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Self-managed park in Athens under attack by police

04-09-2009 08:17 | Free Spaces | Repression | World

About 1-1.30 am: 3-4 police jeeps tried to invade Messolongiou street, in Exarchia. the people who were there resisted throwing things at them. Police forces from different directions tried to encircle the area. Tear-gas is reported to have been used near the self-organized Navarinu park. Somebody reports that about 2 persons are held by the police near the area.

Who is afraid of facebook?

03-09-2009 16:16 | Analysis | Culture | Repression | World

It becomes obvious why Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and many other politically active sites were up made available until the “ election show”.

Zapatista Urgent Appeal for Solidarity

02-09-2009 19:38 | Repression | Zapatista | World

Solidarity for 2 Zapatista Other Campaign Prisoners.

Request for Urgent Action, Organizacion Mundial Contra la Tortura, published on the Frayba website. This is a summary of the urgent action request on the Fray Bartololome de las Casas website, from the Organizacion Mundial Contra Tortura (OMCT).

Lesvos: new hungerstrike of detained minors

02-09-2009 13:35 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

47 minors detained in Pagani are on hunger strike since yesterday 1st September.

How jail feels like

01-09-2009 03:41 | Analysis | History | Repression | World

Here is a lively description of how jail feels like, borrowed from a book by semiotext(e) titled Autonomia: post-political politics, edited by Sylvere Lotringer and Christian Marazzi, ISBN 1-58435-053-9, distributed by MIT Press.

America's Tortured Past

31-08-2009 21:44 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

In his book, "A Question of Torture," McCoy explained how techniques were developed, refined, codified in manuals, used extensively in Southeast Asia, Central America, and now everywhere, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at secret black sites globally. A worldwide gulag exists with no oversight or legal compliance - on US bases, torture ships, and in prisons of complicit countries. Nothing is banned, including the most inhumanely harmful abuses.

In office, Obama abandoned his promise to continue America's sordid, tortured past in violation of the rule of law, ethical and moral standards, and everything he swore he'd change.

Lesvos: Acton at Pagani continues - URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED!

31-08-2009 09:27 | Migration | Repression | World

The actions in Lesvos are still going on. Many activists already left the island, but there are still many people here. Activists entered the roof of Pagani detention centre this morning. The police reacted with violence. 10 activists from the roof were taken to the police station. 2 people seriously injured. We need urgent support - please start actions were you are and participate in the Faxcampaign.

Photo- London Rally for human rights demands release of 36 Iranian refugees

31-08-2009 01:18 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

London Rally for human rights demands release of 36 detained Camp Ashraf residents
Hundreds of Iranians gathered outside the US Embassy in London on day 33 of a hunger strike by a dozen Iranians who are calling on the US authorities to prevent a further massacre of their relatives at Camp Ashraf, Iraq.

Reflections on Peaceful Protest and Constitutional Dialogue in San Pedro Sula, H

30-08-2009 22:09 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

"As a result, the political demand of the protest is simple: reinstate Zelaya as the legitimate president and permit the constitutional referendum."

Thanks to solidarity mobilisations, Theodoros Iliopoulos is free at last!

27-08-2009 15:00 | Repression | World

The Greek government could not ignore anymore the massive movement formed in solidarity with innocent detainee Theodoros Iliopoulos and set him free at last!

20-27 August Cumulative Update on Thodoris Iliopoulos

27-08-2009 11:29 | Repression | World

An update summarising what has happened in the last few days regarding Greek hunger striker Thodoris Iliopoulos.

Global War and Dying Democracy: The Revolution of the Elites

27-08-2009 07:48 | Analysis | Globalisation | Repression | World

Global trends in political economy suggest that “democracy” as we know it, is a fading concept, where even Western industrialized nations are retreating from the system. Arguably, through party politics and financial-corporate interests, democracy is something of a façade as it is. However, we are entering into an era in which even the institutions and image of democracy are in retreat, and the slide into totalitarianism seems inevitable.

Greek political prisoner Thodoris Iliopoulos nears death on hunger strike!!

26-08-2009 19:12 | Repression | World

Thirty-one year old Thodoris Iliopoulos is the last prisoner of the December 2008 Greek revolt. He has been in pre-trial detention for more than eight months after his arrest on December 18th in downtown Athens.

Downing St Protest Against Netanyahu Talk with Brown

25-08-2009 20:14 | Palestine | Repression | World

Downing St, Whitehall, London. Tuesday 25 August. Several hundred protesters gathered in London opposite Downing St this afternoon as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to have talks with Gordon Brown. Photographs Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved

'The Shape of Things to Come' - The EU Stockholm Programme

24-08-2009 10:16 | Repression | Technology | Terror War | World

A recent report released by Statewatch has highlighted the direction in which EU-wide policymaking is likely to heading until the middle of the next decade. The full article here contains a press release from the European Civil Liberties Network which breaks down the 60-page report into something less lengthy. The major themes are massively increased surveillance, tighter social control, and a harsher border regime. It is stated within the report, 'The Shape of Things To Come' by Tony Bunyan, that funding for 'security' in the EU's 2007-2012 financial plan is set to increase by 968%.

Urgent appeal for political prisoner in Turkey suffering from cancer

24-08-2009 07:28 | Repression | World

Appeal for Guler Zere, who has been in jail in Turkey for 14 years. She is now severely ill with cancer but the authorities are not releasing her, even though prison conditions give her no chance of recovery. A campaign has started for her release, and there is also an appeal for an urgent delegation to Turkey.

HC 321: Severe Removal/Deportation Warning

24-08-2009 06:54 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

[This briefing if for general information only and must not be construed as a substantive legal explanation of HC 321. Please note, NCADC will not respond to any queries on HC321. If you think any of the information below affects you or members of your family, you must seek expert legal advice.]

Women campaign against rape and torture in the iran-Islamic regime's prisons!

23-08-2009 11:04 | Repression | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

According to the reports which have been published about the Islamic Republic's prisons, demonstrators arrested in the recent uprisings, particularly those in Kahrizak prison, have been raped in group, and banes and guards have put them under the worst medieval tortures. Many of the detainees, female or male, have died in rape rooms because they have been repeatedly raped and group raped and due to rupture of uterus or rectum and internal bleeding.

[Greece] Unconditional immediate release of Thodoris Iliopoulos

23-08-2009 06:38 | Repression | World

independent English translation of an announcement by the ANTIAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT OF ATHENS about Thodoris Iliopoulos.

Controlling the Global Economy: Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Federal Reserve

21-08-2009 19:33 | Analysis | Globalisation | Repression | World

The 1990s saw the emergence of what was called the New World Order. This was a term that emerged in the early 1990s to describe a more unipolar world, addressing the collapse of the Soviet Union and the newfound role of the United States as the sole and unchallenged global power.

The New World Order was meant to represent a new phase in the global political economy in which world authority rested in one place, and for the time, that place was to be the United States.

World Repression Newswire Archive

Self-managed park in Athens under attack by police

Who is afraid of facebook?

Zapatista Urgent Appeal for Solidarity

Lesvos: new hungerstrike of detained minors

How jail feels like

America's Tortured Past

Lesvos: Acton at Pagani continues - URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED!

Photo- London Rally for human rights demands release of 36 Iranian refugees

Reflections on Peaceful Protest and Constitutional Dialogue in San Pedro Sula, H

Thanks to solidarity mobilisations, Theodoros Iliopoulos is free at last!

20-27 August Cumulative Update on Thodoris Iliopoulos

Global War and Dying Democracy: The Revolution of the Elites

Greek political prisoner Thodoris Iliopoulos nears death on hunger strike!!

Downing St Protest Against Netanyahu Talk with Brown

'The Shape of Things to Come' - The EU Stockholm Programme

Urgent appeal for political prisoner in Turkey suffering from cancer

HC 321: Severe Removal/Deportation Warning

Women campaign against rape and torture in the iran-Islamic regime's prisons!

[Greece] Unconditional immediate release of Thodoris Iliopoulos

Controlling the Global Economy: Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Federal Reserve

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