Peace campaigner Brian Haw – a protest in pictures

July 2001: Brian Haw outside parliament a month after he started his round-the-clock protest
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

May 2004: Haw in Parliament Square after his placards and displays were dismantled by police following his arrest on suspicion of obstruction and assaulting a police officer for refusing to move during a security alert
Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

July 2005: Haw hugs supporters outside the Houses of Parliament on the day that the high court ruled his actions lawful and granted him permission to remain in Parliament Square
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

December 2005: Haw and fellow protester Maya Evans (left), who was recently arrested in Whitehall for reading out the names of the Iraq war dead, are joined by around 100 carol singers in Parliament Square Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/PA

May 2006: Brian Haw's collection of posters and photographs of war dead outside parliament
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

May 2006: Haw and his supporters in Parliament Square protest at a high court ruling against his continuing his long-running vigil Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/PA

2006: A close-up view of the badges decorating Brian Haw's hat as he protests outside parliament
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

May 2006: Brian Haw outside Bow Street magistrates court in London, where he was accused of breaching his bail conditions Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

January 2007: Mark Wallinger's art installation State Britain, in which Wallinger recreated Brian Haw's Parliament Square protest, which occupied the full length of the Duveen galleries in Tate Britain
Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian

2007: Mark Wallinger with Brian Haw at Tate Liverpool after winning the Turner prize for his installation State Britain at Tate Britain in London
Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

August 2007: Brian Haw with police after the Greater London authority declared the peace camp an "offensive eyesore" and letters were issued to campers asking them to leave Parliament Square Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

January 2008: Haw was left with cuts to his face and wrist after being arrested outside Downing Street during a protest against the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (Socpa), which put limits on demonstrations near the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Terence Bunch/PA

May 2010: Haw sits handcuffed after being arrested. Police officers entered the Democracy Camp in Parliament Square, hours before the Queen was due to travel to the Palace of Westminster for the state opening of parliament Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA