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Internet hosting prosecuted in Italy

In the light of the excuses given for the recent Indymedia server seizer in Manchester, this story is highly relevant. In Italy, a rather disturbing prosecution is taking place. Google officials, including Chief Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer, are being criminally prosecuted for a video somebody else uploaded to YouTube.

Israel: northern Israel Railways workers in wildcat strike

Israel Railways workers in Haifa conducted a wildcat strike this morning, Thursday Feb 5th, in response to fraud charges against official union members, and replacement of workers not loyal to management.

Prisoners of consciousness

05-02-2009 13:54 | Other Press | Repression | World

Azerbaijan has the highest number of arrested journalists (statement by Miklos Haraszti, special representative for media freedoms of OSCE's-

http://www.today.az/news/politics/41219.html). He added that journalists in Azerbaijan are arrested every time they write about corruption or criticize authorities. Reporters Without Borders (the Paris - based media rights watchdog) included the Azerbaijani leader on its list of "Media Predators".

Bob Geldof's Production Company Threatens Cyber Libel Action

Here's a blogger who's come under threat for criticising (UK) Kent County Council's internet-based Kent TV service. The station, paid for by tax payers in the county, is provided by Bob Geldof's production company Ten Alps. Private Eye reports (1229, p. 11):

Gggollum Sues Tolkien for Cyber Libel

Sir David Eady, possibly the most famous high court judge in the UK, was brought in to rule on the case of Christopher Carrie, who claims he was abused as a child by John Tolkien, a priest and scoutmaster, and son of the Lord of the Rings author. Mr Carrie was trying to sue Royd Tolkien, one of the writer’s great-grandsons and a bit-part actor in one of the massively successful Lord of the Rings films, over comments made on a website. The fact that Mr Carrie was behind the website only came out in the build-up to the court case. He had previously posted entries on the website under the name ``gggollum''.

The Way of Izvestia: BBC as a Metaphor for State Propaganda

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad'The BBC cannot be neutral in the struggle between truth and untruth, justice and injustice, freedom and slavery, compassion and cruelty, tolerance and intolerance.' Thus read a 1972 internal document called Principles and Practice in News and Current Affairs laying out the guidelines for the BBC's coverage of conflicts. It appears to affirm that in cases of oppression and injustice to be neutral is to be complicit, because neutrality reinforces the status quo. This partiality to truth, justice, freedom, compassion and tolerance it deems 'within the consensus about basic moral values'.

Trident condemned as barbaric and illegal by leading international judge

03-02-2009 21:12 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

At a conference on the legality of Trident nuclear weapons being held in Edinburgh this week, the former vice-president of the International Court of Justice has condemned Trident as "cruel, criminal and barbaric" and stated that non-violent resistance to nuclear weapons is legally justifiable and "every citizen's right". The conference has been jointly organised by the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre and Trident Ploughshares.

Who killed Colin Roach?

Colin Roach, aged 21 years, died in January 1983 after receiving a fatal gunshot wound in 1983 while in the custody of Stoke Newington police station, London. He is alleged by the police to have shot himself in the mouth. Authorities alleged that he had committed suicide after entering the Stoke Newington Police Station. Many believed that there was reason to doubt this story and instead argued that Roach was murdered by police.

The Codex Alimentarius

27-01-2009 20:37 | Globalisation | Other Press | Terror War | World

The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "food code" or "food book") is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations relating to foods, food production and food safety.

Top Three Gaza Myths Debunked

23-01-2009 16:23 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

American perceptions of Palestine are warped by Israeli propaganda transmitted as fact by corporate media. Israel, the United States and only a handful of other nations thwart “the international consensus for peace” in the region called for in UN Resolution 242. Hamas did abide by a cease fire with Israel “and even arrested members of militant groups who did fire a handful of rockets” in the period before the latest conflagration.

Dialect - Changes in journalism since the 1960s and 1970s

23-01-2009 07:43 | History | Other Press | Technology | World

Dialect Radio is a Bristol (UK) internet broadcasting Co-operative run by volunteers. Our main activity is our weekly current affairs and arts magazine programme Dialect, which is recorded at our Queen's Square studios and posted for download every weekend. Want to volunteer? Volunteering Bristol, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, Bristol. BS1 4GB Tel: 0117 989 7733. Listen on air: 93.2 FM (BCFM), Tuesdays 9:00 PM.

http://www.bcfm.org.uk/

Julie Burchill: A fan of George Bush

21-01-2009 11:56 | Iraq | Other Press | Terror War | World

On Sunday Julie Burchill wrote in the Sun about what a great president Bush had been.

An ex-Tory for Labour

18-01-2009 13:33 | Other Press | South Coast | World

Labour Party divided over selection of ex-Tory, Derek Booker as Town Council Candidate

Israeli forces bomb three hospitals and UN headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday

16-01-2009 09:28 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

As Israeli forces pushed their way deeper into Gaza on Thursday, they shelled and bombed everything in their path, including three hospitals and the UN Headquarters.

Blaming the Victims - The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas

03-01-2009 08:15 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

For its part, Hamas has been conciliatory and sought peace. It's willing to recognize Israel in return for a sovereign Palestinian state inside pre-1967 borders - just 22% of it original homeland. In 2008 and earlier, it agreed to unilateral ceasefires in spite of repeated Israeli violations and Gaza in duress under siege. It responds only in self-defense when attacked as international law allows, yet Washington, Israel, and the West call it "terrorism."

Israel’s Lie Machine is Working Flat Out

31-12-2008 23:19 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

While the murderous assault on Gaza continues, I notice there's a briefing document on the website of the Israeli Embassy in London which has a lie in every line. The West's mainstream media repeat them, and even the most senior TV and radio interviewers don’t bother to challenge them.

International Witnesses speak from Gaza

27-12-2008 18:10 | Other Press | Palestine | Terror War | World

Reports and contact details for Free Gaza Movement spokespeople in Gaza under massive Israeli aerial attack.

Culture Secretary: "There is content that should just not be available"

27-12-2008 14:16 | Other Press | Technology | Sheffield | World

Some extracts from an article from todays Torygraph follow...

This Week in Palestine - Week 49

26-12-2008 17:58 | Other Press | Palestine | World

This Week in Palestine:- a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, December 20th through to December 27th, 2008.

Ahmadinejad on Channel 4: "Jesus would stand with oppressed"

26-12-2008 10:32 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Repression | World

"If Christ were on earth today, undoubtedly he would stand with the people in opposition to bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers. If Christ were on earth today, undoubtedly he would hoist the banner of justice and love for humanity to oppose warmongers, occupiers, terrorists and bullies the world over."

This speech might give us a clue why the Iranian president is far more popular in Latin America, Africa and Asia than his imperialist counterparts.

World Other Press Newswire Archive

Internet hosting prosecuted in Italy

Israel: northern Israel Railways workers in wildcat strike

Prisoners of consciousness

Bob Geldof's Production Company Threatens Cyber Libel Action

Gggollum Sues Tolkien for Cyber Libel

The Way of Izvestia: BBC as a Metaphor for State Propaganda

Trident condemned as barbaric and illegal by leading international judge

Who killed Colin Roach?

The Codex Alimentarius

Top Three Gaza Myths Debunked

Dialect - Changes in journalism since the 1960s and 1970s

Julie Burchill: A fan of George Bush

An ex-Tory for Labour

Israeli forces bomb three hospitals and UN headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday

Blaming the Victims - The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas

Israel’s Lie Machine is Working Flat Out

International Witnesses speak from Gaza

Culture Secretary: "There is content that should just not be available"

This Week in Palestine - Week 49

Ahmadinejad on Channel 4: "Jesus would stand with oppressed"

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