UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Early morning Action at EDO MBM

01-09-2007 00:23

here's a report of an action at 5am friday morning at EDO MBM, Home Farm Road

Prison officers strike in England and Wales in defiance of High Court injunction

31-08-2007 23:39

Some 20,000 prison officers in England and Wales ended their first national strike on Thursday, following an agreement between the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) and the government to hold new negotiations over pay.

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We Won.... Kenneth Foster Death Sentence Commuted

31-08-2007 18:43

Governor Rick Perry accepted a recommendation from the state parole board and said today he would spare condemned prisoner Kenneth Foster from execution and commute his sentence to life. Foster had been scheduled to die on 30th August 2007.

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Hans Ruesch

31-08-2007 16:18

Death of pioneer anti-vivisectionist

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Bloody ending to smashEDO Camp

31-08-2007 11:57

The final action from the camp is currently taking place outside the EDO MBM premises in Moulescombe.

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Sociologist Andrej H Remains Free (on bail) - Latest Developments from Germany

31-08-2007 08:03

Important news from Germany, where the Federal Prosecution has postponed the appeal hearing by prosecutors who wanted to put Andrej back into solitary confinement after he was released on bail. The postponemnt is to allow time to examine the application of the terrorism law in this case. This is a huge issue. Below see latest campaign press release and also an article from Der Spiegel (Germany's most influential weekly magazine).

See this Indymedia feature for some background:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/377825.html

And previous update:
Andrej is free again.. for now

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/379575.html

More info at:

http://einstellung.so36.net/en

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Greece under attack by tourist-developer cartels.

31-08-2007 05:22

"Anarchists", Turks, Albanians? The Greek state has attributed the wildfires that have been ravaging Greece to all known scapegoats and then some. What was it that actually happened?

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SOCPA - film of mandela statue day behind the scenes

30-08-2007 23:03

while gordon brown and ken livinstone basked in the undeniable glory of nelson mandela, their police force was busy making sure there were no dissenting voices - no-one to point out the irony of placing a statue of the greatest freedom icon in a square where freedom is curtailed!
gordon brown promised to repeal socpa laws - he hasn't.

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Todays smashEDO camp actions

30-08-2007 18:25

As the camp begins to draw to a close, actions continued.

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Occupation of Shell's proposed refinery site at Bellanaboy

30-08-2007 14:03

On Monday 27th 20 people occupied Shell's proposed refinery site at Bellanaboy, County Mayo

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Camberwell Squatted Centre Evicted 30-08-07

30-08-2007 09:58

Camberwell Squatted Centre was unexpectedly evicted this morning by the police and high court bailiffs. The building had been occupied since March 2007 and was planning a busy weekend of events including a soca night, a bike wheel making workshop and a vegan cake day.

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WMD in Aldermaston, not Iraq: Peace Activist Receives 5-Day Jail Term

30-08-2007 08:37

Peace campaigners again demonstrated outside Stratford Magistrates’ Court in east London on Tuesday 28th August as a local activist was sentenced to 5 days’ imprisonment for opposing the planned invasion of Iraq back in 2003.

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What they tried to hide from Mandela

30-08-2007 08:34

So ashamed are Ken and the GLA of our government's war record and its slaughter of thousands of innocents, including children, they tried to hide Brian Haw's anti-war display from view.

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Charter flight to war, rape and torture goes ahead anyway.

29-08-2007 20:56

The racist Labour government is going ahead with its 'charter flight' to DRCongo depsite evidence that people deported from Britain on a similar flight in February 2007, were raped and tortured. In addition, 1,200 people are dying every day in DRC and 163,000 have fled their homes in eatsern DCC since January 2007. It has also been recently revealed that people deported from Britain to Sri Lanka have also been tortured and killed.

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Screw The Law!

29-08-2007 20:02

For obvious reasons to do with their chosen occupation, prison officers aren't exactly popular amongst radical activists. Many of us have been on the receiving end of their 'justice', or know people who have, or perhaps fear that we will in the future. All this is understandable and to be expected.

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SOCPA - nelson mandela in parliament square

29-08-2007 19:32

it is a terrible irony that the great freedom-fighting icon of the 20th century has his statue placed in parliament square where freedom has been substantially curtailed by the labour government.

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Smash EDO camp and actions continue despite police repression

29-08-2007 17:23

6pm update:

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Animal Rights stallholder arrested in Gloucestershire

29-08-2007 14:57

More repression against animal rights activists on the streets of Gloucester..

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No deportations to DRC – Birmingham's demo

29-08-2007 14:17

West Midlands Congolese refugees and their supporters gathered in Victoria square, Birmingham city centre, yesterday (28 August) to celebrate a High Court ruling to halt all deportations to DR Congo pending a 'country guidance' hearing in September, and to protest against the Home Office attempts to 'remove' DRC nationals to the unsafe country. The demo was part of a national day of action called by the Congo Support Project before the High Court decision.

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Parliament Square this morning.

29-08-2007 13:05

Police attempt to suppress freedom of speech in Parliament Square today and fail.