Just heard about this on BBC news does anyone have any furtherdetails on this?

Hmm..I wonder..

The event was briefly disrupted by a man, shouting: "You should be ashamed."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6497935.stm

Think that'll be 100 lashings in babylons custody!

Watch the news now on bbc, the story is coming up, the headline shows Toyin being arrested in all it's 'glory'.

The disturbance ended when the lone man was led out of the abbey - man where were we..online?

"lone protester disrupts slavery memorial"

It's Toyin from Ligali - Can anyone confirm?

so I'm sitting at home BBC 1 is showing a National Service of Commemoration for the Abolition of the Slave Trade LIVE - I said LIVE. Service is taking place at Westminister Abbey. The Queen and Prince Philip, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown etc etc all present. Kwame Kwei Armah does a reading - you get the picture. About two thirds through the service a lone African Protestor disrupts the service I couldnt make out all he was saying, but what I did catch was:

"you africans should be ashamed of yourself" addressing himself directly to africans in the congregation. he went on to blast Tony Blair and shout why an apology was not forthcoming. he shouted words to the effecthow dare such a ceremony be held in the name of his ancestors without acknowleding africans involved in the struggle.

What was so funny was that as it was live there was nothing anyone could do. The commentator said words to the effect we knew this (the service) was controversial.

it was so deep, you could feel the man's rage. waiting to see how they report this on the news...

He was being interviewed by BBC radio at the time of his arrest, will try to keep an ear open - don't know which particular BBC station it was, bet it wasn't 1XTRA thou.

Well you can only do so much protesting by holding up placards and chanting.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6497935.stm

Melissa lol - believe they wouldn't dare!!..it's too public...besides, it's our time to have a say before this slavery hype is put back on the back burner. The struggles of Toyin and co will still be going on after the hype. Ever asked yourself when the next memoral is going to be....this is their swansong, if we don't already in a hundred years time no one will give a to$$.

BBC Radio London just played a clip of Toyin being interviewed after being ejected from the ceremony. He was saying that he wanted an apology from the Queen, not Tony Blair. He described the British as Nazi's and said at least the Germans had the humility and humanity to apologise and pay reparations. they'll probably repeat the clip during radio news bulletins throughout the day

secret service will be on his case...if they arent already

Melissa wrote: they reserve the beatings for the average black criminal - they will not lay a finger on him. The pursuit may be more subtle, but I beleive someone like Toyin knows the game and he wont stand for any foolishness from these people

Man Toyins face looks like he's turned into a fully fledged warrior, I hope he hasn't lost his tact or his diplomacy. It seems tragic that he was there on his own...easier for babylon to pass him off as a lone madman.

african_woman - this nazi thing, german apology....there were many european countries involved in the slave trade, there have been many apologies for many an attrocity but no one has given an apology to an African. But don't get me wong, our arguments may not be right to the nth degree...but we have a point.

In the european heirarchy it's probably seen as who's going to be the first to lower themselves and do it formaly and officially - I can see the Queen coming with some lyrics of her own. Maybe she might look at Toyin and feel ashamed that she has resident subjects who feel this way. man I can see a new tax relief option for descendants of slaves...maybe a 50% reduction in council tax or something. A kind of paying us without actually paying us bull.

Good for Toyin.The "peace" of that ceremony needed to be disturbed, though I don't like the idea of him being by himself out there, as someone already said. Then again, if a lot of people had been involved, it would have been hard to retain the element of suprise, so that may have been his strategy.

If he is still in custody, having some back up,(people calling the jail, protesting outside the jail in support, etc), would be helpful, and minimize the chances of them physically harming him,or trying to play him like some lone kook.