Tag: shac

How the UK Government Conspired to Crush a Successful Campaign

Post author By Gerrah Selby
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“I hesitate to call them activists; they are terrorists”

Tags animal rights, shac

About

Gerrah Selby is an animal advocate & social justice activist passionate about exploring how social movements can become more resilient in the face of government repression. As a teenager, Gerrah was part of the international SHAC campaign to close down a notorious animal testing laboratory, Huntingdon Life Sciences. At nineteen years-old, during a political crackdown on the anti-vivisection movement, she found herself raided, arrested and subsequently sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the campaign. She is a core-participant in the ongoing Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI), designated under the miscarriage of justice category. To read about the SHAC justice campaign, visit here.