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Terror raid leaks fuel anger
Today two men were released from Coventry without having been charged after the so-called terror raids in Birmingham last week. Human rights group Liberty have expressed their concern about the media and political speculation that surrounded last week's 'anti-terror' operation. Yesterday Liberty made a Freedom of Information Request to Home Secretary John Reid highlighting the dangers of leaking information to the press.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/pdfs/homesec-letter-feb07.pdf Below are more pictures from the raids last week in Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Brecon Resistance Camp - Wish List
The tree camp in the Brecon Beacons is still going strong. The mood is good and everyone is happy ( well all except National Grid that is !!! ).Next national climate camp organsing gathering Feb 17/18 in Leeds
Climate Camp 2007 will take place fromAugust 14th to 21st. Planning is already well under way and we need everyone to get involved and make it happen.The next national organsing gathering will be in Leeds on Sat and Sun Feb 17th/18th. It will be at The Common Place in Leeds city centre and vegan food, accommodationand creche will be provided (please contact us with accommodation, creche or any other needs though so we can plan ahead).
A Class Critical Mass
Friday 2nd February – St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham City Centre The second Critical Mass cycle ride of 2007 was to celebrate the legal appeal victory of Daniel Cadden who refused to cycle in the gutter.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2007/01/361089.html Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
150 attend Jill Phipps memorial live exports demo-Dover
First report of the annual memorialSupport the Boycott Israel Campaign
2007 marks the 40-year anniversary of the Six Day War, in which the Israeli army took military control of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Since that time the government of Israel has built 'settlements' in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and assisted its citizens in setting up homes and businesses using land and resources stolen from the Palestinian people. SOCPA: AR activists due in Crown Court
Next appearance Worcester Crown Court Friday 20th April 2007Full Story | 1 addition | 8 comments >>
Days of action in the Midlands in memory of AR warrior Jill Phipps
"You may have noticed that the police have a new "Pick n Mix" approach to the law where they choose which ones they want to enforce and ignore the others. Specifically they are choosing to ignore the ban on hunting ... so to remind them that they actually have to enforce ALL laws and hopefully to embarrass them into taking some action against hunting ... we are going to do a fancy dress demo outside their HQ dressed as various criminals - drug dealers, bank robbers , Osama bin liner etc. " Coventry Animal Alliance.Sam Of Cafe )ne 5 ways still won't return my property
he kept me waiting outside 1 hourto tell me I was racist scum and so was the rest of my generation
still won,t return the best ever painting i did;(
Sparkhill Terror Raids: Another Terror Farce
Between 4 am and 5:30 am this morning, the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit carried out a series of raids across Birmingham. Intelligence sources claim to have foiled an alleged terror plot to kidnap a serving Muslim soldier and film his 'summary execution'. At a press conference this afternoon, Gold Commander David Shaw stated there were 8 arrests from 8 residences plus 4 commercial addresses and one more 9th arrest happened on the M6 in Birmingham. Those arrested are being detained in Coventry. Shaw claimed this morning's operation was the result of a months long operation involving a combination of different agencies.
Alleged Kidnapping Plot
Large Police precence are deployed to Stratford Road, Birmingham.
THE SPARKHILL FARCE
A nice way to divert attention from a government scumbags.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
Cyclist who refused to stay in the gutter wins re-trial
Last year cyclist Daniel Cadden was stopped by police for cycling in the road. They said he should have been cycling in the gutter. The case went to trial, and a celebrity loony juge ruled that Daniel should have been cycling on an off-road path, and fined him for obstructing traffic. Daniel recently appealed and won the re-trial.Speaking outside court, Daniel Cadden said: “I am overjoyed that the ludicrous decision to prosecute me has been overturned. The recognition in this case must go to the real heroes, all those people who have supported it either financially by giving to the Cyclists Defence Fund, by joining CTC or by sending messages of support to myself and my family. Without the support of these people this fight would not have been possible. The overwhelming sum donated to the Cyclists Defence Fund has been testament to the solidarity shown by the cycling community on this issue. This success serves to reaffirm cyclists’ right to decide when to use cycle facilities and when they are inappropriate or dangerous. The first judgement was unreasonable in denying this.”
X rays to be used to age assess asylum seeking children
Government Minister confirms the Government is considering use of x-rays to age assess asylum seeking young people.Film showing: October's Cry
Sun 4th Feb, 6.30pm.Cafe One, Five Ways shopping centre
Jamila Asleh is visiting from Palestine with the film October’s cry about the death of her 17 year old son in October.
Entry £3
UASC Reform Programme - the next Section 9
UASC Reform Proposals to be published by the Home Office are a direct attack on the safety and welfare of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.Bush Is About to Attack Iran
Raising awareness about new coming wars in the middle-eastThe New Borders Bill: A More Fortress Britain
The new Borders Bill, the fifth on immigration in eight years, was published on 26 January, 2007 (see Home Office's press release). It will equip the new Border and Immigration Agency with a wide range of new powers to "deter, detect and deport those breaking the rules and ensure that those foreign nationals legally in the UK play their part in upholding the rules."When You Raid Someone's Home at Dawn, That's a Dawn Raid
The Home Office was recently asked in Parliament how many occasions over the last two years their officers carried out dawn raids on asylum seekers accompanied by the police. Immigration minister Liam Byrne's answer was that the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) "do not conduct 'raids' against asylum seekers." Officers, he insisted, "undertake operational visits to detain and remove persons who no longer have the right to remain in the UK and do so in line with operational policy and guidance." Byrne, however, revealed that there were 8,865 and 13,953 police-supported 'operations' in 2005 and 2006 respectively, some of which, he said, "would have been undertaken early in the morning for operational reasons."
Full Story | 1 addition | 2 comments >>
Government Operated Unlawful Policy Over the Detention of Young Asylum Seekers
Home secretary John Reid admitted, during a High Court test case in which under-18's were seeking damages for loss of liberty, that the government operated an "unlawful policy" over the detention of scores of young asylum seekers. The asylum seekers, in four test cases, aged under 18 when they arrived unaccompanied in the UK but where treated as adults by the Home Office. Unaccompanied children as young as 14 have been detained with adults for long periods and subjected to inappropriate behaviour by staff and other detaineesOf course, the story was almost ignored by mainstream media, which preferred to focus on the released paedophile and the over-crowdedness of 'normal' prisons.