face life imprisonment if found guilty.
defence council protested the was composed largely white middle class areas of Leeds.
The protestors stood directly outsice Ine cot room chanting slogans aransl d rigged Jury and later marched through the city centre.
When people reassembled in the afternoon police made six arrests - three from Bradford and Leeds. The charges involvfile bst the Panic Order the Public Order Act. The six were granted bail and will appear in court on 5 May.
On Tuesday 27 April Judge Beaumont dismissed the defence application to discharge the jury.
Defence council stressed the need for a jury that would take account of the particular and exceptional experiences of the Asian community.
One of the defendents Tariq Ali epresenting himself said: would be impossible to tell a jury of what my teelings and experiences are there is not even one of my own people on it.
During Tuesday's proceedings the judge received a telegram from Labour Inside, the public gallery was packed as the use of a jury panel which contained no Asian names and of people from the MP Joan Maynard which demanded multi-racial jury.
The judge decided to the panel until Mav when it will be merg ed with a panel summoned for that week 1his contains just one Asian name.
Incredibly, the Judge thought would be comfort to the defendents to learn that a jury Danc summoned from Bradford TOI Lue ToloWine week contained no Asians at all.
The Bradford 12 National Mobilising CommitLee declared "The escapable conclusion that black peopic DelS systematically excluded tollow.
'One wonders who sits on the juries for Southall, Brixton and Toxteth.
Garth Frankland, secretary of the Leeds District Labour Party and councillor for Chapel Allerton said: "The moving of the trial from Bradford to Leeds and the subsequent presentation in Leeds of a practically white panel must give rise SUSDICONS motives for moving the Ina are cast doubt on lne ability of the Leeds court to concuel aral ta.
'People like the Bradford 12 face the possibility of life imprisonment while racist white youths who beat up two black women in Chapletown have yet to be caught.
When Socialist Challenge asked cillor Lorna Cohen, Labour Harehills, an area will a large Asan come munity, for her views on how Labour Party and trade union activists can help LNe campaign, she called on them to 'bombard MPs with letters calling for support for for the • anu Do nune out how the laws are used against the working class and black and Asian activists.
•People should also take collections and send donations to the campaign which is still desperate for money.' The events coming Wednesday mass icket May mass picket ridav 14 Mav: and th trade union mass picket Wednesday 19 May. National Mobilitie Com Contact mittee, Cookridge Cheques payable to Dejence picket Some of the over 500 protestors at Leeds Crown Court on the first day of the trial Renalt he полина BLACK COMMUNITY ACT IS POL ON TRIAL Moset Park ot Teeds: crown cool welcomed at reduced rates. Bradford 12 broadsheet Send to Cookridge St Leeds 2, Tel 0532-439500
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ON MONDAY 26 April hundreds from the Brad- ford 12 campaign gathered outside the Leeds Crown Court to demand the dropping of all charges and the freeing of the defendents who