Abstract

TERROR TACTICS. A British animal-rights activist, Mel Broughton, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit arson and sentenced to 10 years in connection with attempts to block the building of an animal research laboratory at the University of Oxford. The 13 February ruling is the second major action this year against animal-rights extremists in the United Kingdom. In January, seven people were convicted of conspiracy to blackmail firms linked to the animal-testing company Huntingdon Life Sciences and sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison.

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