UK Indymedia

Police places pressure on relatives and friends of jailed Russian antifascists

08-12-2012 19:59

Antifascists Alexey Sutuga and Alexey Olesinov have already been in the"Butyrka" prison in Moscow for more than half a year. Investigator Y. Egorov, who is conducting the investigation, is expected to modify the criminal case into a more serious one.

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Critical Mass Defence: Urgent Callout

30-11-2012 19:44

Nine people are being prosecuted after the police crackdown on London Critical Mass in July. You could be a crucial witness for their defence or help us find one! Their trial is in February, but we need to gather evidence by December 10th. That’s really soon!

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Abuse of Process: Factors in Prosecution Denial of Assange London Interview.

30-11-2012 16:19

The Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Letter of Request (LOR), Disclosure and Abuse of Process in the Julian Assange Case. The factors requiring the prosecution to deny an
interview in London.

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'Scared' Self-harming Sexually-active spy seeks sympathy, sues Scotland Yard.

25-11-2012 19:08

Yesterday the Daily Mail reports that former undercover cop Mark Kennedy is suing the Met for "for failing to ‘protect’ him against falling in love with a woman in the group of eco-warriors he was sent to infiltrate."

Kennedy who is clearly on an offensive to win public sympathy is quoted as saying:

‘When I was exposed, I started drinking heavily, cutting myself and plunged into a deep depression. I was tormented with guilt over the hurt I’d caused.’

And also that:

‘I still have to watch my back because there are people out there who want to harm me. My life has been destroyed.

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where has fitwatch gone

22-11-2012 19:49

where has fitwatch gone they now seem to be listed as a cash advice service on google, have they been hacked

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#Demo2012 - Loud & Proud

21-11-2012 16:05

10,000 protestors join NUS and National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts demos, 21 Nov 2012

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U.S. Senate bill Rewritten So Cops / Feds Can Read Your Email Without Warrants

21-11-2012 14:43

After Sen. Patrick Leahy’s warrant-less Internet Access bill is passed, Americans should expect a spike in arrests and property forfeitures by the feds and local police.

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Alfie Meadows set for third trial after second aborted over delays

20-11-2012 17:03

The retrial of two protesters charged with public order offences following a student demonstration in 2010 has been aborted three weeks into the trial after a series of illnesses.

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G8 location announced by Cameron

20-11-2012 15:49

Cameron's announcement that next year's G8 summit meeting will take place in County Fermanagh.

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Canada Resurrects Vampire—bill C-30 That Will Suck Internet Freedom Dry

19-11-2012 14:59

Can Canadians Hold Out Against Their Government's Forceful Efforts to Wiretap Their Lives? The Obama Government also wants the power (without a warrant) to introduce as evidence in U.S. Civil; Criminal and Administrative prosecutions any phone call record, email or Internet activity.

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PCC Candidates join forces as Shadow Police & Crime Commissioners

18-11-2012 10:19

Shadow Police and Crime Commissioners, we will bring a much needed level of public scrutiny to elected PCC's.

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Racist Huntsman Found Guilty of Harassment

15-11-2012 23:25

http://hsa.enviroweb.org/index.php/news/press-releases/381-racist-huntsman-found-guilty-of-harassment

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Use your vote on unecessaryPolice commissioner to stop privatisation&4 fairness

15-11-2012 17:17

in nottingham for example one commissioner will replace a mix of 16 doctors, ex judiciary& councillors with one councillor. This is a "costcutting" exercise costing £75million garnished with democracy that will is likely in most cases to make the police worse& less accountable.

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Squatting ban MP attacked and chased off uni campus

14-11-2012 19:09

From

http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/EGGED-ON-/

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Corrupt Police at Orgreave & Hillsborough

09-11-2012 23:18

The purpose of the (failed) police fit-ups at Orgreave was for the police to try and make sure striking workers served, if possible, life sentences, for the crime of resisting attacks by police

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Film Night & Talk - Justice For The Shrewsbury 24

07-11-2012 10:58

The Shrewsbury 24 were builders who took part in pickets of building sites during the first ever national building workers strike. Six of the pickets were stitched up on conspiracy charges and sent down for up to 3 years. Their crime was to be part of a trade union campaign to get a decent rate of pay and safer working conditions for all building workers.

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november 5th #OpVendetta march on parliament - report & pics

06-11-2012 00:22

up to a thousand people took part this evening in a rally and march and film re-enactment. after gathering at trafalgar square, several hundred people marched down whitehall, many wearing iconic 'anon' masks, and gathered at the gates of parliament, taking over the road and closing it to traffic for several hours this evening. as numbers dwindled towards midnight, it seemed unlikely that westminster would erupt in flames shortly after midnight as it did in the film 'v for vendetta'.

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Sole Survivor of Tragic Sea Crossing Blames Police for Deaths of Migrants

05-11-2012 16:23

No Borders Morocco interview sole survivor of tragic sinking of boats in Straits of Gibraltar on 28.10.12. Full transcript available at beatingborders.wordpress.com along with mp3 of interview in French with English and Wolof translation

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Being arrested in England is no small matter anymore

04-11-2012 20:26

Being arrested in England means having your DNA and fingerprints placed indefinitely on the National Police Computer regardless of your guilt or innocence. That means innocent people can be investigated or refused jobs in the future simply because they have been arrested.

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