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World’s largest weapons inspection as Blair pushes for new N-Bomb
Hundreds of people from across Britain are thismorning marching on the Atomic Weapons Establishment
at Aldermaston in Berkshire. They are converging in
large groups from all directions - by bus, train,
bicycle and on foot - determined to carry out the
world’s largest ever inspection of a nuclear weapons
factory. A big police presence of several hundred
officers is protecting the site.
Voices From Detention
Barbed Wire Britain, a network to end refugee and migrant detention, has produced a second volume of testimonies from immigration detainees, Voices From Detention II.
Amidst the political and media clamour about how many asylum seekers have been or need be deported, the voices of the system's victims are necessarily stifled. Would-be refugees are mere statistics, objects in a disgusting Dutch auction as to which political brand can wash whitest. And this why such a collection is an important tool in the struggle for rights and justice.
The volume is a collection of accounts by detainees in Tinsley House, Campsfield House, Rochester (HMP), Liverpool (HMP), Belmarsh (HMP), Lindholme, Harmondsworth, Yarlswood, Dungavel, Dover and Haslar. These are people for whom the unthinkable has happened. They have been imprisoned in the UK without charge, without conviction, without time limit. They have been imprisoned by the UK government, which boasts its democratic institutions.
The strange disappearance of CIA's prisoners
On 20 Nov 2006, The New Statesman led a cover story by Stephen Grey, the author of "Ghost Plane: the inside story of the CIA's secret rendition programme". Under the title "Missing Presumed Tortured", the article wondered whatever happened to the 7,000 or so prisoners captured in America's 'war on terror', when just 700 of them ended up in Guantanamo Bay. "Between extraordinary rendition to foreign jails and disappearance into the CIA's 'black sites'," Grey asks, "what happened to the rest?"
Read the full article
Related articles on Indymedia: Stop Torture Flights | Europe Knew | List of CIA Torture Planes | CIA's Secret Jails | CIA Aircraft Flying into Scotland
Stop locking up our children! TCAR demonstration 18th November
On Saturday 18th November Tyneside Community Action for Refugees held a lively demonstration against child detention and deportation in Newcastle city centre. Over 50 activists and their families spread the message about the horrific crime of detaining children through lively chanting, singing, and giving out balloons with messages from the children of TCAR members.Airport protests in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Campaign Against Climate Change organised two aviation protests this week: One protest was against BAA's application to extend the runway in Aberdeen. The second protest, on Saturday, was against short-haul flights, which account for the large majority of flights to and from Aberdeen. Support IWW Branch at Scottish Parliament: No Redundancies, No Pay Cuts
As Christmas approaches, eleven workers at the Scottish Parliament face broken contracts and unemployment in the new year, courtesy of self-proclaimed champions of the Scottish working class, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne. Tour of Europe with Venezuelan organisers – what we learnt
October 2006 was particularly exciting as we took two activists from Venezuela, Juanita Romero and Gastón Murat, on a speaking tour of (in chronological order) London, Venice, Galway, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Barcelona. It is unusual for grassroots people to be invited to speak abroad and to have the opportunity to meet their counterparts in countries of the North.
Daughters of Rebecca at Faslane
Welsh activists took part in the Faslane 365 blockade between Monday and Wednesday this week.
The Responsiveness of British Police to Islamic Fundamentalism
While the British Metropolitan police were quick to raid Safa Einollahi's house and suspect him for "terrorist" activities, or shoot Jean-Charles Menendez, the innocent Brazilian, five times in the head, they seem to be some what more lethargic in moving against the real threats against this country.Indymedia-film about Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
These days a new indymedia-film concerning the situation of palestinian refugees in Lebanon was released.Faslane365: Rhythms of Resistance
Rhythms of Resistance Manchester joined Faslane365 on 6th-8th November 06, with 5 sambistas being arrested but released with no further court proceedingsA TRIAL GIVING KANGAROOS A BAD NAME
THE CORRUPTED TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEINOutrage as Home Office deport 7yr old despite knowing her mother was in the UK
Refugee support groups today expressed outrage at the Home Office forcibly returning a seven year old girl to Kenya despite being repeatedly informed by an MP, officers from Strathclyde Police and lawyers, that her mother was living in the UK.
Stop Moping - Towards Strategic Insurrection
Big mobilisation haven't turned out very successful recently. The 22nd October Collective gives us an idea why. Some more thoughts on strategies and what makes them work.Full Story | 3 additions | 2 comments >>
BtB press release: Stop nuclear weapons - stop climate change
Anti-nuclear campaigners return to warhead factory ahead of government White Paper. Work on new laser in full swing - blockade on 13 November 2006. Join us!
Faslane365 double-decker bus going to Faslane to say NO to Trident Replacement!
On Monday 6th November, the Faslane365 double-decker campaign bus set off from Albert Square in Manchester and travel to the Faslane Trident submarine base in Scotland. Among the passengers will be Greater Manchester residents who will be taking part in the Faslane365 non-violent blockade on Tuesday 7th & Wednesday 8th November.
New Christian Right group in Scotland
A new Christian Right Wing Group are seeking to gain seets in the Scotish Parlament.Timeline: Israeli embassy and AMIA bombings, Argentina, 1992-2006
A timeline drawn from largely Spanish language sources giving some insights into these events which have assumed renewed relevance with the call by Argentinian prosecutors for the arrest of RafsanjaniBritish Police Try to Arrest Plaintiff Against Khatami
British police try to arrest one of the two Iranian refugees who applied to have Khatami arrested under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1998.CANdLE (Cumbria AND Lancashire Etc) at Faslane
A group from Lancaster, Lune Valley, and three areas in Cumbria came together to help maintain the 365 faslane blockade.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
