World Repression Newswire Archive

Anarchist Pogo Party's election TV spot censored

28-08-2005 10:14 | Culture | Free Spaces | Repression | World

In the run up to the German elections for parliament and governemnt, several satirical and fun parties promise to make elections interesting entertainment again.
The Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany has now their TV spot censored, because of too much "sex, drugs, alcohol and violence".
But the founder of the Anarchist Pogo Party claims, that this scene would just mirror the catastrophical conditions in our society leading to an apocalyptic vision of the future".

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Dirty acussation of Paramilitarism in Caraca against young Intelectual

28-08-2005 00:29 | Culture | Repression | World

After being robbed in Caracas at the world youth festival for the youth and students, a Colombian journalist and well known activist is falsely accussed of being paramilitar when he controverted the authorities at the festival.

Colombian Journalist member of the British delegation WYSF in Venezuela accussed

28-08-2005 00:01 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | World

A colombian journalist, and political activist based in London is accussed of paramilitarism when he controverted the CNP (Comite Nacional Preparatorio) Organisers of the 16º World Festival of youth and students in Caracas, Venezuela.

Iraq: people falling ill from contaminated water.

27-08-2005 14:38 | Analysis | Health | Repression | World

As politicians inside the fantasy world of the Green Zone haggle over a piece of paper the people in the real world do not have electricity or even clean water – more than two years after the `liberation`.

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Noborder Action Bulgaria - Greece

27-08-2005 10:31 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

Yesterday the three day noborder camp in Klutsch, Bulgaria, finished with a collective border crossing to Greece.
Thereby long delays happened because of the Bulgarian border police, who searched 2 cars for hours.
Today the greek part of the “Noborder Action Days” started with an antirascist demonstration in Xanthi.

Operation 'Clean Up The Filth': Gay Zimbabweans testify

25-08-2005 11:51 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Report by Keith Goddard on members of GALZ affected by Mugabe's Murambatsvina (Clean up the filth) campaign. The Murambatsvina campaign, which has displaced thousands of Zimbabweans, also affected a number of GALZ members...

The ABC for good or evil?

24-08-2005 01:58 | Analysis | Education | Repression | World

The real scenario is likely to be someone like Dr Milne takes the stand and swears that microscopic traces of pollen on the suspect's shirt matches that produced by one or two flowers near the murder scene - the judge and jury nod their head and the defence lawyer, who failed high school science, looks worried and mounts an ineffective cross examination.

Caterkiller demolish 300,000 homes in Zimbabwe

23-08-2005 13:21 | DSEi 2005 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Many people are familiar with Israel’s use of Caterpillar armoured bulldozers in Palestine and the US military’s use of militarised bulldozers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Bosnia. Now news has emerged that Caterpillar machines are responsible for the destruction of over 300,000 indigenous homes in Zimbabwe, during Operation Murambatsvina, (literally “clean out the trash” in Shona), in which impoverished supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change were driven out of urban settlements into strenuously guarded rural camps.

Teachers accused of anti-US bias

22-08-2005 00:39 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Repression | World

The NSW Teachers Federation condemned costello's comments as "absolute nonsense". Its senior vice-president, Angelo Gavrielatos, said: "The constant denegration of teachers isn't good for the country."

Assaulted protesters file charges in Tennessee

21-08-2005 00:03 | Ecology | Repression | World

ASSAULT& BATTERY COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST NATIONAL COAL EMPLOYEE

Next Phase of Ugandan Hunger Striker deportations

19-08-2005 23:40 | Migration | Repression | London | World

Two more Ugandan Hunger Strikers are to be deported this weekend, despite concerns for health and human rights issues.

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G8 Policing "blueprint" for national service

19-08-2005 22:02 | Repression | World

G8 SUMMIT - G8 is a 'blueprint' for national service.

190 to destroy and 200 to re-build Afghanistan?

18-08-2005 22:24 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

So he calls remarkable progress sending 190 militants off to wage war against all the free and democratic people in Afghanistan? I think that is a remarkable statement. I mean what would he have said if there weren't any problems and he had to send troops just to rebuild after the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2002. Fantastic?

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Iceland is fascist!

18-08-2005 01:51 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

police and special forces, called Vicking Squat are following protesters 24h a daz , undercover and not undercover. The state and the immegration office has issued deportation orders for 21 protesters......

fascist iceland

17-08-2005 18:20 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

icelandic government orders deportation of 21 protesters, that took action against Alcoa and the Kárahnjúkar Dam. Methods to capture the people involved are filthy and fascist!!

Daughter must pay police who let her mum die.

17-08-2005 15:27 | Repression | Social Struggles | South Coast | World

article in the Kentish Saturday Observer. Aug 13th.

Appeal for Information from G8 Defendants

Court proceedings are already underway for many of the defendants arrested at the actions that took place over the week of the G8 summit. Intermediate Diets and trials will be continuing through August, September and October.

9/11 detainees 'abused' - Koran Kicking in NYC After 9/11

16-08-2005 14:22 | Repression | World

- While an inmate was at prayer, an assistant warden allegedly entered his cell and ordered a corrections officer to confiscate his prayer rug and Qur'an and to dispose of the items in a garbage incinerator.

- A Bureau of Prisons inmate alleged that a corrections officer ordered him to drop his Qur'an on the floor outside his cell and then kicked the Qur'an and walked away.

All Australians deserve a fair trial

16-08-2005 10:24 | Analysis | Culture | Repression | World

David Hicks could be facing a U.S military commission in a matter of weeks. We must act now. Sign our letter demanding that Alexander Downer get David Hicks back here to face an Australian court:

Community set to oppose downer propaganda: Bashir

15-08-2005 07:47 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

9-ll, Bali, Spain, Australia's Embassy in Jakarta, London and Egypt all have similarities and follow the same pattern, in that without them it would have been impossible to get the support from the west necessary to pre-emptively and illegally strike a sovereign nation state and whoever is behind these bombings wanted to go into an illegal and degrading war and not preach and teach peasants in Indonesia.