Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire Repression Newswire Archive

hicham yezza sentenced to 9 months imprisonment

10-03-2009 15:43 | Repression | Nottinghamshire

last thursday at northampton crown court, despite strong mitigation arguments, hicham yezza was sentenced to nine months for "securing avoidance of immigration control using deception"

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Face life in jail... or three days in Punishment Park

07-03-2009 17:25 | Culture | Repression | Nottinghamshire

On Thursday 12th March, 7pm in the Hallward Library Screening room, University Park, Nottingham Student Peace Movement will be showing the classic film Punishment Park. The film raises the difficult question of how to face state repression - is violence or pacifism the answer? How will we respond when the authorities come for us?

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Heroes of law and order

27-02-2009 11:21 | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

There's a couple of classic cop tales in the post today. The first concerns a Notts cop who accused a mechanic of stealing his sunglasses from the car he was working on and arrested and searched the poor guy before his mate found them still in the car. The other concerns two Notts police arrested over misappropriation of union funds.

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Police bail sysadmin in animal rights extremism probe

Here is the latest from the register about the arrest related to the latest imc server seizure. The arrested man is a sys admin who hosted several servers including the indymedia server. Apparently this is enough to get you held for 8 hours and bail conditions. But the comments get it -

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/indymedia/comments/

Books not Bombs, A Rally for Gaza, University of Nottingham : Pics 2

08-02-2009 18:08 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

On Friday 6th Feb, a massive rally took place on the University of Nottingham main campus. Meeting at 2pm on Portland Hill, the rally aimed at expressing solidairty with the victims of the recent conflict and the population of Gaza and to launch an initiative entitled “Books not Bombs” that aims at getting the University of Nottingham to donate educational equipment to children and students living in Gaza.

Books not Bombs, A Rally for Gaza, University of Nottingham : Pics 1

08-02-2009 18:01 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

On Friday 6th Feb, a massive rally took place on the University of Nottingham main campus. Meeting at 2pm on Portland Hill, the rally aimed at expressing solidairty with the victims of the recent conflict and the population of Gaza and to launch an initiative entitled “Books not Bombs” that aims at getting the University of Nottingham to donate educational equipment to children and students living in Gaza.

Gaza support protest at Nottingham BBC

03-02-2009 13:07 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

On Monday 2nd February, 40-50 campaigners braved the snow [ lots of snow!] and cold to protest outside the BBC offices on London Road.

Nottingham Gaza protest at BBC [Full report]

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/02/421047.html

Nottingham Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted

At around 6pm today the student occupation of B62 at Nottingham University was violently evicted by campus security. Around 10 security staff used force to remove the occupants into the snow outside. Students are being forced to wait in the cold whilst they go in one by one to pick up belongings. They are being forced to give ID in order to be allowed entry.

Nottingham University Authorities: A National Disgrace

01-02-2009 22:02 | Education | Palestine | Repression | Nottinghamshire

Forward from the occupation blog - university attempts to silence dissent, first by violently evicting the occupation, then by censoring media, refusing to record security guards' abuse and keeping protesters in the cold.

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National Zimbabwe MDC meeting in Nottingham

28-01-2009 17:06 | Migration | Repression | Nottinghamshire | World

Nottingham MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) played host to MDC representatives from the UK and Ireland for a day of political talks and fund raising. Hebson Makuise, Chief Representative for the MDC in the UK and Ireland was in attendance to spearhead talks on continuing diplomatic negotiations with Robert Mugabe and with the international community.

Shactivist/Vegan Prisoners Birthdays

Dan Wadham's birthday is on Feb 3rd, so please send birthday cards! His details are on the Current Prisoners page. Also remember Jonny Ablewhite's on 27 Jan and Heather Nicholson's on 30 Jan.

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Demo about Heckler & Koch weapons activities, Market Square in Nottingham

22-01-2009 20:14 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | Nottinghamshire

12.30pm on Thursday 22th January, people had gathered at the Council House Steps in Market Square, to protest about the activities of the gun manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. Offices of the company are based at Unit 3, Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

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Notts Anti Military Meeting

20-01-2009 17:47 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Nottinghamshire

A meeting hosted by Nottingham Anti Military group will be held at the Sumac Centre, Gladstone Street, Forestfields, on Wednesday 21st January 2009 at 7.30pm.

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Surveillance of Nottingham City Centre [Update]

20-01-2009 16:29 | Repression | Technology | Nottinghamshire

Since there have been a number of 'CCTV events in Nottingham recently [reports on the Notts newswire and features], I thought I'd take this opportunity to show you some of my more recent work on the subject, describing some of the technological advances that are proceeding apace.

PCSO Watch - Office of Community Sousveillance

19-01-2009 18:30 | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

The Office is interested in playfully and creatively engaging with concerned individuals to interact and comment on government initiatives relating to surveillance, control and policing. The Office of Community Sousveillance will be patrolling hotspots around Nottingham from 15th - 18th January 2009.

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CCTV 'Treasure Hunt' around Nottingham

19-01-2009 18:10 | Repression | Social Struggles | Technology | Nottinghamshire

I accepted the invitation to the CCTV Treasure Hunt in Nottingham city centre. On Sunday 18th January at 1pm. People met at Broadway Media Centre to help map Nottinghams insane surveillance system!!!

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Talk from Guantanamo former detainee and guard - Cageprisoners National Tour

13-01-2009 11:22 | Repression | Terror War | Nottinghamshire

I attended the second night of this tour in Bristol, and would highly recomend it. The opportunity to watch the conversation unfolding between these people is a rare and profound experience, full of emotional insights and even humour amongst the grim reality.
Please support this tour and check back to

http://guantanamovoices.wordpress.com/about-the-project/ to find out more about how it came about. It's an incredible story.

Riseup Radio January Show

02-01-2009 14:04 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | Nottinghamshire

In this, the first show of the new year, we welcome Adam to our studio. He talks about his journey from Sudan to Nottingham, and his experiences along the way as well as his reception upon his arrival.

Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour

GUANTANAMO FROM BOTHS SIDES OF THE WIRE

A national tour to mark seven years of unlawful detention, abuse and torture

January 11th 2009 - 4th February 2009

SAMI AL HAJ (Ex Guantanamo Detainee and Aljazeera Journalist)

CHRISTOPHER ARENDT (Ex-Guantanamo Guard)

MOAZZAM BEGG (Ex-Guantanamo Detainee, Spokesman for Cageprisoners)

Letter from AR Prisoner Luke Steele

The following letter was forwarded to ELP

http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk by the British Stop Huntindon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign

http://www.shac.net.

Note: The letter was received at the start of the month, but as it was not posted here, as requested, thought it would be a good time for it. Here it is:

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Nottinghamshire Repression Newswire Archive

Nottinghamshire Repression Newswire Archive

hicham yezza sentenced to 9 months imprisonment

Face life in jail... or three days in Punishment Park

Heroes of law and order

Police bail sysadmin in animal rights extremism probe

Books not Bombs, A Rally for Gaza, University of Nottingham : Pics 2

Books not Bombs, A Rally for Gaza, University of Nottingham : Pics 1

Gaza support protest at Nottingham BBC

Nottingham Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted

Nottingham University Authorities: A National Disgrace

National Zimbabwe MDC meeting in Nottingham

Shactivist/Vegan Prisoners Birthdays

Demo about Heckler & Koch weapons activities, Market Square in Nottingham

Notts Anti Military Meeting

Surveillance of Nottingham City Centre [Update]

PCSO Watch - Office of Community Sousveillance

CCTV 'Treasure Hunt' around Nottingham

Talk from Guantanamo former detainee and guard - Cageprisoners National Tour

Riseup Radio January Show

Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour

Letter from AR Prisoner Luke Steele