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ASTRAZENECA DEMOED IN LUTON AGAIN

Thursday, 16th September

Today, Bedford Animal Action (BAA) activists held a noisy demo outside the Luton offices of Astrazeneca for their continued use of HLS. We arrived earlier then usual and straight away got to work informing Astrazeneca and all their neighbours why we were there though our two megaphones. We also set to work informing Astrazenca of the abuses detail in the most recent expose of Primate Products who Astrazeneca are a customer of in there own right.

Although many of the Astrazeneca workers hide in shame as usual, we did had good support from passers by and deliverymen took leaflets detailing the conditions inside HLS. We spoke about them with megaphones about Astrazeneca, HLS and Primate Products and also chanted loudly. There was a small police presence towards the end of the demo, but as was proven in court we have a legal right to be there and the police did not bother us.

It hasn't been a good the past couple of months for Astrazeneca, what with their striking workers, being exposed for animal cruelty, protests at the offices all over the world and flights of primates due to be tortured to death in their Manchester site being disrupted by charter flights and airport handlers not wanting to be involved in the cruel vivisection abuse industry due to the hard work of activists around the country.

On top of this only today the news that the release of there new "wonder drug" Brilinta was being delay after concerns from the US Food and Drug Administration which has caused there share prices to fall. Astrazeneca, it's about time you stopped dealing with HLS then maybe you can spend more of your time to deal with other issues that plague your company such as unsafe drugs and striking workers. But make no mistake, as long as you do continue to deal with HLS then you will have to deal with US!!

In solidarity with all animal rights prisoners.

Bedford Animal Action (BAA): www.bedfordanimalaction.org/