Following the granting of an eviction order to the City of London Corporation on January 18th (18/1/12) the Occupylsx protest camp has been evicted from the Saint Paul's Cathedral Churchyard today (28/2/12).
In the end it was all very civilised. Bailiffs backed by police arrived on site on mass at around 00:05. The majority of protesters then went and sat on the steps of the Cathedral which aren't covered by the eviction order while the bailiffs cleared their tents. It all seemed to be over by the time I went to bed at around 01:45. Later on there was a small incident with a group of protesters who'd blockaded themselves on the site. They were quickly removed resulting in twenty arrests and one protester being taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.
In other news it has been confirmed that the British journalist Paul Conroy is today in Lebanon after being evacuated from Syria by the insurgents. These are the same insurgents who prevented him from being evacuated by ambulance on Friday (24/2/12).
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