World Repression Newswire Archive

America's Israeli-Occupied Media

13-08-2008 02:14 | Repression | World

Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land

http://www.freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=169

Campesino Leaders Assassinated in Honduras

12-08-2008 00:42 | Repression | World

Leaders and members of the cooperative, Guadalupe Carney in Colon, Honduras murdered in July and August. An urgent action is being organized to demand investigations and that the campesino community which has occupied the land at the former military installation the CREM be given title to the land as previously decreed by the National Agrarian Institute

Parents demand the release of their children; Austrian prisoners

11-08-2008 18:21 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Repression | World

Parents of the imprisoned animal protectionists protested on the 6th August in front of the Ministry for Justice in Vienna. They expressed how appalled they are at the continuing remand custody of their children. The parents are extremely concerned about the psychological damage that their children are undoubtedly suffering due to this forced separation from their loved ones, and how this may affect them long term. They also talked to media of their own pain at not having seen their children in such a long time.

Hands off the MST Brazil! - S African social movements say!!

10-08-2008 15:50 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

To the poor of the world, to all people of good will who work for progressive change

We, the landless and homeless people and associated activists of South Africa, decry the secret campaign by the so-called Workers' Party (PT) government of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to criminalise, outlaw and otherwise illegitimately harass our landless comrades of the MST.

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Climate Campers Continue Search For Missing Teenage Girl Snatched by the Police

The teenage girl illegally assaulted and snatched by the police at the conclusion of the day of mass action at the Camp for Climate Action is still missing.

Solidarity Action with European Hunger Strike August 1-7, Kanada.

09-08-2008 11:57 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

"Sheriff Van and Police Cruiser Firebombed, August 6th, 2008, Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver), Kanada.

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Letter to police about their abuse of stop and search powers sent on 6 August

08-08-2008 16:47 | Climate Chaos | Repression | London | World

Police have set up a search regime for every single person visiting the camp that is unknown at any border checkpoint in the world other than Israel / Palestine. It is analogous to that faced by visitors to prison. It assumes anyone going to the camp is a potential criminal, whereas the legal power used requires them to have actual suspicion that they are.

Legal support Letter to Police re. Police confiscations

Police have thieved vast quantities of materials trying to either scupper the camp or prevent effective direct action taking place. This is clearly unlawful, but for various reasons we unfortunately failed to find a way to use the law to prevent it happening. It may be that such a challenge happens yet - if you have had property seized in suspicious circumstances like those outlined below, please contact us

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why i packed my bags

08-08-2008 14:46 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This is a translation of an open letter from Bruno, a French Anarchist who recently decided to escape his oppressors and go on the run.

Solidarity Vigil for Austian Prisoners in Dresden

07-08-2008 18:03 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Repression | World

Solidarity Vigil at the 2008 European Vegetarian Union Congress in Dresden

Tibet Activists scale Tower Bridge on Eve of Olympics

06-08-2008 17:47 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Two campaigners have climbed London's Tower Bridge to unfurl banners in protest at China's occupation of Tibet on the eve of the Olympics. The banner-hang was linked to similar actions internationally, most notably the unfurling of free Tibet banners within metres of the 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing. The activists are linked to the group Students for a Free Tibet.

from within an italian 'mafia' prison

06-08-2008 15:34 | Repression | World

a case of italian un-justice

British Students Arrested in Beijing for Free Tibet Banner Drops.

06-08-2008 10:37 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Repression | World

Two Britons have been detained in Beijing after a protest about Tibet.

McCarthy-style Purges in a South African university?

06-08-2008 08:45 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

On 30 July, the staff of the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) at Durban's University of KwaZulu Natal, were told that as of 31 December 2008, CCS would be permanently closed. As the following article suggests, reasons for this are shoddy at best, and clearly point to this being a political decision on the part of the University to snuff out its left brain.

PHILIPPINES: Open Letter to the NPA General Command and the NDF

We, the undersigned, condemn in the strongest possible terms the recent spate of killings of farmers and farmer-leaders in Masbate, perpetrated by individuals identified as belonging to the local command of the New People’s Army.

Binyam Mohamed: judges grill MI5 agent and question fairness of Guantánamo trial

Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” reports on the explosive developments during last week’s judicial review, in the British high court, of the case of British resident and torture victim Binyam Mohamed, imprisoned in Guantánamo and facing a trial by Military Commission.

Cops Spying on HoneyBaked Ham Protestors and Peace Activists

04-08-2008 13:06 | Animal Liberation | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Two activists who handed out vegan pamphlets outside of a HoneyBaked Ham store– and were harassed, spied on, and arrested for it– can proceed with a lawsuit against the cops, a federal appeals court recently ruled. [1]

Imperialism With a Black Face

03-08-2008 12:17 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Repression | World

Based on his own statements, delivered repeatedly and consistently over the years, Barack Obama promises to be another in a long line of imperial American presidents, dedicated to the maintenance of U.S. hegemony by any means necessary.

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Letters from Austrian Prisoners: Sabine & Leo

02-08-2008 18:12 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Repression | World

Previous letters Sabine:

July

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/403482.html
June

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/404257.html

More info

http://www.austriasolidarity.com

Fire in French Migrant Detention Centre.

02-08-2008 18:04 | Migration | Other Press | Repression | World

17h30 today a fire broke out within the migrant detention centre at Mesnil-Amelot. Spokespeople for SOS sans-papiers have said they believe there are injured inside the centre. The same collective had been peacefully protesting France's criminalisation of migrant workers this afternoon between 16h00 and18h30.
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Meanwhile migrant acitivists in Belgium have stopped their occupation of a scaffold at Béguinage church this afternoon but sporadic occupations of construction cranes continue.

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