London Repression Newswire Archive

09-02-2005 15:21

SMASH EDO Legal Workshop this Saturday

Smash EDO and Brighton Quakers are holding a campaign day this Saturday at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street Brighton - This will include a legal workshop from 1.30pm

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07-02-2005 23:07

defence of freedom to protest in parliament square tonight - pics

under the guise of the 'serious organised crime and police bill', we are losing our right to protest outside parliamentary buildings in the vicinity of parliament, whitehall, and buckingham palace. as the bill was debated this afternoon and evening, protestors gathered in the square to protest against this law, which would make brian haw's long-running peace protest opposite parliament illegal. Read more >>

07-02-2005 09:42

Palestine Awareness Day

Palestine Awareness Day, Saturday 19 February, Cambridge University. Speakers to include Glen Rangwala, Dr Uri Davis. Read more >>

05-02-2005 10:24

Tortured in the San Jose Main Jail

Martín Rodriguez, , says he was tortured in the San Jose Main Jail while spending 115 days there on drug charges. Read more >>

05-02-2005 06:34

The fairy tale of the tolerant Dutch society and the humane asylum-policy

In contrarily with the general allegations in American and Western newsmedia, not only the Netherlands is no open society for minorities, moreover the Dutch asylum-policy is violating gravely international humanitarian principles. Read more >>

04-02-2005 12:07

Darfur - UN is all words, no action

“The new UN report on Darfur is all words and no action. It is a cruel betrayal of black Africans who are being slaughtered by Arab Islamists. These killings are racially motivated and the UN’s failure to condemn them as genocide is craven appeasement of the Sudanese government and the Janjaweed militia,” said human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, a member of the ad hoc Darfur Solidarity Campaign. Read more >>

04-02-2005 09:29

ID Cards - Crime Prevention or Controlling the Peasants?

Big Brother is going to be watching you
Blair's identity cards are going to have a big infrastructure linking data bases. BT is wondering whether to play. The public relations fall out won't do it any good. Read more >>

03-02-2005 13:55

Defend the victims of Islamist repression

Ramzi Isalam says it is time the left sided with the victims of Islamist repression, not the fundamentalists. First published in Labour Left Briefing, February 2005 Read more >>

02-02-2005 12:38

Anti-ID Card Picket at Home Office

Haringey Against ID Cards held a picket of the Home Office in central
London as part of the national day of action against ID cards on Friday
28th January. Read more >>

01-02-2005 23:06

Brent Palestine Solidarity Campaign Film Screening and Talks

"Remembering Marwan Rahwanji"

An evening to remember the late Marwan Rahwanji with talks by Josie Warshaw and Asa Winstanley and a film screening of 'Arna's Children' in the calm of the spiritual Special Yoga Centre.
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01-02-2005 16:00

Stop the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill from going through

The Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill is going to be debated in Parliament next Monday 7th January from 2.30pm.
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31-01-2005 22:56

Aust Community criticises Govt for 'crimes'

The 'Community' is waiting for the prosecution of these offenders. The offenders of these premeditated, vicious and callous crimes should be charged with the offences they have been alleged to have committed. Mr Habib should complete a record of interview taken by the police.

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31-01-2005 10:25

Scotsman Reports Plastic Bullet Baton Rounds Authorised for G8 Protests in July

From:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=110412005 Read more >>

31-01-2005 04:34

Never again - Until Tomorrow

Bare-headed in the snow-covered camp Romani Rose, a leading spokesman for Europe's 10 million Roma at the Aushwitz commemoration yesterday, gave us a grim glimpse of the past and an impassioned warning for the future.
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27-01-2005 20:43

Tatchell arrested in Holocaust Day asylum protest

“Never Again, today means not closing our doors to refugees fleeing persecution. Don’t let Michael Howard dishonour the victims of the Holocaust with his quotas for asylum seekers. Never Again means Never Again.” Read more >>

27-01-2005 17:40

Peter Tatchell arrested

Campaigner pleads for asylum seekers at Holocaust Memorial Day Read more >>

27-01-2005 10:12

Kiss It!xx Campaign March Against Psychiatric Assault

March against psychiatric assault (forced treatment) Monday 14 February 2005 Valentine's Day demonstration 11am gather at Whitehall Place (nearest tubes Embankment and Charing cross) For more information, visit: www.kissit.org Read more >>

27-01-2005 05:37

Australian Govt Guilty of Crimes: Community

But no one can say the same about the act of taunting Mamdouh Habib in Australia before he was kidnapped by the US and then tortured. Nor can they say the same about the Australian Governments complicity in his torture by the US. Read more >>

26-01-2005 11:22

Ordeal of a Gay Asylum Seeker

Ramzi Isalam tells how he escaped murder by Islamic fundamentalists in Algeria, and is battling against the Home Office to win asylum in Britain Read more >>

25-01-2005 17:41

"shadows of occupation": third balatacamp.net film from Palestine

Shadows of Occupation [2005; 3min]

"Balata camp children prepare a shadow puppet theatre production. During the performance, the characters of their imagination move from the screen onto the streets."
Download it now from www.balatacamp.net Read more >>