London Repression Newswire Archive

19-10-2006 13:49

UK Police Chief hints at Internment for Muslims Following New "Act of Terror"

Last July, Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that another terrorist attack in London was inevitable. "I think there will be further attacks" he explained, "in fact I know there will be further attacks". (1) Read more >>

18-10-2006 23:55 | 1 addition

Reports of police beating on two Asian youths in Shoreditch

I have just recieved a phone call from an eyewitness outside Old Street police station that some 40 people have massed in protest against the beating and possible arrest of two Asian youths in Shoreditch. Read more >>

18-10-2006 13:10

Standing up against criminal fat cats

CHODIEV, MACHKEIVICH, and IBRAGIMOV - Billionaire Kazak trio, owners of corrupt international firm Eurasian National Resources Corporation (ENRC), steal from the rich and the poor, sponsor organised crime circles and frighteningly are making progress in listing on the London Stock Exchange. Read more >>

17-10-2006 17:30

Saving Queens Market from the developers

The women of the Olympic borough of Newham, London will be taking to the streets from their local Plashet Park on Saturday 28 October, heading a procession to save Queens Market, London’s most multi-ethnic market. Read more >>

17-10-2006 15:59

Photos of Survival Vigil

Photos of today's vigil outside India House Read more >>

16-10-2006 13:52

Weekly Vigil to Save the Jarawa - Reminder

Survival International are holding a weekly vigil at India House in solidarity with the Jarawa tibe Read more >>

16-10-2006 13:22

Great Charter of Freedoms - Undone

Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms") 1215

One of the most important legal documents in the history of British democracy has been made null and void by criminal laws enacted by New Labour in the 21st Century, which override these inalienable 800 year old rights.
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16-10-2006 05:00 | 1 addition

23 October (9.30-10.30am) "Parliament Square solo protests" for Fairford Coaches

Please take part in the hour of protest in Parliament Square on Monday 23 Oct 2006 (9.30-10.30am).

Hold your own "solo protest" in solidarity with Fairford Coaches case! Read more >>

15-10-2006 19:33

SOCPA - is superintendent terry mad?

desperate to keep the ever more bizarre and crazy actions of charing cross police from being discussed in a court of law, superintendent terry seriously tried to have a peace protestor sectioned under the mental health act yesterday rather than charge her with an offence where real evidence could be scrutinised in a court of law.. Read more >>

14-10-2006 16:43

Congolese asylum seeker, removed to Kinshasa, imprisoned and beaten

On 6 October, 2006, Mulai Mukendi, an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was removed from the UK and taken to the country's capital Kinshasa, upon which she was subjected to imprisonment and beatings for several days. Read more >>

12-10-2006 18:37

New study says US war has killed 655,000 Iraqis

The SEP demands that those responsible for the war be tried as war criminals. The election program also calls for the US government to compensate the Iraqi people for the destruction and suffering it has caused, as well as the families of American soldiers killed in the war and the men and women who have been wounded, both mentally and physically. Read more >>

12-10-2006 16:25

a few more sack parliament photos

a few photos, taken on a broken fisheye lomo so please forgive their quality Read more >>

12-10-2006 15:22

OutRage!- Iran's secret war against it's own people

gay rights group Outrage! highlights the report in The Times concerning Iran's attacks on its own minorities....

(Twiglet-Now try saying we don't campaign against anyone else other than lgbt.. We always have highlighted general attacks on everyone's human rights etc. anyway..) Read more >>

12-10-2006 10:05

Wiretapping Is A-OK Evidence...

A link below shows the bill currently before parliament about communications interception Read more >>

12-10-2006 08:03

Transatlantic passenger data deal a capitulation to US demands

Speaking today at the European Parliament in Brussels, German GUE/NGL MEP Sylvia Yvonne Kaufmann attacked the recent EU-US passenger data accord and called for greater protection for passengers' privacy. Read more >>

12-10-2006 00:06 | 3 additions

a few photos and some thoughts and ideas on sack parliament

even armed with the mighty socpa (serious organised crime and police act) it would appear that police ended up seriously abusing their powers in many different ways on monday. i hope their cases can be seriously undermined by collected evidence of their unlawful actions. Read more >>

11-10-2006 22:17 | 1 addition

On the Ground: eye witness reports from Sack Parliament

By Friday October 6 in this foul year of our Lord 2006 it was already labelled a riot across nearly every Rupert Murdoch freebee newspaper and every copy of the Evening Slander in the city. In the spirit of the war on terror fearful names were back in the mainstream headlines again. No, not Al Qaeda. Not even the IRA. Nor the Fathers for Justice gone rabid or militant pro-fox hunting farmers armed with fire works and tweed jackets. No. This time it was the Wombles. Violent anarchists. Masked anti-capitalists intent on destroying parliament and pulling the plug on UK democracy. Read more >>

11-10-2006 14:06

Australian Wheat Board “oil for food” inquiry ends with threats

While the Australian media and the opposition Labor Party have happily promoted the AWB “scandal”, neither has raised any connection between the affair and the Howard government’s sordid calculations in the lead-up to the Iraq invasion. Their silence again demonstrates the complicity of the entire political and media establishment with the criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the violent drive of the Bush administration to seize control of its resources. Read more >>

11-10-2006 13:44

No to war, no to theocracy: solidarity with workers and students in iran!

Free Ahmed Batebi and all political prisoners in Iran!
Protest when Muhammad Khatami visits St Andrews! Read more >>

11-10-2006 12:59

All’s Fair in Love of War

The real terrorists reveal themselves! Read more >>