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Stop the Genocide in Sril Lanka Protest - London April 11 2009

12-04-2009 17:40

Between 100,000 - 200,000 protestors attended the Stop Genocide of Tamils demonstration in central London on Saturday 11 April.

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Justice for Ian Tomlinson - Memorial March - April 11 2009

12-04-2009 17:34

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On Saturday 11 April, hundreds wearing black marched in memory of Ian Tomlinson from Bethnal Green Police Station to the place at which he died, where flowers were laid.

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Tamil protest day 6

12-04-2009 00:22

The march was attended by 200.000 people or more, that is at least a third of the Tamils living in the UK. They are asking for an end to the genocide in Sri Lanka and a permanent ceasefire, and aid, aid workers, human rights observers and journalists to be allowed in the war zone. 271 Tamil people were slaughtered yesterday alone and up to 4000 in the last 6 weeks. All the Tamils living in UK have friends and relatives there, many had family members killed. Use of chemical weapons (prohibited by international law) have been documented.

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Tamil Demo in Central London

11-04-2009 21:57

photos from todays demo

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Assembly and Procession for Ian Tomlinson

11-04-2009 21:45

Around four hundred people marched today from Bethnel Green Police station to Cornhill, where Ian Tomlinson died after being subjected to police violence at the G20 protests on the 1st of April.

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Tamil protest and Hunger Strike, London - pictures

11-04-2009 20:59

A hunger striker is given liquids.
As the Sri Lankan government continue to wage war on the Tamil Tigers and continue to cause serious loss of life within the Tamil population, almost a quarter of a million Tamils march in London to protest.

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Pathologist in Police’s Pocket! r the Met guilty of Perverting the Course of Justice

11-04-2009 19:44

The pathologist who gave the initial ‘heart attack’ findings in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson has a history of professional misconduct. Dr Freddy Patel was once condemned by the General Medical Council for releasing information about a man who had died in police custody.

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Demo Against Bristol Zoo

11-04-2009 17:14

Leafleting and demo against Bristol Zoo as part of zoo awareness weekend

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Politically Timed "Terror" Arrests - the Real Bob Quick Scandal

10-04-2009 21:28

The mainstream media is in a flurry of excitement over the “Terror” arrests of students in the North West of England. Linked to this is the media feeding frenzy over the resignation of Bob Quick, Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief. It is important to note that the Quick incident only brought forward the arrests by a few hours. Yet in all the acres of coverage in the newspapers, and all the hype on TV, nobody seems to have noticed the real story.

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Visteon Workers: The Fight Goes On!

10-04-2009 19:45

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Visteon workers were given just 6 minutes notice last week when the company they work for went into receivership. Rather than just walk away, workers responded by occupying workplaces in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon. This forced a series of meetings with the bosses here and in New York. There will be another meeting on Tuesday where they will be discussing packages.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 15 2009

10-04-2009 15:51

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Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 4th March through April 10th, 2009.

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Supporting the Tamil protests, SOCPA arrest

10-04-2009 14:46

Maria Gallastegui from the Parliament Square Peace Strike was arrested under s132 SOCPA yesterday when she went with a delegation of Tamil women to Downing Street to demand that they be seen by someone in the Government about the crisis in Sri Lanka and the young hunger strikers in Parliament Square. They were told that the Government were all on holiday. See 2nd press release below.

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Fabricating Terrorism II - British complicity in renditions and torture

10-04-2009 09:44

Attached is a new report from Cageprisoners, "Fabricating Terrorism II - British complicity in renditions and torture", following is the forword to it from Gareth Peirce, read the attached PDF for the full report.

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Visteon Occupation Ends, Struggle Continues

10-04-2009 09:11

Supporters arrive to show solidarity with the occupiers demanding 'Ford Terms'
Visteon workers came out of the Enfield plant at midday on Thursday 9 April in compliance with the High Court Order. Pictures Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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'No Democracy Wall' Memorial to Ian Tomlinson, Royal Exchange, Bank, London

10-04-2009 01:50

These are a number of Photos taken on the 2nd April around the Royal Exchange at the Bank Station junction of Threadneedle St and Cornhill Except for the first three which were taken on London Bridge the previous night, for it’s adjacent tube station happened to be the nearest open to make for, after being released from the kettle at Bank

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UK Customs & Excise resort to intimidation of and theft from pensioners

10-04-2009 00:58

An extended community of old aged pensioners are held for an hour and a half by British authorities in Calais. Five are interrogated with malice, and three have £200 each worth of legally exportable tobacco confiscated. This is an eyewitness account which finds that this is not an isolated incident, but a pattern of regular brutality by these officers.

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visteon workers leaving factory today at midday

09-04-2009 23:19

Visteon workers leave the factory the have been accupying for nine days.

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The army needs... subvertising

09-04-2009 17:53

Subvertised Army posters on phone boxes in North London.

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Solidarity and rage from Berlin

09-04-2009 16:21

On Wednesday night after the news broke that a man had died in London at the hands of the police, a bank in Friedrichshain, Berlin was smashed up and several luxury cars were burnt.

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Shell to Sea campaigner released after 28 days in jail

09-04-2009 15:41

After 28 days in jail Maura Harrington is welcomed home to Erris
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