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Independent Media Transcript 25 September 2006

PHILIPPINES: Remember Martial Law!

By Laban ng Masa (Struggle of the Masses)
Adelaide IMC 24/09 2006

September Twenty-One Protest against Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (STOP-GLORIA)

The political climate today is similar to 1970-72, when Marcos was preparing for martial law. Unlike Marcos, however, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) has no clear electoral mandate and she does not have firm control of the military. Unable to buy legitimacy for her illegitimate government, she is performing all sorts of legal tricks to ensure her political survival. One trick she learned from the late dictator is to monkey around with the constitution.

 http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/24127
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NSW Ombudsman slams police drug sniffer dogs
By Dale Mills Sydney IMC 21/ 09/ 2006

Police drug sniffer dogs and lies

Police drug sniffer dogs operate to catch commercially motivated suppliers of drugs. They cut drug use, promote drug harm minimisation, and there are safeguards in the legislation to protect the unnecessary collection of personal data of those that are innocent. It is cost-effective, and it makes the public feel safer. Where a false sniffs occur, it’s because people have been in the immediate vicinity of people who have been smoking cannabis. Lies, lies, lies – all lies.

However, for the two-year review period, only 1.38% of all indications led to a dog finding a ‘deemed supply’ quantity of a drug. And of these 1.38%, the offenders “were mostly young, male, first-time offenders involved in the supply of relatively small quantities of drugs to friends and partners for a specific event (such as a dance party).

As Cameron Murphy, President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties said when the laws were first introduced, “What they're doing clearly is targeting people at the bottom end of the drug pyramid, people who are users.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the Report says, among other things, that “Overwhelmingly, the use of drug detection dogs led to searches where no drugs were found, or to the identification of mostly young adults in possession of very small amounts of cannabis for personal use.”

“There is little or no evidence to support claims that drug detection dog operations deter drug use, reduce drug-related crime, or increase perceptions of public safety. Further, criticisms of the cost-effectiveness of general drug detection operations appear to be well founded.”

Ultimately, “we have misgivings about whether the Drugs Dogs Act will ever equip police with a fair, efficacious and cost-effective law enforcement tool to target drug supply. In light of this, we have recommended that the starting point when considering our report is a review of whether the legislation in its present form, or amended as suggested, should be retained at all.”

An article in the 14 September 2006 Australian reported the publication of the Ombudsman’s Report, including the figure that only 19 out of more than 10,000 people searched for drugs were prosecuted for drug supply between 2002 and 2004.

The article quoted Acting Police Minister David Campbell as saying that “I think 19 people prosecuted successfully for the use [sic] or supply of drugs, that are illicit drugs, is an entirely satisfactory outcome.”

[Dale Mills written 20 September 2006]

[1] The Act has been repealed and its provisions placed in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibility) Act 2002.

[2] Mr Michael Costa, the then Police Minister, said in his Second Reading speech to the NSW Legislative Council of the NSW Parliament on 6 December 2001 that “The Bill is aimed primarily at detecting and prosecuting persons committing offences relating to the supply of prohibited drugs or plants.” [emphasis added]. This was emphasised in subsequent media reports: ABC News Online 7 May 2002 quoted Costa as saying "…if you get on a train to conduct a drug deal you have to be mindful that there could be a drug detection dog on that particular line and you face the potential of being arrested." [emphasis added]

ABC News Online 7 May 2002

[3] all subsequent quotes are from the Ombudsman’s Report.

[4] For ease of reading, percentages have been rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.

Full Report:

 http://sydney.indymedia.org/node/38783

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Time to GO demonstration in Manchester

By Basement Café UK IMC 23/09/2006

A huge demonstration has been organised in Manchester today as the Labour Conference was taking place. Thousands of people came from everywhere in the UK to express their disapproval of Tony Blair Foreign Policy and urge him to GO.

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/09/351455.html

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Manchester Anti-War Demo 24/9 - Christians join in protest

By Christians for Peace UK IMC 24.09.2006

Christians opposed to war also took part in the demonstration in Manchester 24/9, as can be seen in this picture.

Christians standing for peace and in solidarity with those suffering

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/09/351526.html

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