| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Mel Broughton ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Mel Broughton
Mel Broughton (born 5 July 1960) is a British landscape gardener who has risen to public prominence as one of the UK's most notable animal rights advocates. He was the co-founder in 2004, with Robert Cogswell, of SPEAK, The Voice for the Animals, a campaign to stop animal testing in Britain, which is focused on opposition to a new animal laboratory at Oxford University.〔Dear, Paula. (Anatomy of an animal rights protest ), BBC News, 5 October 2004.〕
Broughton was jailed for two years and eight months in 1999 after police found a firebomb in his car, which he said was intended to destroy animal transporters to stop the live export of animals from the UK to the European continent.〔(Police planned 'dirty war' against animal rights activist accused of terror campaign, court told ), ''The Daily Mail'', 3 November 2008.〕 He was arrested again and remanded in custody in December 2007 after the Animal Liberation Front planted incendiary devices in Oxford University colleges. A jury cleared him of possessing explosive substances, but failed to reach a verdict on other charges. Following his retrial in 2009 he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit arson.〔(BBC – Animal rights fire-bomber jailed )〕 However, in March 2010 Mel Broughton had his conviction overturned, arguing that the DNA evidence in the case had been unreliable.〔(Animal rights activist's fire-bomb conviction quashed ), ''BBC News'', 24 March 2010.〕 He was later granted bail with "stringent conditions" and was re-tried in June/July 2010.〔(Animal activist denies Oxford University fire-bomb plot ), ''BBC News'', 30 March 2010.〕〔(Bail. for animal rights campaigner ), ''Oxford Mail'', 30 March 2010.〕
On 13 July 2010 Broughton was once again found guilty and returned to prison to complete the balance of his sentence.
==Early life==
Broughton's father is a former painter and decorator and his mother, Pauline, a care assistant in an old people's home. Both are committed animal rights advocates who work alongside Broughton on the SPEAK campaign.〔Hall, Macalister. (The Vivisectionist v The Animal Activist ), ''The Independent on Sunday'', 10 April 2005, p. 5 ff.〕 His mother, 70 years old at the time, was injured in September 2004 when a construction worker at Oxford University threw a white burning substance at her during an animal rights demonstration.〔(Protesters suffer burns ), ''Oxford Mail'', 10 September 2004.〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Mel Broughton」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|