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Tonight: No Borders Calais Info Night in Newcastle

03-12-2009 12:25

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An info night on the situation in Calais with films and discussion

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Human Rights Day Event: Torture in Our Times: West London

03-12-2009 08:50

On 10 December 1984, 25 years ago, the General Assembly of the UN adopted the text of the Convention Against Torture, banning the use of torture (in writing, it was already illegal) and practices related to it, such as assisting in torture and returning people to countries where they face torture. It became law in 1987, however the use of torture and the involvement of most countries and governments in it, including ours, continues to grow...

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Brighton Gig for Gaza

03-12-2009 07:36

The Gaza Freedom March - !! Brighton Benefit Gig !!
All proceeds will be used to buy a violin and much-needed educational materials
for the children of Gaza, to be hand-delivered by Elle and Naomi when they participate in the Gaza Freedom March Dec 31st 2009. This is an international march to resist the
on-going Israeli siege of Gaza, which is preventing official imports of reconstruction materials, school supplies and food reaching the Palestinian people.


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Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees, November 2009

02-12-2009 10:10

Three actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in November 2009, according to the International Crisis Group.

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Riot police on tour: The Times runs sick TSG PR as Tomlinson family attend vigil

02-12-2009 04:41

How the article looked before it was spiked
Last night, with phenomenally insensitive timing The Times newspaper published a puff piece aimed at rehabilitating the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Support Group, at exactly the same time as Ian Tomlinson's family were attending a candlelit vigil to remember him at Royal Exchange Buildings, near to the spot were he was attacked by a TSG officer on April 1st. The article was later pulled from The Times website, but not before copies were cached by other online news services.

In the article Chris Allison, the Met's kettler-in-chief, explained that the TSG are just misunderstood and do a lot of great work for charity...

The Times piece was published here:
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6939597.ece

See traces here:
 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22G20+riot+police+to+go+on+good+will+tour%22

The Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign website:
 http://www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk/

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NPIOU Make an appearance at Decommissioners trial

01-12-2009 22:28

today was the first hearing in the decommissioners case ( http://decommissioners.co.uk/)

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Bogus Honduran Elections

01-12-2009 20:43

The true divides in Latin America - between justice and injustice, democracy and dictatorship, human rights and corporate rights, people's power and imperial domination - have never been more visible than today.

People's movements throughout the region to revolutionize corrupt, unequal systems that have isolated and excluded the vast majority in Latin American nations, are successfully taking power democratically and building new models of economic and social justice.

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Boycott Tesco Campaign Launch, London - pictures.

01-12-2009 12:04

Boycott Sri Lanka.
Peace campaigners and supporters gather in Parliament Square to unveil a new campaign, the boycotting of companies supporting the violent Sri Lankan Government while hundreds of thousands of Tamil people remain locked into concentration camps on the island of Sri Lanka.

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Art of War : The New Anti-Semitism

01-12-2009 05:14

The New Anti-Semitism
The new Anti-Semitism

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PETA Classified as a “Terrorist Threat” by the USDA

01-12-2009 00:22

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been classified as as a “terrorist threat” in a document created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The USDA created a new “APHIS Facility Security Profile” form [see PDF] to send to animal experimentation facilities. Recipients were asked to answer about their experiences, and return the form to the government so the USDA can better meet their needs

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2 december: international day of action for AR prisoners in NL‏

30-11-2009 11:47

please spread:
Call for an international day of action for the release of animal rights activists imprisoned in the Netherlands - Wednesday, 02.12.2009

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UK Asylum Statistics: 3rd Quarter July/August/September 2009

30-11-2009 09:43

The Home Office have published (26/11/09) their quarterly bulletin on Asylum statistics for July/August/September 2009, in that period:

~ Detention up [92% of capacity]

~ Removal of refused asylum applicants down

~ Asylum applications down

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International day of solidarity to release anti-fur activists - 02.12

29-11-2009 22:40

Call for an international day of action for the release of animal rights activists imprisoned in the Netherlands - Wednesday, 02.12.2009

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A Stalinist NHS Chief vs a Good Doctor

29-11-2009 22:25


During the Cold War, the Western Governments denounced the very real abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union. Horrifically, much the same is happening in Britain now.. This is a letter to a Dr. Edward Silver to appeal for the release of Maurice Kirk from unlawful detention and attempts to incarcerate him in a psychiatric hospital through a corrupt system.

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Demonstrate at Communications House Tues 1 December 1-2pm

29-11-2009 22:24

Close Communications House! Fight Britain's racist immigration laws!

Immigration reporting centres are places of fear for asylum seekers, who have to report to them monthly, weekly or even several times a week. From reporting centres asylum seekers are often detained without warning and sent to removal centres to await deportation.

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Support the Eco-Prisoners (December 2009)‏

29-11-2009 20:40

Spirit of Freedom
(December 2009)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

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These are the charges set against the flying Vet Maurice Kirk - an innocent man.

29-11-2009 19:02


The following gives the unsavoury flavour of the depth of corruption. The second article goes into greater detail concerning official corruption in this case. It is time honourable Members of Parliament took up the baton and demand answers. The behaviour of police and the judiciary is typical of the Middle Ages, not of the 21st century!

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These are the charges set against the flying Vet Maurice Kirk - an innocent man.

29-11-2009 19:00

The following gives the unsavoury flavour of the depth of corruption. The second article goes into greater detail concerning official corruption in this case. It is time honourable Members of Parliament took up the baton and demand answers. The behaviour of police and the judiciary is typical of the Middle Ages, not of the 21st century!

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These are the charges set against the flying Vet Maurice Kirk - an innocent man.

29-11-2009 18:58

The following gives the unsavoury flavour of the depth of corruption. The second article goes into greater detail concerning official corruption in this case. It is time honourable Members of Parliament took up the baton and demand answers. The behaviour of police and the judiciary is typical of the Middle Ages, not of the 21st century!

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These are the charges set against the flying Vet Maurice Kirk - an inncocent man

29-11-2009 18:56

The following gives the unsavoury flavour of the depth of corruption. The second article goes into greater detail concerning official corruption in this case. It is time honourable Members of Parliament took up the baton and demand answers. The behaviour of police and the judiciary is typical of the Middle Ages, not of the 21st century!