World Repression Newswire Archive

UK-based airline running guns to Congo killers - Amnesty calls for inquiry

REBEL groups terrorising civilians in eastern Congo, where a devastating war marked by widespread atrocities has killed nearly 4m people, are doing so with weapons and ammunition flown to Africa by a British-based airline.

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Unidentifiable Police arrest protestor outside Forest Cafe

03-07-2005 09:32 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

When uniformed police moved in to close down an impromptu street party outside the Forest Cafe (which had a late license until 5am), a protestor was arrested by cops with all id removed and taken in an unnumbered van to an undisclosed location.

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Monster of the moment

03-07-2005 05:57 | Analysis | Globalisation | Repression | World

Zimbabwe is being hypocritically vilified by the west for forced slum clearances that are routine throughout the developing world.

Pictures of Police Pen in Edingurgh demo

02-07-2005 19:44 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

Report to follow soon...

Gay demo against Bromley homophobia (July 30th)

01-07-2005 16:05 | Repression | Social Struggles | South Coast | World

In response to Tory run Bromley (London) homophobically 'banning' civil partnership ceremonies.A local group is holding a demo. (Tory leader M.Howard refuses to intervene here or over the 'ban' on the gay Rainbow Flag in Soho, where everyone else is allowed to fly there 'logo' etc..)

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/1/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

30-06-2005 23:42 | Analysis | Repression | World

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, Spain, China, and Russia.

PRESS REVIEW

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT …
… Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers

Greece: Kurdish refugee stops hunger strike

29-06-2005 20:50 | Repression | World

With a statement issued today (29.06.2005) Bahoz explains why he stoped his hunger strike.

'Anna's nightmare' in detention's living hell

28-06-2005 21:06 | Anti-racism | Repression | London | World

"She was unco-operative during the medical induction, by crying, being confused and upset," Mr Palmer says.

Israelis unleash a new Weapon: Scream

28-06-2005 18:23 | Repression | World

Israelis unleash Scream at protest New weapon knocks crowds off feet Sound blast triggers nausea, dizziness

Mainstream Media Coverage of Bristol IMC Server Seizure

Collecting links and media coverrage of the police take down and seizure of Indymedia Bristol's web server and arrest of indymedia volunteer.

Rethink policy of deporting failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers

27-06-2005 22:11 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Officials in the Zimbabwe government have publicly said Britain is training spies, mercenaries and agents to destabilise the country and is sending them into Zimbabwe under the guise of returning failed asylum seekers.

On arrival the deportees are invariably met by Mugabe’s secret police, detained, tortured and interrogated. Some of the deportees have not been heard of since. Their families, both in Zimbabwe and in Britain, report that the last they heard of them was that they had been picked up by the secret police.

UN links herb smokers to terrorism: propaganda!

Antonio Maria Costa: "We know that even the occasional marijuana smoker is a link in a much longer and more dangerous chain."

NO EXTRADITION OF CANADIAN INDIGENOUS PERSON TO USA

Canadian Indigenous person John Graham is going to be extradited to the USA to a country with the death penalty for a crime he did not commit.The FBI are accusing him of a murder that occured in 1976.

ID card database infomation in exchange for Trident

Under the arrangements that Britain has with the US that allow us access to their nuclear technology in the Trident programme, America has long insisted that it should have access to all our intelligence material. That means the ID database will be automatically available to it.

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M.Howard on new EU Conv against People Trafficking

26-06-2005 10:54 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Tory leader M.Howard replies to constituents enq over view on EU Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings.

Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash

Personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain could be sold to private companies as part of government attempts to arrest spiralling costs for the new national identity card scheme, set to get the go-ahead this week.

News Update : Bristol Indymedia Server Threatened by Police

News Release : Bristol Indymedia Server Threatened.
by imc bristol
24th June 2005

Bristol Indymedia Server Threatened

Iran's Elections

Today, Iran's voters go to the polls faced with an unenviable choice for President.

hoWARd, ruddock, ellison, keelty and news ltd plotted chaos

Now they go on in the article to describe themselves as intelligence officials? But I'm sorry to say that any group of people who ask another group of people to believe what they believe based on no evidence is amongst the most unintelligent and lost group of people the world has ever known.