London Repression Newswire Archive

29-08-2007 13:05

Parliament Square this morning.

Police attempt to suppress freedom of speech in Parliament Square today and fail. Read more >>

29-08-2007 10:04

Smash EDO camp update: Dog bites and bylaw repression

The Smash EDO camp held a noise demo at 8 o'clock this morning at EDO's Mouslecoomb site. The gate to the site was open so a few people decided to casually walk in. Read more >>

29-08-2007 09:56

Disarm DSEi Public Meeting @ rampART London 1st September

Disarm DSEi Public Meeting Saturday 1st September, 2pm-4pm
rampART centre, 15 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=534642&Y=181247&A=Y&Z=1

Tube : Whitechapel, Shadwell, Aldgate, Aldgate East, Tower Gateway
Bus : 15, 115, D3, 100

There will probably be police photographers outside the meeting, don't be intimidated.
You might choose to wear a scarf in this unpredictable weather. Read more >>

28-08-2007 16:54 | 1 addition

Smash EDO Camp still resisting and actions will continue!

17:30 update

Sussex police have taken all the tents including the large marquee.

Someone locked onto the pole of the marquee confused around 50 police for a good hour. Eventually they had to lock-off because police were talking about dismantling the marquee, which would have been extremely dangerous for the locked-on protester.

There are reports that there are still people up in the trees on the site. Read more >>

28-08-2007 11:48

SOCPA - nelson mandela plea tomorrow 10.30am (wednesday)

a call-out to people who care.
nelson mandela is visiting parliament square tomorrow. he may not be aware of the terrible civil rights violations that the 'serious organised crime and police act' has led to in this area. it is important that he is made aware - that this hypocrisy is unveiled. Read more >>

27-08-2007 20:25

NIGER: Government continues down the road of confrontation with Tuareg rebels

The Nigerien military is continuing to arbitrarily arrest civil servants from the department of Agadez in Niger, leaving no trace of them. At the same time landmines belonging to the military have been discovered that both the civilian population and Tuareg fighters acknowledge the existence of. Read more >>

27-08-2007 19:53

Audio Podcast on Climate Camp day of actions...

Action podcast on 19th August: interviews with particpants, witnesses and legal observers. Read more >>

27-08-2007 11:18

' Even I question the 'truth' about 9/11 ' - Fisk

Robert Fisk, in his article 'Even I question the 'truth' about 9/11' seems to be denigrating, by association, the many science and engineering professors, airline pilots, ex-air traffic controllers, ex-military personnel and other intelligent people who have been questioning the official story of 9/11 ever since they first noticed far more of the many discrepancies than he points out. Read more >>

27-08-2007 07:17 | 3 additions

Mandela's statue in Parliament Square.

Mandela's statue is due to be unveiled in Parliament Square by him on Wednesday 29th. But hang on, the whole area is presently fenced off, with the exception of a tiny, cramped area around Brian Haw's pitch. Read more >>

24-08-2007 00:05

Philippine Democracy Under Arroyo’s Petty Tyranny

The rampant human rights violation under the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo government and her penchant for issuing policies that have curtailed the freedom of speech and assembly have been likened to the tyranny that reigned over our country during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Read more >>

23-08-2007 17:33 | 1 addition

The Empire Tastes an Unprecedented Moral Defeat

GERARDO, Ramón, René, Fernando and Antonio are still behind bars in the United States, three of them in maximum security prisons, and all of them subjected to the hateful revenge of those in Washington who have made them the target of reprisals against the Cuban Revolution... Read more >>

23-08-2007 00:17

Disarm DSEi Public Meeting @ rampART London 1st September

Disarm DSEi Public Meeting Saturday 1st September, 2pm-4pm
rampART centre, 15 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA

22-08-2007 15:09 | 1 addition

SOCPA - open letter to ken livingstone

peace campaigner barbara tucker has written an open letter to the mayor which she has copied to various government departments, the police, the prosecution service and media. in it she challenges the legality of the latest harrassment of peace protestors in parliament square (see report on raid at

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378707.html) Read more >>

20-08-2007 19:09

Political Apartheid: Policing of the Climate Camp Protests.

"If you go over there, I will facilitate your lawful protest" said one of the commanding coppers outside the action that took place at Agrexco on Saturday afternoon.

His idea of a "lawful protest" became clear very quickly as his officers pushed us into a kettle and held us there until people were taken out one by one and searched under Section One of PACE, before being sent on our merry way. FIT photographers were on hand to photograph each individual as they were searched. That 40 campers managed to get off site and to a known target in the middle of the heavily policed area is something else that FIT will have a hard time explaining to the powers that be.

19-08-2007 21:01

Iraqi prisoners pleading innocence

"The Shi'ite-run Interior Ministry was criticised over the treatment of detainees in 2005 after U.S. forces said they discovered secret cells in which detainees had been tortured." Read more >>

19-08-2007 19:28

Late afternoon march to BAA - Cops go crazy

When the group left from the rear of the camp, at first mounted police tried to ride into people but soon backed off and allowed them to stream across the field. As the people approched the opposite side of the field there were many vans of riot police arriving in adjacent streets and deploying to meet the protestors. There were even van loads of police getting changed into their riot gear on the M4 motorway before scrambling up the bank. As protestors moved along the fence or tried to climb out of the field the police attacked them with batons and shields. I saw several hit, punched, repeatedly thrown to the ground, pushed into ditches, and sworn at. Over the next 15 minutes more and more riot police kept arriving (something like 100), many running into the field following mounted police that had galloped into a gap in the fence. Police prevented media from entering the field and a high hedge prevented them filming the scenes in the field. Read more >>

19-08-2007 18:02

Pics of Police Chasing Protestors Through Residential Area Near BAA Building

From this afternoon - Sunday 19th August - Police were chasing protestors in all directions close to the BAA building on Bath Road - in the back streets they were pushing them both away and towards BAA where a protest was scheduled to take place. Some escaped over fences and others were surrounded by police and kept there for hours - some made it through to the BAA building to hold their protest. Read more >>

19-08-2007 17:36 | 1 addition

Pics of violent arrests near A4 - Sat 19th (climate camp)

Pics of two violent arrests this afternoon at around half three / quarter to four.

Newly deployed riot police start chasing two people down the street, pushing them over and tackling them to the ground then violently restraining them. Read more >>

19-08-2007 15:11

Today we witness the loss of Democracy

A devastating over reaction by the police on todays protesters is a dark day for democracy Read more >>

19-08-2007 08:58

Brilliantly planned and executed.

A personal impression of the Climate Camp. Read more >>