UK Indymedia - UK Repression Newswire Archive

Australian police raid office of Solomon Islands PM

22-10-2006 02:56

The problem for the Sogavare government, as the latest developments demonstrate, is that there is no room for compromise as far as Canberra is concerned. The Howard government’s ultimatum to Solomon Islands and its similarly impoverished Pacific neighbours is straightforward—obey all our dictates or face continuing destabilisation and “regime change”.

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PHILIPPINES: Resist Arroyo’s “mad dog” campaign

22-10-2006 01:22

PHILIPPINES: Resist Arroyo’s “mad dog” campaign to cripple the political opposition!

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THE STRUGGLE 4KSM GOES ON

21-10-2006 16:29

KSM, Czech Republic, Dissolution of the KSM October 16, 2006Dear Comrades,The Communist Youth Union (KSM) in the Czech Republic has been officially dissolved by the state power on October 12, 2006.

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SOCPA - brian haw arrested and some of his display removed overnight

21-10-2006 07:00

a woman attacked brian haw's parliament square display at about 5.15 this morning. but brian himself was arrested under the public order act, in an organised police swoop, over the content of the display. it is unclear if the woman was arrested. one of brian's supporters was actively prevented from taking photographs of her.

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SOCPA - BRIAN HAW ARRESTED and DISPLAY seized

21-10-2006 05:20

in a very suspicious sequence of events, brian haw has been arrested in the darkness of the night and some of his display has been removed by police. the arrest follows what may have been a staged incident where a woman (who has been seen before around the square) attacked the display saying that she found it offensive. brian has apparently been arrested under a public order act part IV, and some of his display has been removed.

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Crushed under Central Banker’s Boots.

20-10-2006 17:10

“Wars should be directed so that the nations engaged on both sides should be further in our debt”. & “Candidates for public office should be servile and obedient to our commands, so that they may readily be used”. Old wisdom delivered at a Frankfurt / Germany meeting in 1773, still very much alive and in practice today.

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Notts Defy-ID Bulletin 4 Released

20-10-2006 16:40

Nottingham Defy-ID's fourth bulletin (October 2006) is now available for download and distribution.

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Allotments at risk

20-10-2006 16:00

Organic allotments are at risk in Eastleigh where the council wishes to destroy the allotments to make way for 470 houses. The allotment holders are digging in for a long fight to protect their organic plots.

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OutRage!-Manchester Imam says" Killing gays is ok"

20-10-2006 12:34

OutRage! News Service reveals that an Imam in Manchester (which has a large lgbt community) has said that kiilling gays is ok....

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Red Cross lambasts US terror law

20-10-2006 11:35

Mr Kellenberger said the ICRC was still studying the law
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has
expressed concern over a newly-approved US anti-terrorism law.

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References required to visit Hebrew University

20-10-2006 08:49

Hebrew University Demands Police Character Reference from Visitors Who
are Palestinian Citizens of Israel as Condition for Entrance to its Campuses

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Sharon Ebanks and the BNP

20-10-2006 06:02

Worth reading

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Palestine/Israel week at Sussex Uni

20-10-2006 02:32

The Co-Existence Society Present...

PEACE AND CONFLICT WEEK
Four days of talks, films, music and food promoting peace in the Middle East, at Sussex University

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SOCPA - more police harassment

19-10-2006 23:24

the harassment of peaceful protestors associated with brian haw continues. allegations of psychiatric problems, unlawful stops and searches, intimidatory surveillance, dodgy court hearings. on and on it goes. the police still haven't tried barbara tucker in open court for any of her alleged 60+ socpa offences, instead relying on constant intimidation to try and wear her down and remove her by other means.

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The Yorkshire Ripper cover up continues to haunt us

19-10-2006 21:47

Nobody wants to see it, least of all the people of Yorkshire. But the Yorkshire Ripper case will continue to haunt the people of England until they face up to it.

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SOCPA - brian haw legal update

19-10-2006 16:25

brian has won the right to petition the lords to challenge whether his five-year non-stop protest outside parliament can be controlled under the new serious organised crime and police act legislation. he also has leave to appeal to the high court over the legality of police conditions restricting his current protest. no dates have been set yet for these hearings. meanwhile supporters are warmly welcomed in parliament square.

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state of emergency meeting @ London @bookfair

19-10-2006 15:25

State of Emergency - resisting the war on 'terror'
MEETING ROOM 4 1pm - 2pm
Saturday, 21st October, 2006 - London Anarchist Bookfair
10am-7pm, at the Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Rd, London, N7 6PA. Tube - Holloway Road

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A glimpse of national ID card enforcement

19-10-2006 14:01

University of Westminster shows the way in ID card enforcement! This university's marketing slogan is most revealing - "educating for a professional life", they say. With a basic principle of compulsory carrying of cards, a 'three strikes' policy to deny you entry to premises & services if you forget your card, and making it a disciplinary offence if you refuse to show one, this kind of education will most certainly be invaluable for future life if the government gets away with introducing its national ID policy.

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UK Police Chief hints at Internment for Muslims Following New "Act of Terror"

19-10-2006 13:49

Last July, Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that another terrorist attack in London was inevitable. "I think there will be further attacks" he explained, "in fact I know there will be further attacks". (1)

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No to Torture - former British ambassador to Uzbekistan speaks out against UK/US torture collaboration

19-10-2006 12:47

Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan with over 20 years of foreign affairs experience, talks about torture and human righs abuses in Uzbekistan. He presented his book: "Murder in Samarkand - A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror" at the Edinburgh Independent and Radical Bookfair on Friday, 13th of October 2006, at the session on "Political Terrorism and the US Imperial Project".