Blogger threatened with eviction
p2pnet.net News:- A man has been threatened with eviction because a web site he ran expressed, “extreme dissatisfaction with the behaviour of GNHA (Glasgow North Housing Association) and its director, Robert Tamburrini”.
The GNHA claims aboutnorthglasgowha.com/ is affecting staff and, “that Quinn’s alleged publishing of it constitutes anti-social behaviour,” says Out-Law.com.
“I have seen housing association tenants put a baseball bat over somebody’s head, I’ve seen drug dealing, these are actions that are threatening life and this is an electronic thing on the internet. If they don’t like it they don’t have to look at it,” Quinn told Out-Law.com. “To evict someone from their home over this is overstepping the mark.”
Quinn stopped operating the site in April, “after GNHA obtained an interim interdict (known as an interim injunction outside Scotland),” says the story, going on:
“He passed control on to other local residents, he said. ‘I communicate with them like I would communicate with anyone, and I don’t think that’s breaking the law. It’s down to the website if they want to publish it, the onus is on them’.”
“We have taken appropriate action against this individual on grounds of harassment and anti-social behaviour,” says the GNHA in a statement to Out-Law.com “We have a duty to protect the rights of other tenants, committee members and staff who have been subjected to a continuous campaign of vexatious and unreasonable behaviour. The matter is now subject to legal proceedings and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.
Mike Daly of the Govan Law Centre will represent Quinn and will, “centre on Quinn’s right to freedom of expression, his right to respect for his home and to respect for his property rights, all contained in the Human Rights Act,” the story has Daly saying.
Also See:
Out-Law.com – Man faces eviction over ‘anti-social’ website, November 15, 2006
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