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From: Mary-Louise Clews
Date: Feb 1, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: BUAV strikes another legal blow to Government attempts to cover-up animal experiments…

In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the Information Tribunal paved the way for much of the secrecy surrounding animal experiments in this country to be swept away.

The Tribunal ruled that the Government’s interpretation of what information about animal experiments should be withheld as confidential was too restrictive and legally wrong. This a major victory in the BUAV’s (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) long campaign to get the Government to be more open and transparent about the animal experiments it licenses in the UK to allow proper and informed public debate

To read all about it and show your support click on the following link to a new article about the victory, hot of the press on the Guardian’s Commentisfree site:

commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michelle_thew/2008/02/nothing_to_hide.html

Please forward to others who may be interested.

Thanks

Mary-Louise Clews
Media Manager
BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection)
16a Crane Grove
London N7 8NN
Direct: +44(0) 20 7619 6978
Fax: +44(0) 20 7700 0252
Mob: +44(0) 7850 510955
Web: www.buav.org

Why not visit our new cruelty free website at www.gocrueltyfree.org

The BUAV Vision is: To create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals

Half the battle to bring an end to animal suffering is funded by gifts in our supporters’ wills. If the time is right for you to put a good cause in your will please remember ours.

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales as The Campaign to End All Animal Experiments (no. 04115167). Registered office address: 16a Crane Grove, London N7 8NN.

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