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Open Letter To Susan Gaertner: Dave Mahoney Update

14-05-2009 16:24

Below is an Open letter from the mother of Dave Mahoney (arrested after the RNC protest in the US) to Susan Gaertner State Attorney.

Dave now faces 10 charges which could lead to decades of jail time. Dave grew up in the UK and was involved in many project in Plymouth, Devon including organising benefit gigs and Plymouth Environment Center.

All involved in his support campaign want him home more than anything in the world and we would appreciate any support you can give.

For more information on Dave's case check out

http://helpdavemahoney.blogspot.com/

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Palestine Today 051409

14-05-2009 13:57

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday May 15th 2009.

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Rossport: 2 people on tripods currently stopping Shell's work in Glenagad

14-05-2009 12:35

Shell's attempt to extend their compound onto Glengad beach is halted by tripod action.

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OutCry

14-05-2009 11:56

We don't want your Immigration legislation
We don't want your child control
Foreign national children are UK's assets
Woolas, Smith, leave these kids alone

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Humanitarian aid at sea considered a crime

14-05-2009 10:52

Elias Bierdeland and Captain Stefan Schmidt face a four years sentence for helping refugees at sea.

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Desmond Nwose aged 10 needs help for himself and his family

14-05-2009 06:38

My name is Desmond Nwose. I am 10 years old. My favourite subject is math's and I would love to be a successful solicitor so I can fight for people's right but I am not too sure now because I have no future and I was told by the people who broke down our door to arrest me and my family that we do not have the right to stay in the UK.

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The Colnbrook Blockade in pictures

14-05-2009 00:37

Early in the morning of 12th May 2009, a dozen anti-deportation campaigners from the Stop Deportation network and the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees blockaded the entrance to Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres near Heathrow, to try and prevent a scheduled mass deportation of 45 Iraqi Kurdish refugees held at Colnbrook. Six activists locked themselves together in pairs, using glass and plastic arm tubes attached to heavy concrete barrels. The blockade lasted for over four hours, after which three coaches carrying the deportees left for an undisclosed airport. All six were arrested (two quite violently) for obstruction of the highway.

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Heckler & Koch Campaign :: Spread the Word in Nottingham

13-05-2009 23:32

Heckler & Koch Campaign :: Spread the Word. Meeting in the Market Square, Nottingham, on Monday 11 May, folks from the Campaign gathered at a stall and gave out leaflets and spoke to passers-by.

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INDYMEDIA SCOOP - repressing protest - what's next?

13-05-2009 22:27

in secret meetings not recorded in Hansard, our government has formulated a plan to rid parliament square of not only the current tamil protests, but also brian haw's seven and a half year vigil. emergency legislation is expected to pass through parliament unopposed within a matter of weeks.

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Palestine Today 051309

13-05-2009 18:48

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Wednesday May 13th 2009.

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Sonia 4 and Aya 15 months - 32 days in detention

13-05-2009 13:36

Free the Cherbal Family and return them to Blackburn, where they belong

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Tamil blockade of Parliament Monday 11th May

12-05-2009 20:41

Over 3000 innocent people were slaughtered in the so called 'safe zone' in the space of 24 hours by air bombardments between Saturday and Sunday, according to the Tamils in Parliament square; by Monday the number of dead had risen to 4000, which would bring the total of deaths up to 12.000 since January.*

Sunday more people began to gather in Parliament Square, and Monday the numbers had swelled and from 9.30 am people began blocking again the roads around Parliament, the only way for them to get attention to the genocide in their homeland and the UK politicians to intervene with the UN.

It is feared that the Sri Lankan government are determined to kill all of the civilians trapped in the so- called ' safe zone' in the Vanni region by the end of the month, more than 150.000 people are living under bombardments and have no way to get out and no access to food or medication, as the Sri Lankan army has sealed off the zone. The few who have managed to escape to government controlled areas have been put in concentration camps by the SLA.

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Colnbrook blockade ends with 6 arrests

12-05-2009 18:18

A five-hour blockade of Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow airport, has ended with six protesters being arrested for 'obstructing the highway'. The six activists from the Stop Deportation Network had encased their arms in glass and plastic tubes and concrete blocks, blocking the entrance to Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres, in an attempt to stop the forcible mass deportation of 45 Iraqi refugees on a specially chartered flight to Iraqi Kurdistan.

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May Day Solidarity Conference in Barnsley - a report

12-05-2009 16:21

On May Day 2009. the magnificent 150 year old Barnsley Miners Hall was the setting for a conference bringing together militant trade unionists from Yorkshire and asylum seekers and migrant workers from around the world...

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Report from Serco AGM

12-05-2009 16:16

Dubbed ‘probably the biggest company you’ve never heard of’.

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Palestine Today 051209

12-05-2009 14:54

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Tuesday May 12th 2009.

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Blockade of Colnbrook detention centre– SUPPORT NEEDED

12-05-2009 09:55

Colnbrook IRC blockaded in attempt to stop the forced deportation of detainee's to Iraq. Support needed now to reinforce blockade.

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Colnbrook IRC under Blockade

12-05-2009 09:11

Anti-deportation campaigners encase themselves in concrete and glass to stop mass deportation flight to Iraq

Campaigners from the Stop Deportation Network and the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees are blockading Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow airport, to stop 45 Iraqi refugees being forcibly deported to Iraqi Kurdistan on a specially chartered flight. Six protesters have encased their arms in glass and plastic tubes and concrete blocks, blocking the entrance to Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres. The coaches to carry deportees to the airport have not been able to leave.

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