UK Newswire Archive
Human Rights Watch Monthly Email Update July 2003
13-08-2003 10:58
CONGO: Advocacy Gets ResultsSERBIA: First War Crimes Law
SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN IRAQ: A Call to Action
JOHN SIFTON: Our Man in Afghanistan
Survival International News
13-08-2003 10:55
BRAZIL: Urgent need for President to protect Indian territoryPARAGUAY: illegal incursions into uncontacted Indians’ territory
PAPUA: Man killed by police amid rising tension
APPEAL: Two new T-shirts and a £1,000,000 fundraising challenge
Lowest of the low
13-08-2003 10:52
a new breed of private benefit claims advisor is emerging, ripping off the most vulnerable in the UKAmerican Activist Railroaded Into Jail (amsellem)
13-08-2003 10:17
For full coverage on these events, check out the Los Angeles Independent Media Center (
http://la.indymedia.org) Fuel Crisis Set to Continue: Says UN news agancy IRIN.
13-08-2003 10:09
BAGHDAD - It is 11:00 (14:00 GMT) in Baghdad's Al-Dawrah District. From one side of a petrol station a line of cars extends over about a kilometre. Drivers stand on the road next to their cars, gazing ahead to see what is happening. Around the station's forecourt teenage boys are selling petrol out of plastic cans to passing motorists who fork out black-market prices.Corporate Crimes in Iraq
13-08-2003 09:46
International Labor Network Condemns Arrest of Iraqi Labour Leaders August 12th, 2003As the occupying forces continue to fail in their obligations for seuuply the basic needs of Iraq's population (clean water, electricity), the corporate invasion is well underway.
Unless action is taken swiftly, what awaits the population of Iraq is exploitation and abuse by the Big Business that has now appropriated Iraq's key industries for their own private gain in the name of "reconstruction". The Iraqi people can do it themselves!
Timeline of Treason: The Bush Family Connections To The Nazis
13-08-2003 05:06
The Bush family has willingly and knowingly associated themselves with Nazis for over 80 years spanning three generations of Bushes. Prescott Bush was Hitler’s banker in America and was referred to by the New York Tribune as Hitler’s angel.Evening Std runs Story on Tesco Gillette RFID Chip Trial + Campaign
13-08-2003 00:38
Evening Std Covers RFID chip story / anti-campaign: http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/6181085?source=Evening%20Standard
Trident Ploughshare Update
12-08-2003 23:39
Just five years ago Trident Ploughshares began its open, accountable and nonviolent campaign against Trident, Britain's weapon of mass destruction. Since then our activists have been involved in over 2000 arrests. High profile actions, like the disarmament of the research barge Maytime in 1999 by the Trident Three and the series of highly successful mass blockades at Faslane, have increased public awareness about the UK's nuclear weapons and promoted debate.Extract from The Wall video, the West Bank 2002
12-08-2003 22:04
Boris Lidovski Must Stay - campaign public meeting
12-08-2003 21:59
Cambridge postal worker Boris Lidovski is threatened with deportationto Russia despite real fears for his safety if he returns.
Gov report on Irish arms trade controls available
12-08-2003 21:13
Minister Ahern's review of Ireland's export controls"Mr. Michael Ahern T.D., Minister for Trade and Commerce today (Wednesday 6th August 2003) said that the review of Ireland's export controls system for dual-use and military goods is progressing..."
Boycott Nestle / Coke
12-08-2003 18:52
I have just asked the Oxford City Council at their monthly meeting for the South, West and Central areas to stop using Nestlé ices in the City parks.Coulport News - 12th August
12-08-2003 18:12
The Trident Ploughshares International Disarmament Camp continues with arrests now totalling 34. Ulla Roder today appeared in court where a new trial date was fixed.CASPIAN LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE GILLETTE BOYCOTT
12-08-2003 17:48
CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering)is calling for a worldwide boycott of Gillette products since the
company failed to renounce a Gillette Mach3 "smart shelf" spy system.
ESCAPE FROM OAKINGTON!
12-08-2003 16:08
Twelve asylum seekers escaped from the government's flagship refugee centre after scaling the perimeter fenceNews from Statewatch - 12th August 03
12-08-2003 15:48
Statewatch News online, 12 August 2003see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news
Danger of Death.(translated from Spanish)
12-08-2003 15:46
· More than 300 women have been tortured, murdered and mutilated in the Mexican City Juárez· The authorities don’t seem to be making any effort to solve these crimes
When is a Lawyer not a lawyer?
12-08-2003 15:23
Sometimes it's hard to be- a lawyer. Certainly if you are practicing in a country where the authorities themselves have no respect for the due process of the law. This report from Lebanon documents yet another case of political persecution of an individual whose professional integrity did not endear him to the Regime.