The British peace activist Brian Haw has died at the age of 62. For the past decade Haw lived and slept outside the Houses of Parliament in London to protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He began his protest in June 2001 to protest the Western sanctions against Iraq. He was a vocal critic of former British prime minister Tony Blair.

Brian Haw, activist: “I voted for Mr. Tony Blair the first time, along with many people in my country. He was the big white hope, wasn’t he, after Thatcher, the warmonger? And we hoped for something better, didn’t we? ‘I’m Christian Tony. I’m going to do right by everyone.’ Have you seen what he’s done?”