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Copenhagen Police Accused of Violating Human Rights at UN Summit

12-12-2009 22:04

aerial view of lines of people arrested
Danish police have indiscriminately arrested hundreds of climate justice activists during a climate change protest made up of 100,000 people that took place today in Copenhagen. Questions have been raised about the fact that the arrests occurred in a different time and place to where some trouble had momentarily flared earlier in the day. Journalists have been restricted from reporting at the site of the arrests since 1800hrs.

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Internment of residents of Ashraf City protest, London - pictures.

12-12-2009 21:43

Denouement.
Around 5 months after Iraqi security forces attack Ashraf City in Iraq killing 11 people, Iraqi authorities announce on Thursday 10th December their intention to force the pro-democracy Iranian residents of the city out of Iraq.

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Cop Stock Market Smashed

12-12-2009 21:36

Copenhagen Stock Market got smashed.

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Mass Arrest On Climate Demo in Copenhagen

12-12-2009 20:06

Around 700 - 900 people were arrested on a mass climate demo this afternoon in Copenhagen

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Why was President Obama Gifted the Nobel Peace Prize?

12-12-2009 19:45


Ever since hectoring hegemons have existed, ever since oligarchs have existed wielding power from behind the scenes through their 'errand boys', ever since they discovered social engineering, and especially ever since Edward Bernays discovered and employed Public Relations which coincided approximately with the time that Nobel peace prizes started to be awarded, these accolades from the high and mighty serve the oligarchic agendas as needed.

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Photos Of EDL

12-12-2009 18:26

EDL
DUE TO THE TALKING AND DEBATING AND PLANNING AND NON-PLANNING AROUND "WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE EDL?"....THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP A FEW PEOPLE IF WE PUBLISHED SOME OF THEIR UGLY MUGS FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH IDEA OF YOUR OWN. MAYBE A WANTED PICTURE OR A SPOTTER CARD!!

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8th International Symposium Against Isolation

12-12-2009 17:55

The 8th International Symposium Against Isolation will take place in London this year, 18th-20th December.Every year since 2002, the International Platform Against Isolation has held this Symposium, each time in a different European city. The original impetus came from the opposition to the state in Turkey’s use of isolation cells and isolation prisons against its political opponents.

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Police attack Copenhagen demonstration - eyewitness

12-12-2009 16:41

eyewitness report of police mass arresting about 300 people

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Aminatou Haidar: HRW appeals to Council of Europe

12-12-2009 13:11

Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Council of Europe’s Commissioner of Human Rights concerning Aminatou Haidar, expelled by Morocco to Spain

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COP15 EASIER access to Denmark and COPENHAGEN

12-12-2009 11:05

The Danish and German police forces and the intelligence services (PET, FE, BND) of both countries, and probably also some other countries, “violence services” has made it more difficult to enter Denmark in order to avoid political activist to enter the country and join the demos at COP15 etc.

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Section 60 in place at Harrow on Sunday

11-12-2009 21:29

Harrow Times reports a Section 60 to be in force on Sunday around the mosque area

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Letter from Aminatou Haidar to Prime Minister Gordon Brown

11-12-2009 20:58

The text of the hand-signed letter delivered to Gordon Brown on International Human Rights Day by group of MP's, celebrities and campaigners

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We will not bow to this Moroccan king

11-12-2009 20:52

Film-maker Ken Loach and screen-writer Paul Laverty argue in the Guardian that Aminatou Haidar must be allowed to return home to Western Sahara.

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Lighting up Cornmarket in Protest

11-12-2009 20:43

A candlelit vigil at St Michael's in Cornmarket helped bring home the message that climate change affects everyone, and everyone can do something about it.

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Fascist EDL Football Hooligans To Invade Stoke on the 23rd of January

11-12-2009 20:41

The neo-Nazi EDL have announced on their website they are to hold a violent racist gathering in Stoke on Saturday the 23rd of January 2010.

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Edinburgh swine flu demo 12/12/09

11-12-2009 20:28

demo poster
A Swine Flu Mandatory Vaccination Protest has been organised in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 12th from 12noon-2pm. We will be meeting outside the gates of Edinburgh Castle at 12noon and then marching down the Royal Mile to the Scottish parliament building.

This will be a peaceful protest and we ask that everybody behave accordingly with no alcohol or abusive behaviour. Protestors should wear warm waterproof clothing and bring banners and posters. Homemade t-shirts with anti-vaccination slogans or fancydress would be welcomed.

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Elijah James Smith Moved To Lewes + Decommissioner Legal Updates + J18

11-12-2009 19:54

smashedo
There was a hearing relating to the decommissioners’ case at Hove Crown Court on December 1st where the prosecutors failed in their attempt to join the case of the EDO decommissioning court case with criminal damage charges arising out of the previous month long rooftop occupation of Raytheon in Bristol.

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This Week in Palestine – Week 50, 2009

11-12-2009 19:53

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Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 5th, to 11th 2009
Upcoming Coverage
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Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
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