World Repression Newswire Archive

Brigitte 'pressured' over terrorism plot confession

09-02-2007 23:15 | Repression | Terror War | World

Brigitte says he admitted training in Pakistan and knowledge of a plot in Australia, but only after being questioned for days without sleep and after he was incorrectly told his brother and parents were also in jail.

USA, Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy refuse to sign UN ban on rendition

09-02-2007 20:00 | Other Press | Repression | Terror War | World

Fifty-seven countries signed a UN treaty on Tuesday that bans governments from carrying out forced disappearances and holding individuals in secret detention. Washington, as well as a number of European governments, including Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy, refused to sign.

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AUSTRALIA: Former medical student to stand trial over suspected training

09-02-2007 02:39 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Today his lawyers sought special leave to appeal to the High Court, arguing the Commonwealth did not have power over acts committed in foreign countries with no connection to Australia.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and senior lecturer at Haifa University. He's also Academic Director of the Research Institute for Peace at Givat Haviva and Chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies. Pappe is an expert on Israel and Zionism and the Palestinians' Right of Return to their homeland, is considered "an honourable academic with integrity and conscience," and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Council for Palestinian Restitution and Repatriation (CPRR), an organization declaring that "every Palestinian has a legitimate, individual right to return to his or her original home and to absolute restitution of his or her property."

2012 London Olympics: Police State Opening Ceremony

A combination of leaked documents and public policy debate has recently revealed that the British government is preparing to use the 2012 Olympic games in London as a showcase for multiple big brother police state operations and technologies.

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AUSTRALIA: BringDavidHome

08-02-2007 09:01 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Hey folks check out the pics from Tuesday's protest outside Parliament House

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A more detailed report from yesterday's hunger striker solidarity action in London

08-02-2007 00:46 | Repression | London | World

Solidarity is our weapon...

Revelations on Brigitte throw doubt on Lodhi conviction

07-02-2007 22:14 | Analysis | Repression | World

Comments by a former chief of French security intelligence that Brigitte is a person of no importance who Australian authorities play on to create fear have undermined the case against Lodhi, convicted last year in Sydney on terror charges after being linked with Brigitte.

POW - Josh Wolf

07-02-2007 12:22 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

I am a prisoner of war.
Captured in the campaign to destroy the press.
A political prisoner accused of no crime,
Another casualty in a civil war for civil liberties.

Josh Wolf

Greece HUNGER STRIKERS FREE!

06-02-2007 23:27 | Repression | World

about the releasment of the two hunger strikers in greece.

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Hidden Costs of War

06-02-2007 20:57 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Repression | World

Over 200,000 soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have been treated at Veterans Affairs medical facilities thus far, with 900,000 still deployed on active duty. A new study from Harvard University predicts that the cost of medical care and compensation benefits for returning veterans will skyrocket once those troops return home.

Free Peltier

06-02-2007 11:29 | Repression | World

Next Sat. 14th Annual NW Leonard Peltier March

Eyewitness Lebanon: Caoimhe Butterly Speaks Out at SOAS

Eye Witness Lebanon
Conversations with
Caoimhe Butterly

Solidarity and anti-war activist who has lived with communities of
resistance in Iraq, Lebanon Palestine and Mexico

Talks about her experiences and struggles during the recent war in
Lebanon and reports on the current humanitarian situation in the south

Democracy’s Last Stand 3: The Trial of Tucker and Jago

04-02-2007 22:14 | SOCPA | Repression | London | World

Oscar Beard takes time out to put his twisted view on the continuing trials of Barbara Tucker, Steve Jago and the end of democracy in the UK that most seem to have given up on, or just lost interest, with no foresight into the future implications.

Urgent Solidarity Appeal - Hunger strikers in Greece

04-02-2007 01:00 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

69 and 53 days of hunger strike!

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT PIPELINE PROTEST

03-02-2007 22:46 | Ecology | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Here is an earlier segment from the film released 2 weeks ago of a protester up a crane in Alltwen, near Trebanos in the Swwnsea Valley.

Freedom fight for justice, truth, and human rights:

03-02-2007 11:25 | Oaxaca Uprising | Repression | World

Brighton solidarity with Oaxaxa and chiapas Mexicans
who are the targets of state sponsored human rights abuse:

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German Arrest Warrants for CIA Kidnapping

German Arrest Warrants for CIA Kidnapping, Torture of Khaled El-Masri Come as US Extraordinary Rendition Scrutinized Around the Globe

Solidarity Demo with Greek Hunger Strikers this Monday

03-02-2007 00:52 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Two Greek political prisoners are in the midst of a hunger strike. On Monday, one of them will be on his 67th day. They have been held in prison for over 8 months for participating in a demonstration at the European Social Forum. It is entirely possible that the Greek state will watch them die. It is time for London to stand up.

Iraq: Who did the US military massacre near Najaf?

02-02-2007 21:22 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Whether the slaughter outside Najaf was inflicted on a cult, anti-government tribesmen or a combination of both, it demonstrates that the illegal American presence in Iraq can only be continued by repression and indiscriminate killing in every part of the country. The scale of the massacre is a warning of what is being prepared as US operations are stepped up in Baghdad under Bush’s planned “surge”.