Milan Rai

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Milan Rai 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 civilians by then killed in Iraq following its most recent war, alongside fellow activist Maya Evans.

Rai, a writer and anti-war activist from Hastings, was convicted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for taking part in an illegal demonstration within 1 km of Parliament Square.

In December 2006 Rai and Evans lost an appeal against their convictions. He has so far refused to pay a fine and, having lost an appeal, faces jail.

[edit] Books

Rai has authored several books, including (with Noam Chomsky) War Plan Iraq: 10 Reasons Against War with Iraq.

[edit] External links

• Q & A: Milan Rai - Nepal Monitor interview, July 12, 2006.
• Parliament protesters lose appeal - BBC News, 20 December 2006.
• Peace campaigner fined for Whitehall protest - The Guardian, 12 April 2006.
• Activist convicted under demo law - BBC News, 7 December 2005.

• Naming The Dead by Maya Evans and Milan Rai.