World Repression Newswire Archive

Solidarity actions continue for Austrian activists

The next evaluation of the detention for the animal rights activists in Austria will take place today in Wiener Neustadt, Vienna. There the decision will be made as to whether the activists will remain in remand custody. To inform the public and the media about the new evaluation and this Austrian Affair, activists spread the word for their freedom two days before, on the 2nd of July.

Here are some pictures and communiques leading upto and on the day of action...

Abu Doha release after seven years in detention

04-07-2008 11:39 | Repression | Terror War | World

Wearing an electronic tracking device and under restrictive conditions, Abu Doha has been released on bail after seven years in detention without trial while the British government tried to deport him. Originally from Algeria, the government claim he is a senior al-Qaeda figure linked to several bomb plots and a cell leader in the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan.

Detentions re G8

04-07-2008 11:36 | G8 Japan 2008 | Globalisation | Repression | World

Lates from reuters re people detained in Japan

Message from Austrian Prisoner Martin Balluch

Earth Liberation Prisoners has been sent the following message from friends of Dr Martin Balluch, who is one of the Austrian animal rights prisoners, wrongly arrested for crimes they did not commit during police raids which were illegal.

David Gray complains about the use of music as torture in the “War on Terror”

03-07-2008 22:44 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | World

Singer-songwriter David Gray has taken a brave stand by complaining about the use of his music as torture by the US military in "War on Terror" prisons in Guantánamo, in Iraq, and in secret prisons run by the CIA.

ALF/ELF Direct Action, Liberation & Solidarity

28th June - 3rd July

MEAT COMPANY SPLATTERED WITH PAINT (Mexico)
65 CHICKENS LIBERATED (UK)
ARSON ATTACK AGAINST GEESE KILLERS (Netherlands)
VEHICLES VANDALIZED DURING BULLFIGHT (Spain)
ALF RETURNS TO KFC (Mexico)
ATTEMPTED HEN LIBERATION (Netherlands)
COCA-COLA TARGETED (Mexico)

Arrested outside Black Arts Fest! Dr. Aisha Fields, Uhuru leaders jailed in U.S.

01-07-2008 16:53 | Anti-racism | Repression | World

Uhuru Movement leaders were arrested last night in Alabama. On the way to the airport they stopped for gas near their home, which is in the vicinity of the Alabama A&M University, where the Black Arts Festival had just concluded.

ALF/ELF, Direct Action, Liberation, Solidarity & Victories

24th-27th June

ALF CHICKIN' NICKIN' (UK)
TOILETS PLUGGED AT STAPLES (USA)
VIVISECTION SUPPLIER'S OFFICES REDECORATED (Switzerland)
STOCKHOLM ACTIVISTS CONTINUE WAR AGAINST FUR (Sweden)
PET SHOP HIT TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW (Mexico)
PIGLET FREED (UK)
TWO MORE STOCKHOLM FUR SHOPS GIVE UP (Sweden)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT LEATHER SHOP (Sweden)
FREEDOM FOR BOAR (Spain)
20 PHEASANTS FREED FROM BREEDER (Sweden)
FUR SHOP LOCKS GLUED (Sweden)

Chagos Islanders Picket House of Lords

Around thirty Chagos islanders and supporters picketed today opposite the Houses of Parliament from 9am to 2 pm, where the appeal by the British government against the court decisions giving them the right to return to their homeland was being heard by the House of Lords.
Pictures (C) Peter Marshall, 2008. All rights reserved.

sequani trial talk

the accused in the biggest and scariest poitical trial in recent memory talk about their experiences and what they have learned, 7pm at the LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, Whitechapel, London, E1 1ES

Singing as an Act of Terrorism

30-06-2008 11:05 | Palestine | Repression | South Coast | World

You should have been there.

Colombia accompaniment training weekend: July 19-20

30-06-2008 00:12 | Culture | Repression | Social Struggles | World

On 19th and 20th July Espacio Bristol-Colombia are holding our second training weekend for people interested in accompanying social organizations as a volunteer in Colombia.
Solidarity accompaniment involves both providing an international presence to deter the army or paramilitaries from interfering with social activists and working with Colombian organisations building solidarity links.

U.S. Senate Spy Bill—Locked and Loaded to Shoot Down 1st and 4th Amendments

29-06-2008 02:35 | Repression | World

More frequently U.S. Senators can been seen on Television reading sections of HR 6304 which they claim will protect lawful persons in the U.S. from being targeted by government wiretaps. Not mentioned by the Senators, is that THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 has a low level of “probable cause” that will permit Government to wiretap U.S. phone calls, faxes and emails.

Nationwide Call-in for Justice in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

27-06-2008 18:45 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Justice for Javon Dawson Committee is calling on all honest and freedom-loving people to support the demands for justice and reparations in the St. Petersburg police murder of this 17-year-old African who was attending a high school graduation party and unarmed when he was shot twice in the back and killed. (read full story: