World Repression Newswire Archive

Pic of Nepali Embassy, London Demonstration

25-04-2006 17:23 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Some of us decided to show our solidarity with the Nepali people’s movement.

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Round up of reports from Palestine Monday 24th April

25-04-2006 10:22 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

A round of some events in Palestine for monday the 24th of April

The madness of bombing Iran

24-04-2006 22:56 | Repression | World

The Radical Neo-Fascists intent upon war are so married to their insane, violent Ideology, that they do not care what the results are.

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Send a card to jailed union leader

24-04-2006 17:34 | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Roger Toussaint, president of the Transport Workers Union, Local 100, heads to jail today to serve a 10-day sentence for authorizing a strike in December

Send Roger a card while he's in jail. Go on - show some solidarity.

Military to crack down on human smuggling by US contractors

24-04-2006 13:55 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | World

April 23, 2006 WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. commander in Iraq has ordered sweeping changes for privatized military support operations after confirming violations of human-trafficking laws and other abuses by contractors involving possibly thousands of foreign workers on American bases, according to records obtained by the Tribune.

Archbishop of Canterbury appeases Nigerian homophobia

Archbishop of Canterbury appeases Nigerian homophobia
But US Bishop condemns Nigeria’s anti-gay repression
Anglican leader of Nigeria backs savage homophobic law
Fear grips the lesbian and gay community in Nigeria

Recognise the Armenian Genocide

23-04-2006 13:16 | Repression | World

On Saturday 22 April, around a thousand Armenians living in the UK marched from Marble Arch to the Cenotaph in Westminster where a wreath was laid to draw attention to their demands for the recognition of the Turkish genocide of 1915-23 in which around 1.5 million Armenians were killed.

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Corporate Complicity in the Ethnic Cleansing of the Jordan Valley

22-04-2006 19:54 | Anti-militarism | Repression | South Coast | World

These emails are from a Brighton based activist spending April in occupied
Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, a network of
international activists set up to support Palestinian non violent resistance
agaisnst Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. In these emails I will be
writing short accounts of aspects of the occupation and resistance.

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
BLOG AT WWW.BRIGHTONPALESTINE.ORG

Guantanamo (by Latuff)

22-04-2006 10:40 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Nepal on a tightrope. Democracy or dictatorship?

22-04-2006 09:11 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

In Nepal the showdown between a fat power-crazed king and a huge democracy movement has shut down the entire country since Apr 6th. International pressure can help end the crisis. Nepali people need support in their struggle to escape dictatorship. Demo at Nepal Embassy 25th Apr

ALERT! ALERT! OPP INVADES SIX NATIONS - AIDED BY INDIAN TRAITORS

21-04-2006 07:51 | Analysis | Culture | Repression | World

- GO AND WITNESS – Thursday, April 20th 2006.
- GO AND WITNESS – Thursday, April 20th 2006.

Canada: WATCH FOR FURTHER UPDATES

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Small Victory For 9/11 Truth

21-04-2006 00:34 | Repression | World

Yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle 9/11 hit piece by Cinnamon Stillwell has encountered massive backlash from the alternative truth community after it cynically dismissed legitimate concerns about 9/11 and labeled anyone who voiced them as anti-semitic extremists.

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2 Registered Sex Offenders Killed in Maine

The shootings of Joseph L. Gray, 57, of Milo, and William Elliott, 24, of Corinth, led state police to take down the Maine Sex Offender Registry Web site as a precaution, state Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The site lists the photos, names and addresses of more than 2,200 sex offenders.

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Iran's state murder of gays

Victims framed for kidnap and rape
"Deportation would be a death sentence"
Asylum urged for gay Iranian refugees

The Parliament Square Picnickers Present: 'Honk for Freedom'

'Honk for Freedom'

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No Borders Harmondsworth demo movie part 2

Part two of two short films.

Riots in the Solomon Islands

19-04-2006 03:16 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Riots broke out in the Solomon Islands after Snyder Rini was declared prime minister. However, there are claims that votes were bought by Mr Rini's financial backers. "Not only promises but gifts of money. So how can you fight that?" said Francis Billy Hilly, a spokesperson for the opposition. It has been reported that an angry crowd threw stones at the Parliament building, resulting in tear gas being fired by the police. Cars and buildings were set alight in Honiara and several Australian and New Zealand police officers were injured.

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No Borders Harmondsworth demo movie part 1

Part one of two films.

New Zealand government extends Afghanistan military operations

18-04-2006 23:00 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

As with Australia, one of the chief purposes of New Zealand’s support for the “war on terror” was to get the support of the US in particular for the predatory activities of NZ imperialism in the Pacific. Clark and Peters now appear to have won explicit approval from both the US and Britain for the country’s expanding role as a regional policeman. At the end of British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s trip to Auckland last month, he and Clark issued a joint statement declaring that New Zealand would increasingly become “the ears and eyes for Britain” in the Pacific as Britain’s presence waned and China’s increased.

Audio Report From Palestinan Prisoner Day

18-04-2006 15:33 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

April the 17th is the annual day when Palestinians commemorate their friends and family members imprisioned inside Israeli Gaels. Listen to a report recorded on Prisoners' day with the head of the Bethlehem Palestinian Prisoner Society discussing the Israeli policy of Administrative detention.
For more information please visit www.ppsmo.org