UK Promoted Newswire Archive
Short film of smash edo masquerade
17-12-2006 14:10
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Violent protests in Copenhagen - "Ungdomshuset-The Youth House Stays"
17-12-2006 11:16
More than 300 demonstrators were arrested in the Danish capital on Saturday after violent clashes between police and youths who were protesting against the planned closure of a youth centre in the city.
"Ungdomshuset-The Youth House Stays"
US Call to Action: Days of Resistance to the War - March 19 and 20th, 2007
17-12-2006 10:09
This call to action comes from a number of different organizations and individuals involved in the anti-war movement. Our organizing experiences have left us feeling disappointed in ourselves and in the movement as a whole. Organizing against the war in Iraq has led us to believe that marching and chanting has not made enough of an impact nor done enough to end the brutal realities of the occupation. This has got to change.The Liquid Terror Bomb Mastermind - Aquitted
17-12-2006 00:06
Rashid Rauf, the proclaimed mastermind behind the "liquid terror bomb" plot from the summer of 2006 is not to be proscuted for terror offensives due to a lack of evidence:Pakistan drops terrorism charges against key suspect in Heathrow bomb plot
On December 13, in an extraordinary turn of events, a court in Pakistan dropped terrorism charges against British-born Rashid Rauf.
Rauf is the alleged “ringleader” of the most infamous terror plot ever apparently uncovered in Britain—the plan to explode a number of transatlantic airlines en route from London’s Heathrow airport.
Details of the court hearing are extremely limited. But according to reports, a judge at an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpinidi said that the case against Rauf did not “fall into the category of terrorism.”
Rauf’s lawyer, Hashmat Habib, said no evidence had been provided to back up claims that his client was part of a conspiracy to hijack airplanes, and the judge agreed to strike out the two charges against Rauf relating to terrorism. “That practically means that Rashid Rauf has been acquitted of charges relating to terrorism,” Habib said.
http://wsws.org/articles/2006/dec2006/plot-d16.shtml Craig Murray, who spoke in Sheffield recently on:
Legality, Morality and the War on Terror
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/10/354417.html Has written the following article about Rashid Rauf.
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Shell education in Barnsley
16-12-2006 20:10
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A visit to Palestine
16-12-2006 19:31
This is an account of a week long visit made to Palestine (East Jerusalem and the West Bank) in November 2006. The visit was organised by the olive co-op in Manchester and had an agricultural/ economic development theme. I wrote this piece descibing our visit upon my return in order to give a picture of life in Palestine and to convey the strong impression the visit made on me.Full article | 1 addition | 3 comments
Mobile phones, the stealth ID card, bug and tracking device in your pocket.
16-12-2006 19:07
Earlier this month it emerged that the FBI had been remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. The surveillance technique, which "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off." came to light as a result of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on the legality of the "roving bug". It had been approved by U.S. Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized crime family who were wary of conventional surveillance techniques such as tailing a suspect or wiretapping. Cell phones owned by two alleged mobsters, John Ardito and his attorney Peter Peluso, were used by the FBI to listen in on nearby conversations.The news that the FBI had been remotely activating mobile phones as eaves dropping devices confirms what many activists have been saying for years.
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Privacy, Email and Activism - a brief intro
16-12-2006 16:25
Recently there was a conference for activists interested in security issues - obviously something that any activist should be interested in. Notes from the gathering are being compiled along with previous documents into a printed booklet for activists which is expected to be distributed next year.In the meantime I've been doing a little additional research on solutions specific to securing email communication...
Raping and lynching in exotic Greece
16-12-2006 15:57
Raping and lynching in exotic GreeceEDO Trashed Again
16-12-2006 14:55
EDO MBM are Brighton's very own arms manufacturers...NoBorders - english version now available - videoclip
16-12-2006 13:47
Yet another case dropped in West Mercia
16-12-2006 00:18
Newcastle Asylum Protests Continue Despite Police Intimidation.
15-12-2006 13:55
Hungerstrike in Campsfield
15-12-2006 10:23
Detainees held at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire, are understood to have been on hunger strike for 4 days now. 66 detainees, mainly Turkish and Kurdish, were logged as having skipped meals on Monday and are consuming only sugared water and coffee. They are protesting against the lack of information on how long their cases would take to be processed.
Recent detainees hungerstrikes: Families on Hungerstrike in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre | Hunger Strike in Colnbrook Detention Centre
Links: Campaign to Close Campsfield | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | UK NoBorders groups
Australian lawyers launch court bid to secure David Hicks’s release from Guantán
15-12-2006 08:49
No ifs, no buts - corporate crime is completely fine!
15-12-2006 03:12
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Serious Fraud Office drops case against BAE
15-12-2006 00:28
The Serious Fraud Office has dropped the corruption probe into BAE systems following possible 'damage to national security'.Copenhagen: Ungdomshuset, Now or Never!
14-12-2006 21:34
Coverage of Thursday’s events. The most recent news first.G8 2007 in Germany - some information
14-12-2006 16:20
Suspected Animal Rights activists followed and harassed in the North of England
14-12-2006 14:56
Police forces and the government are taking those extra steps, trying to exclude those who voice opposition to animal abuse from society.