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Around the Campaigns Tuesday 15th December 2009

15-12-2009 13:57

- "The forced return to Kosovo of people who have found shelter in European states should be halted", said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights publishing today a letter to the Chancellor of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel. He notes that Kosovo lacks infrastructures allowing refugees' sustainable reintegration.

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Tea, biscuits and ethnic cleansing - inside the Jewish National Fund conference

15-12-2009 12:39

Last Sunday we (two members of the Inetrnational Solidarity Movement London) obtained tickets to the JNF conference, which Israeli war criminal Tzipi Livni was due to address. She didnt show up and we heckled the Israeli ambassador instead but in the meantime gained a rare insight into the inner workings of the zionist machine. here is what we saw

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Activist Robbers hold up International Chamber of Commerce

15-12-2009 11:48

Yesterday three activists dressed as robbers have blocked the entrance to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The protesters, who attached themselves using superglue and bikelocks, say that the ICC are undermining a fair and effective climate deal at the current UN climate change talks in Copenhagen.

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Hashmat Tookhi Belongs To Birmingham!!

15-12-2009 11:39

Please take action to stop a Birmingham man being deported to Afghanistan TODAY!

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Climate protestors scale Canadian embassy and deface flag

15-12-2009 11:06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15/12/09
Photo and video opportunity from 8am: The Canadian High Commission, 1Grosvenor Square CLIMATE PROTESTORS SCALE CANADIAN EMBASSY AND DEFACE FLAG

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video Christiania riot!

15-12-2009 02:25

Christiania riot!

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Mass Arrest In Christiania Raid - COP15

15-12-2009 02:00

Between 200-300 people have been arrested in this evening's Raid on Christiania.

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COP15 prisoners riot in makeshift jail

14-12-2009 23:55

For the second day in a row, the police have used pepperspray against the inmates in the climate prison in Valby. Climate activists smashed the cages and used benches to break cell doors open. The police are sending out daily press-releases with the latest news about the many arrests in connection with the protests against the COP15 summit, but some stories never go further than the police’s leadership and are left out of the official accounts.

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Palestine Today 121409

14-12-2009 19:50

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, December 14th, 2009

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Climate Activists Tell Canada: Don’t Cop Out On COP 15!

14-12-2009 18:08

On Monday 14th of December, campaigners from the UK Tar Sands Network and Camp for Climate Action protested outside Canada House in London and shut down Pall Mall Street in Trafalgar Square to protest against Canada’s attempts to derail the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.

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The cruelty of locking up child asylum-seekers

14-12-2009 11:06

There are alternatives to the policy of detaining migrant families

Last week the medical establishment called for the Government to overhaul its policy of detaining children in immigration removal centres. This week they are joined by a number of paragons from the world of children's literature including Michael Bond, Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson. Both groups make a compelling case.
Leading article: The Independent, Monday, 14 December 2009

http://tinyurl.com/ycr4ecc

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Jewish National Fund Conference resisted from inside and out

13-12-2009 23:20

Around 60 people protested against the racist Jewish National Fund's conference, and activists inside heckled the Israeli ambassador

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COP15 - more mass arrests

13-12-2009 20:22

The second day at COP15 saw another mass arrest of hundreds of activists, as the Danish state continues to show a complete disregard for the right to protest. A 'Hit The Production' march to the Harbour called to highlight the way in which capitalist organisation of production in our societies is the root cause of climate change set off at 12:40 towards the harbour. Within an hour police moved in, took the sound system and began arresting hundreds. Arrestees were loaded onto coaches and taken to a detention centre, where conditions were detained in oppressive conditions

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Arrests Copenhagen

12-12-2009 22:25

Images show people at COP15 protest whom after being kettled and then arrested by being dragged from the crowd, had their hands restrained with cable ties and were put on buses. This is the first bus which has a sign, bus 51.

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Internment of residents of Ashraf City protest, London - pictures.

12-12-2009 21:43

Around 5 months after Iraqi security forces attack Ashraf City in Iraq killing 11 people, Iraqi authorities announce on Thursday 10th December their intention to force the pro-democracy Iranian residents of the city out of Iraq.

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