- Gwenno Teifi
Gwenno Teifi (full name Gwenno Teifi Ffransis, born
1987 ) is a university student and
Welsh Language activist from Llanfihangel-ar-Arth,Wales . In February 2006 she became the first member ofCymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) to serve a jail sentence for a language protest in 11 years.cite web |url=http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=16701456&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=first-language-protester-locked-up-in-11-years--name_page.html|title=First language protester locked up in 11 years |publisher=icNorthWales |date=2006-02-14 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ]Radio Carmarthenshire Protest and Jailing
Gwenno was arrested along with four other language protestors at the studios of
Radio Carmarthenshire in Narberth and charged with criminal damage.cite web |url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=15421505&method=full&siteid=50082-name_page.html|title=Language society leader must pay out after protest |publisher=icNorthWales |date=2005-04-20 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ] She was jailed after refusing to pay the £200 compensation to Radio Carmarthenshire ordered by Carmarthen Magistrates Court.cite web |url=http://cymdeithas.org/2006/02/13/gwenno_sentenced_to_5_days_in_prison.html |title=Gwenno sentenced to 5 days in prison |publisher=Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg |date=2006-02-13 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ] She was sentenced to five days beginning February 13, 2006 at Eastwood Park Prison inGloucestershire but released after three days for good behaviour.Brantano's Protest and Second Jailing
She was jailed a second time in July 2007 for refusing to pay a fine in connection with a language protest at Brantano's shoe store in
Aberystwyth in October 2006.cite web |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/tm_headline=language-campaigner-jailed-for-second-time&method=full&objectid=19430760&siteid=50142-name_page.html |title=Language campaigner jailed for second time |publisher=Daily Post |date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ]Morrisons Supermarket Protest and Arrest
Gwenno was arrested again in connection with a language protest at
Morrisons supermarket in Bangor on January 27, 2007.cite web |url=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360926.html |title=3 protesters arrested at supermaket blockade |publisher=Indymedia |date=2007-01-27 |accessdate=2008-03-10 ] She was not jailed.Education
Gwenno is a Welsh and International Politics student at
Aberystwyth University .Family Background
She is the daughter of
Ffred Ffransis and the granddaughter ofGwynfor Evans .References
External links
* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=350,15,2,15,350,0 Eastwood Park Prison]
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