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Korean Farmers Attacked for US Base Expansion

10-04-2006 19:14

April 7th, 6,000 riot police and 700 hired thugs attacked the
Autonomous Peace Village of Daechuri. They succeeded in destroying the irrigation system, making farming a near impossibility. 40 protesters were arrested, 30 were injured, 5 of those seriously.

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April 8 anti-deportation demo - Ex-detainee and protestor speeches

10-04-2006 19:12

Second video of speeches from the April 8 demo.

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April 8 anti-deportation demo - Harmondsworth detention centre, short

10-04-2006 17:41

Quick rough cut video of the demonstration.

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Hundreds Pledge themselves for Human Shield Mission to Iran as Movement Comes Ou

10-04-2006 12:52

The Human Shield Mission to Iran steps up a gear following revelations in the New Yorker magazine that the US are planning military action against Iran.

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A Personal Account of the No Borders Demo at Harmondsworth Detention Centre

10-04-2006 12:43

Here there is my personal account of Saturday's demonstration outside the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres. Some photos will follow afterwards.

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Don't expand Styal Prison - Close it down

10-04-2006 12:06

Within 3 month of its establishment No More Prison organised its first direct action - a demonstration outside styal prison on April 8th 2006. The Demostration was in opposition to plans to expand the failed prison to make it Europe's largest prison for women. No More Prison called instead for the prison to be closed.

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COLNBROOK HUNGERSTRIKE - SOLIDARITY NEEDED

10-04-2006 09:51

Report of the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook demonstrations, an update about the urgent situation in Colnbrook & info about visiting and future meetings

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Aldermaston contractors blocked

10-04-2006 07:49

This morning nonviolent direct action group Block the Builders took their protest against the controversial Orion laser facility to the doors of one of current contractors working on a range of projects at AWE Aldermaston.

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8-4-06 No Borders - Yarl's Wood detainee speech

10-04-2006 01:13

Ugandan Refugee and Yarl's Wood detainee Sekindi speaks out at the No Borders demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre.

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Bus protest pics...

09-04-2006 19:41

A head turning Spectacle in Sheffield City cnetre

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Resistance and Repression At Colnbrook Immigration Prison

09-04-2006 17:17

Following the No Borders demo outside of Harmondsworth & Colnbrook Immigration Prisions- detainees in Colnbrook are continuing to refuse food. A number of men have been singled out for repression by the management including Michael Etim, the leading pastor of the Christain congregation within Colnbrook

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Drummin' up da fences at Harmondsworth

09-04-2006 12:41

Activists drum on the fences of Colnbrook in solidarity with detainees inside, whilst aggressive police throw their weight around.

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No M1 widening visit Kegworth

09-04-2006 10:06

the no widening M1 campaign was taken to Kegworth to counteract the highways agency exhibition.

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socpa: first overturned verdict in the crown court

09-04-2006 09:57

on april 6th, brian haw's campaign manager and long-standing right-hand woman, maria gallestegui, won a historic battle against the ridiculous section 132 law banning protest around parliament. her case was thrown out of the high court when the prosecution offered little evidence.

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Report on Demonstration outside Harmondsworth/Colnbrook Detention Prisons

08-04-2006 20:14

On Saturday 8th April, over 250 protestors successfully voiced their refusal of the UK’s racist, repressive detention and deportation system for asylum seekers with a demonstration outside Harmondsworth & Colnbrook Detention Centres near Heathrow.

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March in Glasgow for the Right to Work

08-04-2006 19:48

Around 300 asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers and their supporters marched across Glasgow this afternoon calling for the Right to Work and an End to Deportations. As part of the international day of action against deportation, they went from the Home Office Reporting Centre in Ibrox to a rally in the Carnival Arts Centre in town.

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No Borders Demonstration Harmondsworth Pictures

08-04-2006 19:26

Pictures from the No Borders demonstration outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Detention Centres in west London on Sat April 8, 2006.

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Photos of No Borders "bubble"

08-04-2006 19:04

A group of about 40 were held in a police "bubble" for about an hour after going to the side of Yarlswood to make themselves visible to the people imprisoned inside.

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Hungerstrike in Colnbrook

08-04-2006 16:48

Noborder activists report that 120 detainees started a one week hungestrike in response to their treatment during the demonstration. They were prevented from leaving the building or approaching the windows in order to prevent them seeing the demonstration. At least one person was beaten while trying this.

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No Borders Radio Reports 8th April

08-04-2006 15:50

On Saturday 8th April 2006, rampART radio broadcast five hours of live coverage of the No Borders Day Of Action consisting of the demonstration at Harmondworth detention centre near Heathrow airport and the solidarity demo organised by UNITY in Glasgow...