil Horan (update)
Links - Frances Gibb The Times (3/9/07)
- Marie Woolf & Susie Mesure The Independent (2/9/07)
- Frances Gibb The Times (28/8/07)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (17/8/07)
- Tania Branigan The Guardian (28/7/07)
- Nigel Morris The Independent (28/7/07)
- Lucy Ward The Guardian (4/7/07)
- Pat Hurst The Independent (4/7/07)
- Jill Sherman The Times (29/6/07)
- The Telegraph (23/5/07)
- Ed Caesar The Independent (23/4/07)
- Louise France The Observer (22/4/07)
- Robert Verkaik The Independent (16/3/07)
- Paul Kelso The Guardian (5/2/07)
- Libby Purves The Times (30/1/07)
- Robert Verkaik The Independent (28/12/06)
- The Times (18/12/06)
- Patrick Barkham The Guardian (9/12/06)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (7/12/06)
- Nigel Morris The Independent (7/12/06)
- Polly Toynbee The Guardian (3/11/06)
- Joan Bakewell The Independent (3/11/06)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (2/11/06)
Site updateChildren - Swindon "baby asbos"
- Carrie Anne Gardner
- Jimmy Fitzgerald
- Christian Plucknett
Protesters - DSEi arms fair 2005
- Michael Downes
- Lindis Percy (update)
CRASBOs - David William Lee Stokoe
- James Bowes
GPO - Khalique Miah
- Natasha & Carmen Dye
- Thelma Fontaine
- Sabrina Simpson
- Shrewsbury
- Sandra Dobson
- David Jones
- Eddie Jones (update)
Mental
health - Mark Smith
Extreme - Kenneth Williamson
- Shane Maslen
- Mike Townley
- Janice Lee
- Graham Branfield
- Next
- Donal Burke
- Winifred Mills
- Mark Dixon
- Paul Henney
- Philip Howard (update)
Links - James Pollard in Index Online
- Patrick Barkham in The Guardian
Site updateChildren - Charlie & Aaron Brown
- Ashleene Gallagher
- Anon
Protesters - Edward Atkinson
- Cotswold Hunt
- David Pearce
- Heather Nicholson (update)
GPO - Peter Allenby
- Keith Farran
- Wells, Somerset
- John McKay
- Wayne McHugh
- Eddie Jones (update)
Extreme - Bernard Hambleton
- Philip Howard
- Michael Ward
- Martin Pyne
- Dean Handford
- Mark Burt
- David Hibbs-Turner
- Terry Clowsley
- David Howarth
- Hayley Wignall
- David Burrows
- Mark Wainfur
- Italiano Thomas-Bell
- Teressa Web
- David Key
- Paul Jones
- Malcolm Pattison
- William Hillan
- Amy Dallamura
- Neil Carpenter
- Angela Ramsden
- Craig Brealey
- Stuart McGhie
- Ian Matthews
- Marion Berseford
- Andrew Caulfield
- Lisa Richardson
- Andrea Dickson
- Andrew Stephan (update)
- Jean Smith (update)
Links - Annemarie Flanagan in The Guardian
- Kelly Hilditch in Socialist Worker Online
- Andrew Picken in The Scotsman
- Sophie Goodchild in The Independent
- George Jones in The Telegraph
- Aled Blake ic Wales website
- Paul Wheeler in The Guardian
- Daily Mail
- Alan Travis in The Guardian
- Richard Reeves in The Observer
- Socialist Party Website
- James Slack in The Daily Mail
- John Steele in The Telegraph
- Ed West in The Sunday Telegraph
- BBC News website
- Terri Dowty in The Guardian
Site updateChildren - Gary Addy
GPO - Pauline McNamara
- Colette Cowap
Extreme - Trevor Davidson
- Vic Moszcyznski
- Christopher Henson & Teresa Roper
- David Gaylor
- Asda
- William Hardman
- Arthur Burgess
- Caroline Shepherd (update)
Links - Max Rowlands in ECLN
- Phil Scraton in ECLN
Two essays written for the launch of the European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) cover the use of ASBOs. "The State of Asbo Britain - the rise of intolerance" by Max Rowlands offers an overview of their use in the UK, while "The denial of children's rights and liberties in the UK and the North of Ireland" by Phil Scraton (professor of criminology at Queens University, Belfast) deals extensively with their use against children. Both can be found on the ECLN website.
Site updateWhy
Concerned? - Updated
Children - Paul Daniels
- Craig & Bobby Loveridge
GPO - Sarah Marsden
- Christina Wort
- Andrew White
- Ben White
- Diabolical Liberties (update)
Extreme - Michael Donockley
- Trevor Petgrave
- James Collins
- Edward Freear
- Christine Boswell
- Maughan family
- Andrew Stephan
- Janice Leverett
- Smith family
- Frank Gibson
- Marie Dalziel
- Suran Karim
- William Porteous
- Barrington Harris (update)
- Michael Carroll (update)
Links - Matt Foot in Socialist Worker
- Andrew Gilligan in Evening Standard
- Jane Elliott in BBC News
- John Bell in The Guardian
- John Pring in Disability Now
Asbo Concern has announced the launch of its first local campaign group to be based in Manchester, a city whose council fervently supports ASBOs and has handed them out in record numbers. The launch meeting takes place on 12 September at 7pm in the Cross Street Chapel. Further contact details and a list of speakers are available on their website.
Site updateChildren - Nathan Copping
- Nicky East
- Luke Dunlop
Protesters - Melvyn Drage
CRASBOs - Patrick Nevin
- Anthony Flynn
- Darren Napier
- Kenneth Addison
Mental
health - William Atkinson
- Mark Anthony O'Byrne
Extreme - Gon Ren Zhou
- Carl Langton
- Julie Brown
- Eileen Davies
- Mohammed Iftikhar
- Barrington Harris
- Mark Devlin
- Hugh McColl
- Simon Frodsham
- Cigarette sellers
- Kevin Seabrook
- Stefan Noremberg
- John McCarthy
- Ewan David Deans
- Michael Carroll
- Travellers' sites (update)
- Brian Hagan (update)
Links - Robert Verkaik in The Independent
- Martin Bright, Anushka Asthana & Lauren Thompson in The Observer
- Jon Robbins in The Guardian
- Shami Chakrabarti in The Guardian
A judge has ruled it "wrong in principle" to use Asbos as a mechanism for imposing a longer sentence than the law allows. Mr Justice Hughes, ruling in the case of a motorist who had breached his order by driving whilst disqualified, argued that while the maximum punishment may be set low, it was a decision for Parliament, not the Courts. Asbos are increasingly being used to deal with behaviour that is already covered by criminal law, in part because convictions are both easier to achieve and punishable by longer prison sentences.
A 15-year-old boy who claimed that child curfew zones, as established under the Anti-social Behaviour Act, amounted to a breach of human rights has won his case at the High Court. Under the terms of the Act, any child found to be within one of the 400+ areas that have been designated as dispersal zones between 9pm-6am can be taken home by the police regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrong doing. Liberty, who supported the boy's case, have detailed coverage on their website.
Asbo Concern is lobbying the Home Office on Wednesday 20 July, 5-6.30pm. Flyer: Stop this asbo fever (pdf)
Site updateChildren - Mark Trippit
Protesters - Lindis Percy
CRASBOs - Darren Gudgeon
GPO - Glen Clarke
- Eliot Montgomery
- Michael Chadwick
- Eddie Jones
Extreme - Travellers' Sites
- Dale Carroll
- Joanne Cox
- Richard Stofer
- Jay Kelly
- Dorothy Evans
- James Cameron & James Alves
- Mark Anthony O'Byrne
- Terence Maughan
- Dean Fullman
- Jean Smith
- Shabaz Ashiq
- Kim Sutton (update)
- Jennie Smith (update)
Links - Sarah Carey in The Sunday Times
Site updateChildren - Joseph Newcombe
Protesters - Sarah Gisbourne
GPO - Daniel Richardson
- Paul Bannatyne & Mark Rickards
- Diabolical Liberties (update)
- Steve Winstone
- Jennifer Ford
Extreme - Mitch Hawkin
- South West Water
- Liverpool "touchline yobs"
- Welsh taxi drivers
- Scottish gull feeders
- Caroline Shepherd
- Ian Smith
- Margaret Porter
- Julie Roberts
- James Cronin
- Neil Horan
- Kim Sutton
- Thomas Moore-Donald
- Nicola Walker
- Roger Trotman (update)
- Brian Taylor (update)
- Bridge family (update)
Links - House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report on anti-social behaviour
- Welsh affairs committee fourth report
- Home Office guidance on publicising ASBOs
- Home Office guidance on the use of leaflets to publicise ASBOs
- Home Office guidance on applying for an ASBO
- Home Office press release: 'Yobs will face the consequences of their actions'
- Napo briefing for the launch of Asbo Concern
- Matt Foot in The Guardian
- Mary Riddell in The Observer
- Robert Verkaik in The Independent
- Chris Quayle in Red Pepper
- Nick Cohen in The Observer
- Louise Casey & Shami Chakrabarti in The Guardian
- Tash Shifrin in Socialist Worker
Asbo Concern, a 'campaigning alliance of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the use of anti social behaviour orders', is officially launched. They aim to highlight the inherent problems involved in the use of ASBOs and have called for a full public government review (full statement of beliefs and aims).
Site updateMain - "Why Should we be concerned about ASBOs?" updated
Children - Amasiah & Tobijah Thompson
- Ryan Wilkinson
- Aaron Ellis
GPO - Sofia Charles
- Joette Lydiate
- Peter Fish
Extreme - Mike McNulty
- Roger Trotman
- Brian Taylor
- David Fletcher
- David Oxley
- Gareth Flavell
Links - NAPO report
- Joint Committee on Human Rights report
Site updateMain - Legal Developments
Children - Kyle Major
- Luke Davies
Protesters - Heather Nicholson
CRASBOs - David Flaherty
Extreme - Norman Hutchins (updated)
- Brian Hagan (updated)
Links - Nic Madge in Legal Action
- In focus ASBOs supplement in the Socialist Worker
Site updateChildren - Ben Norris
- Adam Moore
- Ben & Nathan Weeks
GPO - Alan Riley
- Brighton graffiti artists
- Barry Radford
- John Martindale
Extreme - Griffiths family
- Angela Sarna
- Brian Hagan
- David Boag
- Ricky Bailey
- Jennie Smith
Links - Legal Services Commission ASBO guidance
- Matt Foot article in The Guardian
Site update
Children - Aneeze Williamson
- Dean Bell
GPO - Diabolical Liberties
- Manchester soup kitchens
Extreme - Daisy
- Bridge Family
Links - Howard League for Penal Reform report
- Mary Riddell article in The Observer
