UK Indymedia Newswire Archive
Statewatch Statement on Seizure of Indymedia's Servers in London
09-10-2004 12:56
UK-USA: Was the seizure of Indymedia's servers in London unlawful or did the UK government collude?Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments:
"Rackspace may be a US company but Rackspace in London is subject to UK law not US law. If they took down and handed over Indymedia's servers simply on the basis of a US subpoena communicated to them this would not be lawful in the UK.
However it seems more likely that the US subpoena was the subject of a request for mutual legal assistance from the US Attorney General to the UK Home Secretary under the MLA Treaty. It would for the Metropolitan Police, probably accompanied by the FBI, to enforce the request and take possession of the servers.
This begs the questions: Why did the Home Office agree? What grounds did the USA give for the seizure of the servers? Were these grounds of a "political" nature? Has the Home Office requested that the servers be returned? What does this action say about freedom of expression and freedom of the press?
A trail that started in Switzerland and Italy has now ended fairly and squarely in the lap of the UK Home Secretary to justify."
Full text with links here:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/oct/04uk-usa-indymedia.htm
IMC Statement on Server Seizures - 8th October
09-10-2004 09:30
08 October 2004Italy and Switzerland Requested Indymedia's Server Seizure
Today, October 8, 2004, Indymedia has learned that the request to seize Indymedia servers hosted by a US company in the UK originated from government agencies in Italy and Switzerland. More than 20 Indymedia sites, several internet radio streams and other projects were hosted on the servers. They were taken offline on October 7th after an order was issued to Rackspace, Inc., one of Indymedia's web hosting providers.
pre-shutdown statement from Nantes IMC (translation)
09-10-2004 02:19
statement dated 29 Sept 2004, translated by a human, not a machinemore on server snatch
09-10-2004 01:06
http://estrecho.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10424/index.php
Swiss and Italian Authorities Requested US Assistance to Seize IMC Servers in UK
09-10-2004 00:11
News first noticed in Italy and put out by AFP and AP after an FBI spokesman finaly commented:UPDATE on FBI Trashing of Indymedia - Message from Indy Nantes
08-10-2004 22:02
Is this why Indymedia was raided and hard drives seized? Or are we supposed to think that? Obviously the FBI have aquired a great deal more private information than just what is related to the "hot" photos.BREAKING NEWS - IMC Server Seizure - An International Law Enforcement Operation
08-10-2004 18:02
Breaking News...Statement from Rackspace
08-10-2004 17:48
Statement issued to press regarding the seizure of IMC webservers‘More Intimidation Than Crime-Busting’ Says IFJ re IMC Server Seizure
08-10-2004 15:51
International Federation of Jounalists Release on Indymedia Server SeizuresGREAT TO SEE IT ALL UP AND RUNNING AGAIN!! :-)
08-10-2004 15:39
Sweet! The newswire and all the archives are back. Wicked! That rocks :-)Re Server Seizures: See Support Indymedia Petition / Letter from 2002
08-10-2004 13:39
Copy of a letter / petition supporting Indymedia after the Genoa raids on Indymedia - June 2002. In the light of yesterdays seizure of Indymedia servers in the UK this if of particular relevance.after ISF (irish social forum)- develop the network - (alt) ESF live feed
08-10-2004 12:20
local social fora will continue to happen but can we develop a global network with todays continoully growing technology more of the planets people can participate in the global social forathe ESF happens the week after the ISF and for various reasons* an alternative ESF festival has been created at the same time.
we here in dublin might be participating in these processes without having to travel to london
irish media activists will participate in the (alt) ESF and attempts have been made for those unable to get to london from dublin, or wherever in the world, who still want to be filled in or even participate in the social forum process, to be able to do so
heres whats going on
The pictures the FBI didn't want you to see!
08-10-2004 10:04
http://radio.uk1.indymedia.org:8800/rampART, still off-air when I tried. The FBI's latest anti-free-press actions began at the beginning of October when they visited Indymedia's ISP demanding the removal of identifying information from photographs of undercover police officers that was posted on the Nantes Indymedia website. Below are the relevant pictures of Swiss undercover cops, who were spying on anti-G8 activists.
An Open Letter to the National Union of Students
08-10-2004 09:23
The NUS-NEC have demanded the withdrawal of Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan from the forthcoming European Social Forum. There are around 90,000 Muslim students in the UK but the decision was made without consulting any Muslim organisation.STOP PRESS: Millennium Dome to be used for ESF Accomodation!
08-10-2004 00:37
Quite how the Guardian gets this scoop before the information is made public through the ESF organising email lists and committees is beyond me (ah no hold on, they're a "media partner").Anyway this is truly quite astounding! Looks like £10 for three nights. This should sort out all of the ESF accomodation crisis on one fell sweep, amazing!
FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers. Reasons Unknown
07-10-2004 21:47
FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers. Reasons UnknownFBI took the hard drives of IMC servers in the UK
07-10-2004 20:34
The FBI took the hard drive of IMC servers in UKIMC + Camden Centre 4 Day Media Programme for ESF
07-10-2004 15:15
Four day programme at Camden Centre + IMC info and other spacesMore workshops yet to be added - will repost when finalised this weekend.
All Volunteer Collective
07-10-2004 15:05
Houston Indymedia is declaring itself (on our front page) an all-volunteer collective, for many reasons (see below).Pre-ESF event in Leytonstone on 14th Oct
07-10-2004 13:29
