London Repression Newswire Archive

04-03-2004 22:37

Hackney Council & Cops Threaten to Illegally evict Kingsland Squatters

Three Stoke Newington drugs squad officers in plain clothes visited the Kingsland Estate in south Hackney today, warning that the council staff would be evicting squatters on Monday, and that they would arrest any refusing to leave. They referred to section 7 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. Read more >>

04-03-2004 16:45

Travellers Lives in Turmoil after eviction

A TRAVELLING community evicted from land in Essex have been forced to split up to secure a place to live.
Read more >>

04-03-2004 08:39

Prosecutors take on Genoa police

Italian prosecutors have requested the indictment of 29 riot police for alleged brutality against protesters at the G8 summit in Genoa three years ago.
Prosecutors accuse the officers of inflicting injuries on anti-globalisation activists during a pre-dawn raid on a school.

Police say their action was needed to respond to violent demonstrations. Read more >>

03-03-2004 11:58

mental health excluded from financial services

new evidence shows that peoople experiencing longer term mental health problems are having to lie to access financial services or walk away from them altogether because of discrimination Read more >>

29-02-2004 19:03

JOIN THE PROTEST AGAINST INDISCRIMINATE REPRESSION OF SLOVAKIA'S 500,000 ROMA

Currently a popular uprising is brewing in Slovakia amongst the Roma people. Latest reports speak of door-to-door raids, systematic beatings and electric-shock torture (over 100 to date). Rioting started when Roma, already jobless, had unemployment benefits cut by 50%. Join a picket on Tuesday at Noon in front of the Slovak Embassy to show opposition to the treatment of the Roma by the Slovak state. Read more >>

28-02-2004 12:12

Police Harassment of DSEi meetings and future meetings

Due to police harassment of DISARM DSEi meetings we are no longer advertising the London dates. However the meetings remain open and if people want to come along please email

londondisarm@dsei.org Read more >>

27-02-2004 12:29

The Times (UK) denies defamation of Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

In respons to a complaint made by Swami Dhyan
Giten about the article "Little boy lost in the commune"
published in The Times january 19, 2004, Penny Wark,
associate editor of The Times, admits that Osho´s
(Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) reputation was damaged in the US,
but she denies that the article in The Times has defamed Osho.

Read more >>

27-02-2004 11:15

International Women's Day Events Honour Women of Palestine

Events for International Women's Day, from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We invite a global exchange of solidarity message for Palestinian women between women's groups, individuals, and solidarity groups everywhere! If you would like to send a message to be read out on March 6 in London please feel welcome. Read more >>

25-02-2004 01:48

DAVID KELLY was Murdered' Says UK Intelligence Insider

IN INFORMATION WITHHELD BY THE BRITISH PRESS, shocking new details about the death of Dr David Kelly emerged today exclusively on the Alex Jones radio show. Michael Shrimpton, a UK national security lawyer who was a guest on the show, revealed that
sources within MI5 and MI6 are `furious' that Kelly was murdered.

Shrimpton spoke in depth about the details of Kelly's murder on 17th July 2003...
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24-02-2004 13:45

Social Centre Victory pics.

Bailiffs & Babylon Bottle It. Read more >>

24-02-2004 13:10

Eviction Delayed at Occupied Social Centre (Fortess Road)

Tuesday 24th February: This morning the planned eviction of the occupied social centre at 93 Fortess Road in Kentish Town, London, was stalled by the presence of around seventy supporters. Read more >>

24-02-2004 04:36

Police@social center

at 1.20 am - the first visit of the police Read more >>

24-02-2004 01:27

'Night of the Undead Marxists' at the ESF

Calls to the NGO sector Read more >>

24-02-2004 01:23

CPS switches charge at court on resist-bush protestor

cops arrested me on 19/11/03 at small demo heading for Buckingham Palace; prosecutor today switched charge from assaulting a cop in the course of his duty to common assault; case adjurned to 19/4/04. Read more >>

21-02-2004 11:48

Kentish Town Social Centre - Eviction Alert!

The Occupied Social Centre eviction date is TUESDAY 24th February first thing in the morning!! Read more >>

19-02-2004 23:12

Images from Fairford Court Ruling 19th Feb 04

Images from Fairford Court Ruling. Read more >>

19-02-2004 20:03

Fairford Judicial Review : Judegement Online

The full text of the judgement is online Read more >>

19-02-2004 12:47

Fairford Judicial Review - Corporate Press Coverage

Collecting corporate media coverage of the Fairford Coach Judicial Review Read more >>

19-02-2004 11:11

Police 'abused power' during demo

Protesters have won their High Court battle over a police decision to detain them on their way to RAF Fairford for an anti-war demonstration.
Lawyers for half the 120 passengers, stopped from protesting last March, accused Gloucestershire Police of acting unlawfully. Read more >>

17-02-2004 14:07

U.K. Anti-Rave Legislation 2004

They're at it again the bastards! Read more >>