World Repression Newswire Archive

Support the accused! Back to Genova! Nov 17th

10-11-2007 22:28 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Mobilizations, actions and initiatives of concrete solidarity will take place in Madrid, Rostock, Greece, UK(?) and other countries of the world. Shame and outrage will surround the Italian Embassies. We must support those currently facing long jail time, framed up by the State for the protests in Genoa 2001

US Alliance Afghan Genocide - Six Million Excess Deaths?

10-11-2007 10:27 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Repression | World

Post-invasion non-violent excess deaths in Occupied Afghanistan - a month on from the 6th anniversary of the war criminal US invasion and occupation on 7th October 2001 – now total an estimated 3.2 million. However comparisons with Occupied Iraq (1.5-2 million TOTAL post-invasion excess deaths, and 0.8-1.2 million or about 50% of these being VIOLENT deaths) suggest that the post-invasion violent excess deaths in Occupied Afghanistan could total 3 million.

TOTALitarian Oil Out of Burma - National Day of Action - Sat 24 Nov

On Saturday 24th November, there will be a UK-wide day of action against TOTAL Oil. Petrol stations around the country will see protests calling for TOTAL to pull out of Burma and stop funding the Burmese junta.

Appeal for Support to Lawyers and Judges in Pakistan

09-11-2007 20:55 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The civil society of Pakistan urges bar associations all over the world to mobilize public opinion in favor of the judges and lawyers in Pakistan. A large number of judges of superior courts are under arrest. Thousands of lawyers are imprisoned, beaten and tortured.

What's up with the whiteboards on the grass at Parliament Square?

08-11-2007 15:55 | Repression | London | World

Anyone have a scooby-doo clue what Ken and his cohorts are up to now?

I thought Ken had deep concern for the grass, unlike his love of human rights and the rights of shelter to peace campaigners...

State of exception in Georgia(former part of Sovjet Union).Soldiers on streets

08-11-2007 14:30 | Repression | World

Georgia, Tblisi. President of State, Michail Saakaschwili, declared the state of exception in Georgia. Soldiers of the ministry of the interior occupied the centre of Tiflis. They still patrol on the Rustaveli-Avenue where they yesterday crushed a protest of many thousand people. More than 100 were injured, many detained.
Today there are almost no cars on the streets, people stay at home.

Solidarity day with Rafa, Barcelona 5 anarchist prisoner

06-11-2007 13:50 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Solidarity action this Thursday 8th November with Rafa, one of five anarchists arrested in September 2003 in Barcelona.

testimony of Nicéforo Urbieta

I’m sending out the testimony of our comrade Nicéforo Urbieta, arrested and subsequently released on November 2 in Oaxaca.
Claudio

Class War: Bash The Rich Video Rush

05-11-2007 19:33 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Rapid cut of footage from Saturday 3 November 2007.

Mapuche child from the Temucuicui community gunned down by Chilean police

05-11-2007 18:54 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Prior to the violent raid that was carried, Tuesday 30th October, in the Mapuche community of Temucuicui, by the institution of Armed Police of Chile, where the minor of 10 years old, Patricio Queipul Millanao, was arterially wounded by the bullets that they cowardly and indiscriminately fired straight at the boy's body.

Children 4 Peace - authorise or not?

Apparently, the police want to interrogate my Maranda as to her understanding of SOCPA - WTF???

wave of repression in Oaxaca, Mexico

03-11-2007 23:09 | Repression | Workers' Movements | Zapatista | World

The URO government is up to its old tricks again. This morning some of the comrades from VOCAL called to tell us about a new wave of repression against the demonstration today, November 2, the anniversary of last year’s victory against the PFP. At this moment (6:00 p. m. central Mexico time) the situation is not clear.

Artists 4 Peace - Serious Organised Criminals Protection Agenda - SOCPA

and the bullshit begins...

SOCPA - first told on the phone that I was denied... not in writing; then Inspector Robinson lies through his teeth on the stand at Brian's trial in the statement that no one had been denied authorization and poof!...and I get the acceptance letter... with conditions...no letter for my daughter...yet...

New repression in Oaxaca

One year on from the PFP'd defeat, the repression is back.

Four anarchists arrested in Italy

03-11-2007 12:42 | Repression | World

A night of ordinary democracy in Bologna: 5 anarchists are beaten and arrested. On Saturday October 13, at around 4am, a girl who is sleeping in piazza Verdi is noticed by police on patrol. The latter decide that the girl’s behaviour is ‘abnormal’ and must be corrected by compulsory sanitary treatment (TSO). They call the ambulance while keeping the girl under their custody against her will.

Guantánamo as house arrest: Britain’s law lords capitulate on control orders

Andy Worthington praises the law lords for insisting on the rights of Britain's "ghost prisoners" to a fair hearing, but laments their refusal to condemn the control order system.

UK Police Found Guilty in Menezes Murder

02-11-2007 01:37 | Repression | World

Looking back, it is instructive to remember all the lies told by the police in an attempt to cover up the murder of an innocent man. They claimed he was wearing a suspiciously bulky jacket. He was not. They claimed he leaped over the turn styles and ran to the train car. He did not. Time after time every claim made to excuse the extra-judicial murder of this man was exposed as a lie ... here on the internet. The mainstream media, the BBC in particular, promoted without question the lies used to justify the public execution of an innocent man. Only after the lies were exposed in the blogs did the mainstream media grudgingly admit to what had really happened.

Azeri Newspaper Editor sentenced over article about possible US attack on Iran

01-11-2007 21:44 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Eynulla Fatullayev, an Azerbaijani newspaper editor was sentenced to 8½ years in prison. He sent to the press an article asserting that the ex-Soviet nation could support a U.S. attack on neighboring Iran.

Business as usual - Iraq Body Count, Human Rights Watch and that empire-building

31-10-2007 23:45 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Repression | World

So far, too many on the “left” and within the so-called “anti-war movement” have been reluctant - and I’m being polite here - to inform the vast majority of the population on the real extent of the carnage inflicted upon the Iraqi people. That too is real denial.

“Come and see our overflowing morgues"

30-10-2007 09:07 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Repression | World

But Bush will not withdraw and apparently no one can force him to do so. So, the killing will continue unabated behind the media’s iron curtain while the overall situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. Eventually, after years of ethnic cleansing, sectarian fighting and stepped-up military operations; the position of the US will become untenable and the troops will come home. But the cost in human terms will be enormous. Already one million Iraqis have been killed in the war and 4 million others have become refugees. Credit the US media for concealing the real savagery of foreign occupation and its effects on Iraqi society. The country is in ruins.