Parliament Square Peace Campaign

The Parliament Square Peace Campaign was a peace camp outside the Palace of Westminster in Parliament Square, London, from 2001 to 2013.[1] Activist Brian Haw launched the campaign at the site on 2 June 2001, initially as an around-the-clock protest in response to the United Nations economic sanctions imposed on Iraq.[2] His protest grew broader following the war in Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq.[3] He was joined by Barbara Tucker in December 2005, and stayed at the site day and night for nearly a decade.

Tucker carried on the campaign following Haw's death in June 2011. The London Evening Standard reported in January 2013 that Tucker had started a hunger strike after protesting in the square for a total of eight years.[4] The permanent protest camp was removed later in 2013.[5]

See also

Documentaries
  • Brian & Co. Parliament Square SW1 by Yumiko Hayakawa
  • Letters from Parliament Square by Carlos Serrano Azcona

References
  1. "Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw dies". BBC Online. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. Dennis Hevesi (21 June 2011). "Brian Haw, 62, Dies; Camped in Front of Parliament to Protest War". The New York Times.
  3. "Parliament protest rules upheld". BBC Online. 27 April 2012.
  4. "Parliament Square peace protester stages hunger strike". www.standard.co.uk. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. "Peace at last! Final anti-war protesters leave Parliament Square after". 9 May 2013.
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