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UK Repression Newswire Archive

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Save **** ***** ******, a Ugandan gay persecuted

31-03-2009 08:08

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REFUGEES/UNITED KINGDOM: EUROPE MUST SAVE **** ***** ******, A ******* GAY MAN PERSECUTED.
A BRITISH COURT JUDGE HAS FORBIDDEN THE CIRCULATION OF HIS NAME, TO AVOID FURTHER PUBLICITY ON THE CASE. “EVERYONE GROUP’ PROTESTS: “ONLY TOTALITARIAN REGIMES CANCEL OUT THE IDENTITIES OF PERSECUTED PEOPLE. TO ACT AGAINST ABUSE, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT INTERNATIONAL OPINION KNOWS THE REFUGEES’ NAMES”

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Yarrr Matey! 2 - Palestine benefit gig for ISM next Saturday night!

30-03-2009 12:27

Pirating for Palestine! A benefit gig for International Solidarity Movement will take place next Saturday 4th April 2009 from 9pm at the Wagon and Horses, Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham.

Live funk, ska, dubstep, reggae, jungle, and breaks across two dancefloors, and films about the occupation of Palestine.

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Freeman on the land

30-03-2009 04:05

The time has come to wake the faka up what more need I say

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Anti-fascist callout in Durham

29-03-2009 17:27

An urgent callout for action in and around Durham/Newcastle/Teesside, in response to recent BNP/NF activity.

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G20 FIT watch

29-03-2009 10:31

POLICE EYES ONLY
There were quite a few FIT out yesterday, even if they did try to keep a low profile.

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CrimethInc: The SHAC Model

29-03-2009 01:04

Over the past decade, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty—SHAC—has waged an international direct action campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal testing corporation. By targeting investors and business partners of HLS, SHAC repeatedly brought HLS to the brink of collapse; it took direct assistance from the British government and an international counter-campaign of severe legal repression to keep the corporation afloat.

In the wake of this campaign, there has been talk of applying the SHAC model in other contexts, such as environmental defense and anti-war organizing. But what is the SHAC model, precisely? What are its strengths and limitations? Is it, in fact, an effective model? If so, for what?

This analysis explores these questions in depth, charting the history of anti-HLS organizing and reviewing subsequent attempts to utilize the same tactics.

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March 30th Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli goods

28-03-2009 16:37

Everyone is urged to support the Global Day of Action on Monday 30th March by contacting Tescos and Waitrose Customer Services to complain about their practice of selling goods grown on Illegal Israeli settlements and misleadingly labelling some of these goods “West Bank”
Tescos 0800 505 555  customer.service@tesco.co.uk
Waitrose 0800 188 881  customer_service@waitrose.co.uk

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Breakdown of the rule of law

28-03-2009 00:12

Brisbane Supreme Court Judge Ann Lyons
This article talks about the breakdown of the rule of law and government inaction on judicial abuse and corruption against a young bullied schoolboy forced to leave school as reported on Brisbane Radio 4BC to radio presenter, Chuck Brooks, in my published letters to the Editor of the Logan West Leader and Albert and Logan News, in international press articles including Mathaba Independent News Agency, Wall Street Journal, TodayUSA, Daylife, Newstin, Indymedia and many others. However, due to lack of press freedom in Australia, our ongoing ordeal is not being reported in this country.

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Innocent Cardiff man lucky not to be murdered by south Wales cops!

27-03-2009 17:19

Jazz musician Victor Frederick, 63, his partner and their 12 year-old daughter are lucky to be alive following a raid on their home by heavily armed police. Mr Frederick was arrested and later released when charges brought against him were dropped. South Wales cops have now offered him and his family an unreserved apology

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Campaign To Stop The Deportation Of PriviledgeThulambo And Her Daughters

27-03-2009 16:09

CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE DEPORTATION OF PRIVILEDGE THULAMBO AND HER DAUGHTERS

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Chris Knight suspended for making G20 comment on Radio 4

27-03-2009 12:13

Apparently The University of East London have published a statement about their suspension of him from his job but I couldn't find this online, below is an extract from the BBC article about it which contains a transcript of the words he was suspended for uttering.

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Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction; The Liz Tolbert Story

27-03-2009 04:43

Liz Tolbert with "Leo" a service dog she trained while in prison
Elizabeth "Liz" Tolbert of the United States is challenging her 14 year-old murder conviction in connection with the death of her husband, claiming that her lawyer didn't use evidence in her trial that pointed to her innocence.

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Lynn Breedlove/Trans Workshop/Queer Film Night/Vegan Kaffe

26-03-2009 23:10

Lynn Breedlove (queer feminist trans activist and lead yeller of punk band Tribe 8), brings her performance-lecture-activism workshop to Manchester on 28th March, followed by Queer Film Night presented by local LGBTQ groups and social media activists with Vegan Kaffe on 29th March. Everyone welcome, donations for food,
Yard Theatre show £5.

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Jacqui Smith: The threat of a chemical or nuclear attack is now more real

26-03-2009 19:04

Contrary to the endless media brainwashing about “change” towards a far more peaceful and just world, what we are actually being offered is more of the same thing: More racist propaganda, more repression at home and more genocides abroad…

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No2ID Sheffield Meeting

26-03-2009 13:39

NO2ID is getting organised in Sheffield. There was a successful meeting in Sheffield at the Harlequin Pub last night, with plans being made to raise the awareness of the campaign and the the threats to our privacy.

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FITwatch suggestions for dealing with public order policing on G20 protests

26-03-2009 12:22

A few suggestions for not letting the police have it all their own way...

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Bristol - Greek revolt info tour & solidarity fundraiser

25-03-2009 23:02

Greek benefit flyer - front
News from Greece may be being whitewashed out of the mainstream media, but its still going off big time over there, and the European bosses and politicans remain terrified its gonna go off in their countries soon.
So its all going a bit Greek in Bristol this weekend:
Friday 27 March, 7.30pm at Kebele social centre - Greek Revolt Info Tour
Saturday 28 March, 8pm to 2am - Bristol's Big Greek Benefit - Viva La Resisdance

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Main points from JCHR report on Policing and Protest

25-03-2009 15:05

Summary of conclusions and recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights' report into Policing and Protest: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest, March 2009

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Call for Summer of Resistance‭ ‬2009‭

24-03-2009 13:14

Collapse the security architectures‭!
Against NATO, G20, G8, Frontex and the “Stockholm Programme”!
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