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Solidarity Demonstatrio for the Hamrondsworth Heros
80 demonstrators protested outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centres on Sunday the 3rd Decembeer 2006
Birmingham's Contribution to Buy Nothing Day 2006
A great success with protest Santas, FreeShop, repetitive beats, Guantanamo Bay Campaign, and Food Not Bombs coming together attracting and creating a vibrant street event.
International Animal Rights Day 2006 - Sequani Ltd
The 9th International Animal Rights Day (IARD) will take place on 10th December 2006, calling for the recognition of Uncaged campaigns Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR) 
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/iard.htm
Demonstration at Harmondsworth/Colnbrook
A large scale disturbance broke out at Harmondsworth after HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) published a report on Harmondsworth which it described as "Undoubtedly the poorest report" issued on any immigration removal centre to date.
Critical Mass Bike Ride this Friday 1st December
Birmingham's Critical Mass bike ride meets this Friday 1st December at 6.00pm outside St. Phil's Cathedral.
Support Mercy Murua and Peter Gichura, disabled activists at risk of deportation
Dear friends We ask you to take action and speak out in support of Mercy Murua and Peter Gichura, two disabled activists who face almost certain persecution and death if they are deported back to Kenya. Ms, Murua is in WinVisible, and Mr, Gichura takes part in our joint activities, including the "Claim the Buses" transport action day by wheelchair users, organised by Transport for All in August 2006.
Buy Nothing Day in Redditch
As part of International Buy Nothing Day, members of Redditch Friends of the Earth held a `free shop` & leaflet stall in Redditch Town Centre on Saturday, the aim being to highlight the environmental & ethical consequences of consumerism, and also to encourage people to live more and work/spend less!!
Caterpillar Homewrecker’s Visit to London
On Wednesday around 50 protesters including the rhythms of resistance samba band turned out to 'greet' Mike Baunton, the Vice President of Caterpillar, who was due to speak at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers' Annual Dinner. The function was held in the ballroom of the Grosvenor House Hotel.Caterpillar hold the sole contract for the supply of military D9 bulldozers to the Israeli army. Caterpillar machines are used to destroy Palestinian homes in acts of collective punishment, build checkpoints and roadblocks to restrict civilian movement, build illegal Israeli colonies on Palestinian lands, destroy Palestinian olive trees and agricultural land, build the illegal annexation wall and murder civilians.
Previous CAT coverage on Indymedia: 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 
Caterkiller Shutdown | Jewish Voice for Peace - Rachel Corrie (1978-2003) | Caterkiller
Close Down Campsfield Annual Demonstration 25th November 2006
80 demonstrators stood outside the gates or Campsfield IRC, protesting at the continued incarceration of failed asylum seekers/overstayers/ and persons with out status.
Is this the CCTV vote?
Further news about the Anti CCTV campaign on Birchwood Road and Alder Road in Balsall Heath
Voices From Detention
Barbed Wire Britain, a network to end refugee and migrant detention, has produced a second volume of testimonies from immigration detainees, Voices From Detention II.
Amidst the political and media clamour about how many asylum seekers have been or need be deported, the voices of the system's victims are necessarily stifled. Would-be refugees are mere statistics, objects in a disgusting Dutch auction as to which political brand can wash whitest. And this why such a collection is an important tool in the struggle for rights and justice.
The volume is a collection of accounts by detainees in Tinsley House, Campsfield House, Rochester (HMP), Liverpool (HMP), Belmarsh (HMP), Lindholme, Harmondsworth, Yarlswood, Dungavel, Dover and Haslar. These are people for whom the unthinkable has happened. They have been imprisoned in the UK without charge, without conviction, without time limit. They have been imprisoned by the UK government, which boasts its democratic institutions.
Buy Nothing Day this Saturday 25th November
aturday November 25th 2006 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending! This year our message is simple, shop less - live more! The challenge is to try simple living for a day, spend time with family and friends, rather than spend money on them.
Food Not Bombs back on the streets!
After a few months break, Birmingham Food Not Bombs are restarting their fortnightly food servings in the City Centre this Saturday. Come to eat and get involved! Brum FnB will be helping to create a non-consumerist zone for Buy Nothing Day. SOAS Apologises to Nasser Amin
Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Statement on Nasser Amin's victory against SOAS over the right to free speech for Muslim studentsThe strange disappearance of CIA's prisoners
On 20 Nov 2006, The New Statesman led a cover story by Stephen Grey, the author of "Ghost Plane: the inside story of the CIA's secret rendition programme". Under the title "Missing Presumed Tortured", the article wondered whatever happened to the 7,000 or so prisoners captured in America's 'war on terror', when just 700 of them ended up in Guantanamo Bay. "Between extraordinary rendition to foreign jails and disappearance into the CIA's 'black sites'," Grey asks, "what happened to the rest?"
Read the full article
Related articles on Indymedia: Stop Torture Flights | Europe Knew | List of CIA Torture Planes | CIA's Secret Jails | CIA Aircraft Flying into Scotland
Asylum Statistics: Q3 2006
The Home Office has released its "asylum statistics" for the 3rd quarter of 2006 (July, August and September). Below is a summary of the main points.Pictures from the Shell Blockade Birmingham
On Monday 20th November 2006, over 20 well organised environmental and human rights activists risked arrest to shut down a Shell petrol station in central Birmingham for three hours during the morning rush hour. The protesters used direct action to raise awareness about Shell's attempts to build an experimental pipeline and refinery, backed by the Irish state, that will put corporate greed and profit before the interests of local people and the environment in County Mayo, Ireland. In-spite of Shell's facade of corporate responsibility and recent green-washing, Shell and other corporations are also responsible for the rape and plunder of natural resources and the oppression of the indigenous people of the Niger Delta in Africa. The Birmingham International Brigade remembered
West Midlands Antifa remember anti-fascists who fought in Spain 60 years ago.
Birmingham activists close Shell petrol station in Rossport Solidarity action
Over 20 Birmingham activists today shutdown the Shell petrol station on Bath Row nr. Five Ways, Birmingham for over three hours (no arrests !!!)Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>