World Repression Newswire Archive

CIA extraordinary rendition

15-12-2005 16:15 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, that is the chorus of George W Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair and Jack Straw. Or are they all just blatantly lying?

Canada v. George W. Bush - The Trial of the Millennum

15-12-2005 05:16 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Repression | World

I again, near the end of your free time here, am asking for Americans to help
me protect our freedom as it pertains to the false allegations that have been
leveled against myself as a true living god by your seriously criminal demon
leader dictator, the truly evil, Mr. bush Jr..

Cheney's January 2005 trip to Poland to visit secret CIA torture center

15-12-2005 01:39 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Informed sources in Washington report that when Dick Cheney flew to Poland for the 60th anniversary ceremonies marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp last January, his three day visit also included a clandestine visit to a secret CIA camp in Poland where suspected "Al Qaeda" prisoners were being subjected to torture.

Australian state government prepares savage attack on democratic rights

14-12-2005 20:56 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

Likewise, in the wake of the racial violence, there will be no public discussion or even the semblance of a parliamentary debate on Iemma's new legislation today. Having created the social and political climate that has led to the clashes in Sydney, the political establishment is rushing to exploit the situation to further its own right-wing "law and order" agenda.

Turk dissident Orhan Pamuk- trial due...

14-12-2005 16:03 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

As I recall the Turkish writer and dissident is due in court on December 16th over his comments about the 'massacre' of Armenians and Kurds during the 1st world war.
Here's the article in the ObserverOctober 23nd.

Court agrees to review constitutional questions in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal

14-12-2005 15:43 | Repression | World

Supporters of Pennsylvania death row inmate and independent journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal celebrated on December 6th as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted two "certificates of appealabilty" to Jamal for alleged violations of constitutional rights in his 1982 trial and his 1985 state appeal. The court also called for a brief on a third point that had been previously certified for appeal

latest from a neighbourhood without law

14-12-2005 15:17 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Soldiers have big weapons. Human Righst Observers fight them with their cameras. Then the soldiers erase the tapes

Defend democratic and human rights in Russia

14-12-2005 11:24 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Prof Bill Bowring - founder and academic coordinator of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) at the London Metropolitan University - was detained and deported without warning or any explanation from Russia on November 15th 2005.

INCA center, TIMISOARA under eviction threat

13-12-2005 20:46 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

INCA Foundation(in Timisoara) got a place from the city for a period of 5 years to develop a community center inside a historical part of the city (part of the defense wall of the old fortress of the city). Now after 3 and a half years inspectors came keen on finding stuff that is breaking the contract so that they have a motivation to throw us in the streets. Our strong conviction is that this was a deliberate act, and inspectors which came were not interested to find solutions to fix the problems they discovered, they were not interested in finding out if there is another side of the story and so on. They were sent to find a reason to throw us out.

anti wto HK site

An autonomous group of direct action activists have launched Target: WTO | Derail, Dismantle, Destroy as activists across Hong Kong, Asia, and around the world unite to destroy WTO for once and for all.

Mass Graves from War Era Unearthed in Lebanon

13-12-2005 16:33 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

The Lebanese authorities have discovered mass graves near the town of Anjar in the Beka'a Valley over the past week. The discovery of this site, along with another one discovered last month in the Ministry of Defence compound, have sparked a series of speculations and condemnations.

Journalist and MP Jubran Tueni Killed in Explosion

13-12-2005 16:28 | Repression | World

On Monday December 12th, an explosion took place in Mkalles Area north of Beirut, killing MP Jubran Tueni and three of his companions. As the General Manager of An-Nahar newspaper, Tueni often wrote in opposition to the Syrian's governments interference in Lebanese political affairs.

Death of free speech in Blair's Britain

Free speech has died in Tony Blair's Britain.

Too gutless to save one of our own

12-12-2005 22:09 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

David Hicks, apparently, is now the only Westerner left among Guantanamo Bay's prisoners. This year, after George Bush decreed a special US military commission - a system the Americans have not used since World War II - would try any of the alleged terrorists, eight countries insisted their nationals at Guantanamo Bay be sent home.

Link between southern Christian fundamentalists/Texas oil interests/Russian mob

12-12-2005 18:51 | Globalisation | Repression | World

Additional ties between southern Christian fundamentalists, Texas oil interests, and Russian-Israeli mobsters and weapons smugglers uncovered. According to informed Washington insiders, there is increasing evidence of financial links between key "Christian Right" GOP notables and an international ring of Russian-Ukrainian-Israeli mobsters.

Jack Straw lies on Radio Four (again)

12-12-2005 08:53 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

More lies on "extraordinary rendition"

Midnight Mass (a poem for the homeless)

Below is a poem that I've written to try to make people a little more aware of the plight of the homeless at this time of year, why, is it only at this time of year thar we feel we should do something to help those less fortunate than ourselves and not for the rest of the year? Guilt or what? You tell me?

MI6 torture by proxy

11-12-2005 14:26 | Analysis | Health | Repression | World

Get the morrocans to do it.

Australians to be hung with piano wire

11-12-2005 03:41 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Repression | World

AFP head General Bung Mikado Kopassus told The Sunday Rage he had made the controversial decision due to past human rights abuses because it "might one day render more young Australian lives in Indonesia for state torture".

Australian treasurer steps up ideological offensive against welfare recipients

11-12-2005 02:19 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

The treasurer's comment piece was released shortly before the Senate passed the Howard government's "Welfare to Work" Bill on November 6. The new legislation will slash welfare payments for thousands of new claimants, and force single parents and the disabled into low-wage jobs. By driving down the living conditions of some of the most vulnerable members of the community, the government intends to create an enlarged pool of cheap labour available for exploitation.