"The humiliation and the fear was terrifying. I'll never forget it," Iris Bennett said. John Bennett, 65, was allegedly pushed against a wall, searched and forced to lie flat on the ground outside his Burwood home on December 16 after he went to...

ENCOUNTER: Iris and John Bennett have raised the issue of the heavy-handed way police treated John one night in December and the matter has been referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority. A Christchurch woman says she will never forget the...

Iris Bennett will never forget the fear she felt upon seeing her husband being forced to lie face-down on silt-covered ground by armed police, a rifle against his face. John Bennett, 65, was allegedly pushed against a wall, searched and forced to lie...

And as he walked free from court today 65-year-old John Bennett warned police: "Someone's going to get killed.'' The retired engineer armed himself with a child's softball bat and ancient air pistol after fearing intruders when he was woken in the...

The Harper government has released a new anti-terrorism strategy that targets eco-extremists as threats. 'It's an indirect suggestion that somehow environmentalism is attached to terrorism and that's just wrong,' John Bennett, executive director of...

Toews has increased the concern among environmentalists that Ottawa regards them as implacable adversaries to be monitored and battled, rather than well-meaning advocates to be consulted. “This is just one more step in their attempt to marginalize the...