by Ian Sinclair
In 2005 Maya Evans was arrested along with fellow peace activist Milan Rai for standing by the Cenotaph and reading aloud the names of Iraqi civilians and British soldiers who had died in the Iraq war.
She became the first person to be convicted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act - the controversial law that made it illegal to hold an unauthorised demonstration within one kilometre of Parliament Square.
Since then the 32-year-old has been busy - as a columnist for Peace News, working with anti-war group Justice Not Vengeance, taking part in Climate Camp and visiting Dale Farm to show solidarity with the now evicted Travellers.
But when I caught up with Evans in London as she was heading home after a speaking tour of Scotland it was her recent trip to Afghanistan I wanted to talk about. Evans became the first British peace activist to visit the country.
Evans has been actively interested in the British role in the occupation of Afghanistan for several years. Read More.
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