Gwenno Teifi
{{Short description|Welsh-language activist (born 1987)}}
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Gwenno Teifi (full name Gwenno Teifi Ffransis, born 1987) is a Welsh language activist from Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Wales. In February 2006 she became the first member of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) to serve a jail sentence for a language protest in 11 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/first-language-protester-locked-up-2898577|title=First language protester locked up in 11 years |publisher=icNorthWales |date=2006-02-14 |accessdate=2014-10-30 }}
Radio Carmarthenshire protest and jailing
Gwenno was arrested along with four other language protestors on 24 July 2004 at the studios of Radio Carmarthenshire in Narberth and charged with criminal damage.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/language-society-leader-must-pay-2400250|title=Language society leader must pay out after protest |publisher=icNorthWales |date=2005-04-20 |accessdate=2014-10-30 }} 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927183146/http://cymdeithas.org/2006/02/13/gwenno_sentenced_to_5_days_in_prison.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=27 September 2006 |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 13 February 2006 at Eastwood Park Prison in Gloucestershire 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/language-campaigner-jailed-second-time-2869954 |title=Language campaigner jailed for second time |publisher=Daily Post |date=2014-10-30 |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 27 January 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 has a degree in Welsh and International Politics from Aberystwyth University.
Post-graduation
Gwenno worked in a Christian Mission House in Amsterdam, and is currently a Youth Officer in the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Family background
Her father is long-time Welsh language activist Ffred Ffransis, currently the education spokesperson for Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, and her mother is another well-known activist, Meinir Ffransis (nee Evans). Thus Gwenno's grandfather was Gwynfor Evans, the first member of Plaid Cymru elected to Parliament.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727005245/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=350,15,2,15,350,0 Eastwood Park Prison]
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Category:Welsh language activists