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Gun and Quarantine Fears over Camden "Super Virus Lab" - Army letters

There are plans to build a "Super Virus Lab" in Camden. This has been opposed by locals, councillors, MPs, MI5 etc on safety grounds. In the event of virus leak, as happened at government facility Pirbright there is the very real chance that the soldiers at Regents Park Barracks would have to either evacuate or quarntine the area. Please write to them and ask them to oppose planning permission.

SHAC campaign against HLS continues despite the convictions says the Guardian

Today's Guardian reveals that the campaign against HLS continues regardless of the trial & convictions of Heather, Dan & Dan, Gavin, Gregg and Natatsha and Gerrah. There are fears that if people can get a 14 yr sentence for daubing cars and sending sanitary towels in the post there are people who will "do something worth getting 14 yrs for", especially if people such as Heather recieve as such.

Gun fears over Camden "Super Virus Lab"

The Camden Gazette reported this week that a sniper from a council estate in Camden shot out the windows of an office block belonging to the Guardian newspaper, leaving massive holes in the windows. This week a police machine gun was accidentally sent to a granny. Armed police were found guilty of shooting innocent Brazilizn Jean Charles De Menezes. All this bodes badly for proposed Camden "Super Virus Lab".

It's Decision Time For Nepal's Monkeys!

17-12-2008 17:57 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Ecology | World

The new 'Wildlife Act' has been published although details of the actual breeding laws remain unpublished at this stage. There is currently a lot of speculation in the Nepalese media but NO hard facts.

Camden Councillor speaks out against deadly Camden Bio Lab

Camden Councillor Roger robinson has written a heartfelt letter on behalf of the people in his ward in Somers Town, Camden London who will be affected by plans to build the World's largest ever virus containment facility and animal testing lab which could contain anthrax and Bird Flu on a Camden Council house estate. Local residents and businesses are opposed the plans.

Another Science is Possible?

12-12-2008 18:07 | Bio-technology | Globalisation | Technology | World

This article gives an update on preparations for the widely anticipated "Social Forum Science and Democracy", and raises questions for social movements to discuss. For example, the circulation and discussion of this important movement question: "Is elite control of science and technology a strategic bolt in the global machinery of Empire that we need to unscrew?"

Pandemic & Safety fears for superlab and a word about Bird Flu

We are London residents fighting against the proposed "Superlab" and a second lab planned for Camden. Both will test on animals. The superlab will allegedly be a level 3 lab meaning that it will hold deadly diseases such as Bird Flu. Any virus leak would be catastrophic for London, the UK and Europe as the lab will be alongside St Pancras Eurostar. There has been a mutated flu pandemic before....

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British Library "Taking Liberties" exhibition embarassment & "Superlab" demo

As seen on ITNThe British Library are currently holding an exhibition called "Taking Liberties, The Struggle For Britian's Freedom's and Rights" stating that "In some countries you wouldn't have the right to visit an exhibition about your rights". During a peaceful demo held by pensioners from the Somers Town estate against the proposed "superlab" these elderly people were "attacked by thugs".

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Safety Fears for Superlab - Camden New Journal / Freedom of Information Act

In the Camden New Journal article shows that safety concerns at the highest ranks of the Town Hall have been revealed by Freedom of Information Act writes Paul Keilthy. Ben Rawlings wrote to senior figures regarding security concerns including animal rights protesters and contamination or any incident in Kings Cross council based services....

Genetically Modified Animals

05-12-2008 01:12 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Ecology | World

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just moved a step closer to allowing companies to create genetically engineered animals. The FDA is proposing to allow the creation of animals that will be used to produce medicine, organs for transplant, meat or genetically engineered pets; and experiment subjects.

Camden Drugs & Alchohol services face the axe to make way for animal lab.

The Margarete Centre at 108 Hampstead Road provides prescribing and dispensary services to many of Camden's 4,200 class A drug addicts. The centre also porivides counselling and harm reduction advice at "NIDS" and Primary Care. This centre faces the chop to make way for one of the "28 Days Later" animal testing labs / virus containment facilities planned for Camden.

as seen on BBC1 ITN Channel 4 Arsenal architects in "28 Days Later Lab"!

The architects HOK who are desgining the notorious "28 Days Later" lab in Camden are the same architects who designed the Arsenal Stadium!!! If you are an Arsenal fan do you find this shocking? The lab is opposed by local people and business in Camden who want council homes & community facilities on the site. The lab has been criticised by MI5 and will be next to St Pancras International.

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No Foie Gras in Camden! Foie Gras? No ta!

A letter has appeared in Camden New Journal warning that a number of Fench restatraunts have sprung up in the borough and that many of them are selling Foie Gras......

Time for action!

Air Mauritius Primate Ban Stands!

27-11-2008 13:09 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Ecology | World

Suspicions were recently raised whether Air Mauritius had resumed transporting monkeys when their response was still outstanding to the BUAV expose of airline companies and their policy on the transport of non-human primates.

Read the survey here:

http://www.buav.org/e_cargo_cruelty.php

HIV carriers to be microchipped in Indonesia

26-11-2008 12:58 | Bio-technology | Repression | World

HIV carriers in the Papau province of Indonesia will be microchipped from next month if government legislation (popular with MPs) goes through.

As seen on BBC1 ITN Channel 4 Gordon Brown on Camden Death Lab

The consortium behind the so called "28 Days Later Lab" in Camden have claimed that Gordon Brown "backs the project" even though the plans go against Camden Counci's planning brief which asks for affordable housing. We wrote to Gordon Brown and these are the replies we received. For those of you who don't know, there are plans to build a high level virus containment facility and animal testing lab on a Camden council house estate next to St Pancras Eurostar.

ID 'reading' machines on Canada and Mexico borders

24-11-2008 22:16 | Bio-technology | Migration | Repression | World

USA Today reports that border guards along Mexico/US and Canada/US borders have begun use of machines that can remotely read biometric chips in ID cards of travellers.

Arts Collective against the proposed Camden animal testing / virus lab

There is an attempt to build a high level virus containment facility and animal testing lab in Camden. This has been dubbed by the press as the "28 Days Later Lab" and MI5 have leaked warnings to newspapers about security fears. The lab if built will be on a council estate. Planning permission will soon be applied for. London Against Camden Danger Lab Arts Collective are looking for artists....

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Nepal to Export 25 monkeys 'soon'

20-11-2008 14:47 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Ecology | World

Yesterday morning we received the sad news that Nepal plans to export 25 rhesus
macaque monkeys at somepoint 'soon', The story was reported in the Himalayan
Times, Nepal's main English newspaper and the government have since failed to
respond to enquiries from Nepal or elsewhere.

You can read the full story here:

http://www.gatewaytohell.net/news/2008/18_11_NP.htm

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No rest for the wicked, No surrender for the animals!

11-11-2008 19:14 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Ecology | World

Friday 6th of November saw Gateway to Hell activists in Belgium publicly launch a new initiative to stop all experiments on Non-Human Primates, (NHPs), in Belgium...and thus make Belgium the first country to entirely ban invasive primate research.

Please support their campaign.....

World Bio-technology Newswire Archive

Gun and Quarantine Fears over Camden "Super Virus Lab" - Army letters

SHAC campaign against HLS continues despite the convictions says the Guardian

Gun fears over Camden "Super Virus Lab"

It's Decision Time For Nepal's Monkeys!

Camden Councillor speaks out against deadly Camden Bio Lab

Another Science is Possible?

Pandemic & Safety fears for superlab and a word about Bird Flu

British Library "Taking Liberties" exhibition embarassment & "Superlab" demo

Safety Fears for Superlab - Camden New Journal / Freedom of Information Act

Genetically Modified Animals

Camden Drugs & Alchohol services face the axe to make way for animal lab.

as seen on BBC1 ITN Channel 4 Arsenal architects in "28 Days Later Lab"!

No Foie Gras in Camden! Foie Gras? No ta!

Air Mauritius Primate Ban Stands!

HIV carriers to be microchipped in Indonesia

As seen on BBC1 ITN Channel 4 Gordon Brown on Camden Death Lab

ID 'reading' machines on Canada and Mexico borders

Arts Collective against the proposed Camden animal testing / virus lab

Nepal to Export 25 monkeys 'soon'

No rest for the wicked, No surrender for the animals!

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