UK Repression Newswire Archive
Wed 30 May: Julian Assange Supreme Court Verdict Due - Call Out
23-05-2012 18:12
Julian is appearing at the Supreme Court in London on 30 May 2012.The verdict (on Julian's appeal against extradition to Sweden) is due to be handed down in the morning. London Catholic Worker & Veterans for Peace UK are co-ordinating a vigil outside the court.
Report from previous vigil at the Supreme Court with background information:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/02/491885.html
Lying Prison Social-Worker Invited To Audition For Pinocchio
23-05-2012 13:05
Plainclothes Cops ID'd as Giles Dainty & Chris Healey
23-05-2012 00:35
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Quebec Student Revolt - Request for Solidarity
21-05-2012 23:52
Request for solidarity and support for the Legal Committee of the CLASSEWe write you during a dark time for democratic, human and associative rights in Quebec with the following appeal for your help and solidarity. As you have no doubt heard, the government recently enacted legislation that amounts to the single biggest attack on the right to organize and freedom of expression in North America since the McCarthy period and the biggest attack on civil and democratic rights since the enactment of the War Measures Act in 1970. Arguably, this recent law will unduly criminalize more law-abiding citizens than even McCarthy's hearings and the War Measures Act ever could.
End Lies And Corruption In Edinburgh Criminal Justice Services
21-05-2012 10:11
Major anti-NATO mobilisation; several activists held on terror charges
21-05-2012 01:39
Amid a series of anti-NATO protests taking place this week to coincide with NATO's summit in Chicago, three anarchists who were arrested on Wednesday have reportedly been charged with terrorismInternational Tribunal to investigate the mass genocide of prisoners
20-05-2012 19:38
Thousands of political prisoners been killed as a 'enemy of God ' under ' Islamic Law'
“Iran Tribunal” aims to raise the awareness of the international community and the civil societies by exposing the horrific magnitude of this human tragedy.
Comments critical of Globalisation strategies deleted
20-05-2012 12:56
Comments on the recent article on DHL 'investment' in a distribution centre for Jaguar Land Rover have been deleted without any justification.Authoritiarian capitalism bears its teeth - Blockupy Frankfurt as it happened
20-05-2012 06:40
Critical Legal Thinkings operatives have been in Frankfurt to blog the astonishing police crackdown that has been going on. Read our liveblog of the events, and see our photos and links at our website.Huge Student Protests in Canada
19-05-2012 09:14
Quebec's provincial government has passed an emergency law restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities as the government seeks to end three months of protests against tuition fee increases. Outraged students reacted by calling it an act of warAmazing You Tube video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0tfvSZkcc
Nigerian Doctors Strike
18-05-2012 14:02
Reflections on the Lagos state government’s onslaught on doctorsA recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class.
Corrupt Social Workers Attempt To Rid Themselves of Prisoner John Bowden
18-05-2012 12:31
Long-term prison militant John Bowden, imprisoned since 1980, is once more facing harassment at the hands of the prison authorities – and all because of another idiot social worker.Previous articles at
http://leedsabc.org/another-attempt-to-sabotage-john-bowdens-parole-by-prison-hired-social-worker/ , http://leedsabc.org/update-from-john-bowden-about-lies-written-by-prison-hired-social -worker-2/, and http://leedsabc.org/support-for-john-bowden/
Statement by Census refuser Deborah Glass Woodin
17-05-2012 20:09
Deborah's Census case was heard in Reading Magistrates Court on Monday 14 May. She was found guilty, fined and is minded not to pay the fine.Shrewsbury: Case against Census refuser dismissed
17-05-2012 18:38
