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Demonstration at Mercure Hotel, Crawley

11-01-2010 20:23

Arora Hotels International Ltd. are trying to gain permission to turn the Mercure Hotel, Crawley in yet another example of cynical, profit-driven opportunism of big companies wanting a slice of the lucrative detention market. This is the latest in a number of protests against the planned conversion.

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15-17 Jan, N'ham: Still time to book your place at the PN Winter Gathering

11-01-2010 12:14

There's still time to book a place at this month's Peace News Winter Gathering in Nottingham (15 - 17 January):  http://www.peacenewsgathering.info.

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Climate Camp Reader

09-01-2010 20:51

Dysophia and Shift Magazine have joined forces to put together a Climate Camp Reader, “Criticism without Critique”, published in January 2010. This reader hopes to encourage and faciliate debates at the next climate camp gatherings. To download it follow this link:
 http://dysophia.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cca_reader.pdf
The editorial is posted below:

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Photos: We Want Our Buses Back Protest in Sheffield

09-01-2010 19:19

On 9th January 2010 protesters took to the streets of Sheffield to oppose bus fare rises and service cuts and to demand the re-nationalisation of public transport.

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Calais update - ongoing solidarity work

08-01-2010 12:26

After lots of support over xmas and new year, it's all still going on in Calais. If you're interested in coming over to do some solidarity work, get together with some mates and plan a few days over here. You can call the office to see what's needed. A trip over in February or March would be just as valuable as next week.

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Are we in the UK all equal or are some more equal than others?

07-01-2010 08:42

Do you think, those seeking/refused asylum, those without papers and those destitute in the UK, have 'Equality & Human Rights' comparable with UK Nationals?

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Sea Shepherd vows to continue campaign after whalers destroy Ady Gil

07-01-2010 04:14

Yesterday was a hectic day in Commonwealth Bay, near Antarctica, in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Ady Gil, while stationary, was puposefully rammed at speed by the Japanese whaling security vessel, the Shonan Maru 2. And the Japanese whaling fleet, and the world discovered Sea Shepherds surprise new conservation ship, the Bob Baker, an ex-Norwegian Antarctic ice-class whaling vessel that was bought in 2009 and secretly refitted in South Africa.

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Riot Police attack UK humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza

05-01-2010 23:10

2000 riot cops battle over Gaza aid

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Gaza Freedom March Marches in Cairo Against Egyptian Blockade

05-01-2010 11:04

Gaza Freedom March marching in Cairo on 31 December 2009
On the first anniversary of the Israeli military assault on Gaza, the Gaza Freedom March, trapped in Cairo, marched not only against the Israeli siege on Gaza, but on the Egyptian blockade as well. On New Year’s Day 2010, GFM delegates ratified the historic Cairo Declaration, launching a globally-unified boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli apartheid.

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Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees, December 2009

05-01-2010 07:16

Six actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in December 2009, according to CrisisWatch

Deteriorated Situations: Guinea, Iran, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Yemen

Download the full report:
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine114/CrisisWatch77.pdf

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Anti Iranian Regime protests, Iranian Embassy, London - pictures.

04-01-2010 20:51

Pro-democracy protester injured.
As the new year starts, Iranian pro-democracy campaigners gather outside the Iranian embassy in Princes Gate, London, to call for an end to the brutal suppression of those in Iran taking part in opposition rallies against the Mollah regime.

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NCADC ~ 2009 in retrospect

04-01-2010 09:53

It's not the 'size of the community in the fight' but the 'size of the fight in the community' that stops deportations

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Remember Gaza 2010

01-01-2010 10:48

Market Square Message
A timely reminder of events unfolding last year, using a now familiar canvas. Happy New Year, those who are free, cherish it, freedom is not free...

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Gaza's border must be opened NOW

30-12-2009 16:21

Solidarity activists join hunger strikers in Cairo
This time is clearly different.

I have traveled to Gaza twice this year, in groups ranging from 40 to 60 persons, and although there was a lot of behind-the-scenes work involved in "greasing the wheels" with the Egyptian authorities, we pretty much sailed in. CODEPINK (the group that organized both of my previous trips) developed a well-earned reputation for being able to pull just the right levers to open the doors to the isolated enclave of Gaza -- even more so than George Galloway's Viva Palestina convoy, which is typically allowed in for only 24 to 48 hours (versus our four days).

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Third attempt to remove Yves Yitgna Njitchoua

29-12-2009 08:21

Yves Yitgna Njitchoua
Yves Yitgna Njitchoua a national of Cameroon and resident of Manchester, is currently detained in Brookhouse IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 on Monday 4th January 2010 at 19:00.

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GreenPeace/GreenPolice: A communique from the COP15 Black Bloc

28-12-2009 17:10

This communique was given out by a portion of the Black Bloc during the march to the Bella Centre on Saturday at the protests against the U.N. COP-15: There seems to be a common logic between the government delegates, the NGOs who control the march, and even the radical ecological activists: we are all saving humanity together. Who would not want to fight for this? And even if you did not, do you even have a choice?

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Second attempt to remove Ntarh Pascal Ntarh

23-12-2009 14:15

Ntarh Pascal Ntarh a national of Cameroon and resident of Glasgow, is currently in Colnbrook IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Monday 28th December @ 06:05 on EasyJet flight U2431, from London/Luton to Paris for onward transit to Cameroon.

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NCADC News Service

23-12-2009 10:09

NCADC will be not be resting this festive season as UKBA will continue to remove people everyday.

NCADC will operate an emergency service 25th to 28th December: If your case is urgent and only if it is urgent, Email  admin@ncadc.org.uk

Please check your Email daily in case we need your help to lobby airlines.
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NCADC News Service Tuesday 22nd December 2009

22-12-2009 09:13

1) Changes to rules for staying removals

2) BID has produced 3 new bulletins for making bail applications

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Around the Campaigns Monday 21st December 2009

21-12-2009 12:14

'Top ten' humanitarian crises of 2009