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Palestinian Today 032409

24-03-2009 17:28

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 24th, 2009.

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Smash EDO Press Release - Seven Campaigners Acquitted

24-03-2009 14:59

Smash EDO Press Release

24th March 2009

For more Details call 07754135290

E-mail:

smashedopress@riseup.net

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Sheffield Occupation - 1 week, 2 buildings!

24-03-2009 09:59

As the Sheffield University occupation in solidarity with the people of Palestine enters its second week, the University management are still trying to squirm out of negotiating, and the occupiers are now in control of one of the University's flagship buildings.

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Transition Nottingham’s Great Spring Sowing at the Arboretum

23-03-2009 23:40

Transition Nottingham’s Great Spring Sowing on Sunday 22nd March is the first festival of its type in the city. People were invited to come to the Arboretum and have hands on experience of sowing seeds, and fire your imagination as to what you can produce in whatever space you can find.

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Tyneside Community Action for Refugees Fourth Speak-Out Against Racism

23-03-2009 23:37

Speak-out against racism at Grey's Monument, open to all anti-racists. Usually every month.

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Tamil Diaspora Protest

23-03-2009 22:23

A picture of a protest by the Tamil Diaspora people

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Stop the War Stall outside the Forces Careers Office [with police interaction]

23-03-2009 21:59

Anti-militarists from the Nottingham Stop the War Coalition held a street stall outside the Armed Forces Recruitment Centre, Milton Street from 12.00 until 14.00 on Saturday 21st March.

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Parents of Activist, Critically Injured by Israeli Military: “We Want Justice

23-03-2009 20:28

Tristan Anderson, an American activist with the International Solidarity Movement, was shot in the forehead by the Israeli border police during a non-violent demonstration on March 13th in the West Bank Palestinian village of Ni’ilin. Tristan’s parents, Nancy and Michael Anderson, held a press conference today (March 23) at the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Jerusalem to demand justice for their son.

“We are scared and really just in shock,” said Mrs. Anderson with tears in her eyes. “To shoot peaceful demonstrators is horrific to us. We ask that the Israeli government publically take full responsibility for shooting our son.” To date, the Anderson family has not been contacted by any representative of the Israeli government or military, a fact that attorney Michael Sfard, who also spoke at today’s press conference, described at “shameful.”

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Palestine Today 032309

23-03-2009 18:03

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 23ed, 2009.

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G20 Nigel Rosser exposed

23-03-2009 18:00

Nigel Rosser is a tabloid journalist who recycles Met police press releases as scare stories in the run up to major demonstrations. He has previously written stories about Mayday and Climate camp.

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Yarl's Wood demo for an end to immigration detention / report

23-03-2009 12:07

Nearly 200 people gathered Saturday 21st March in Bedford town centre, than heading to Yarl's Wood immigration prison, demanding its closure. Yarl's Wood has 405 capacity and holds single women and families with children. The building of a new immigration prison, next to Yarl's Wood, has just been approved, to hold 500 single men.

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Prison Picket Ascends into Full Blown Street Party

23-03-2009 11:55

On the 16th of January 6 people broke into EDO MBM arms factory to try and prevent crimes against humanity in Palestine.

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Second attempt to remove Sandrine Mbuyi Ntambwe

23-03-2009 11:27

Sandrine Mbuyi Ntambwe a national of DR Congo and resident of Leeds, currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC; is due to be forcibly removed from UK tomorrow Tuesday 24th March 2009 at 19.00 hrs on Kenyan Airways Flights KQ101 to Nairobi then KQ434 to Kinshasa.

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Why the police riot? - part 9

22-03-2009 23:50

The British police public order manual is a secret document establishing a paramilitary third force in the UK, under the control of a private company (ACPO) with permission from the home office. It's long overdue that more information about this was in the public domain.

This is part 9 of a series, for parts 1-8 see:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/418797.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/419998.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/420982.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/421761.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422077.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422683.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423404.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/424220.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/01//418801.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/01//420000.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//420984.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//421762.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//422079.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//422685.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/03//423405.pdf

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/03//424222.pdf

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Oil Goliath BP Felled By Fossil Fool's Day David

22-03-2009 21:36

*** Art Not Oil press release, March 21st 2009 ***

BP has been forced to postpone its centenary party at the British Museum
on April 1st, as word had leaked out and triggered a demonstration by Art
Not Oil(1).

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Brook House opens.. and causes a hungerstrike in adjacent Tinsley House

22-03-2009 18:16

Britain's newest immigration prison, Brook 'House', was officially opened on 18th March by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (see the Home Office's unbelievable press release here, and see the UKBA's new page on Brook House here). The second detention centre at Gatwick airport, however, had been operating for a few days and a handful of detainees had been held there. Meanwhile, there have been reports of a hungerstrike in adjacent Tinsley House, which was blockaded by anti-deportation campaigners on 17th March, in protest at the new food system caused by the opening of Brook House.

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Manchester: "Abolish All Immigration Prisons" - report in pictures, part 2

22-03-2009 14:27

After the visible protest outside Manchester Town Hall, the protesters take a train to the airport. At Terminal 2 they intend to highlight the existence of Pennine House, where 32 immigration detainees are held captive.

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Manchester: "Abolish All Immigration Prisons" - report in pictures, part 1

22-03-2009 14:07

On 21st March 09, Manchester No Borders and other groups held a protest in the city centre on Albert Square, before travelling to the airport. Over 70 people took part, calling for an end to immigration detention and for the closure of Pennine House.

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Getting arrested

22-03-2009 09:14

I was arrested yesturday under section 69 of the Crminal Justice Act for aggravated trespass

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Demonstration @ Yarl's Wood Saturday March 21st 2009

22-03-2009 07:13

Thousands of person seeking/refused asylum/overstayers/persons 'Sans Papiers' are currently being kept in immigration prisons (AKA Immigration Removal Centres) throughout the UK. They haven't committed a crime, but they can be imprisoned indefinitely. Many of the people detained have experienced torture, and their trauma is exacerbated by being detained. Seven of the IRCs are operated for profit by private companies.

36 people have been in immigration detention for more than two years, 72 more than 18 months, 128 more than one year.