Maya Evans

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Maya (Anne) Evans is a British peace campaigner who was arrested in October 2005 on the steps of a London war memorial, the Cenotaph, for refusing to cease reading aloud the names of the UK soldiers by then killed in Iraq following its most recent war, alongside fellow activist Milan Rai.

Evans, a vegan chef and anti-war activist from Hastings, became the first person in the UK to be convicted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for taking part in an illegal demonstration within 1km of Parliament Square. She received a conditional discharge and a fine after being convicted of a breach of the peace.

In December 2006 Evans and Rai lost an appeal against their convictions.

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