World Repression Newswire Archive

Turkish coup, 29 years on (by Latuff)

12-09-2009 05:47 | Anti-militarism | History | Repression | World

Cartoon originally produced for Atilim newspaper (Turkey):

http://www.atilim.org/haberler/2009/09/10/Taniklar__magdurlar_12_Eylul_u_anlatiyor.html

Straw meets Brown to discuss policy

11-09-2009 19:31 | Repression | World

Straw meets Brown for a discussion of foreign and domestic policy

Migrant camp destroyed, local French town sets up camp outside town hall

Solidarity with migrants whose shelters and belongings were destroyed by riot police

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Direct aid & joining the dots

We could really do with more people making the connections between war, migration and climate change, working with those most affected by all these things

Political Arrests in Belgrade

10-09-2009 10:41 | Repression | World

arrests in Belgrade of anarchist activists believed to be attempt to repress the movement - call for protests at Serbian embassies worldwide

London Demo for arrested Belgrade Anarchists, Friday 11th

09-09-2009 10:42 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Six anarchists have been arrested in Belgrade following an attack on the Greek Embassy in April. The attack was claimed by a previously unknown group, and was said to be in solidarity with the recent uprising against the Greek state.

Police station attcked in Chile, @s in trouble!

09-09-2009 10:04 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Petrol bomb attack on police station in Santiago, shot(s?) fired, one wounded, 2 arrested

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Anarchists Arrested in Belgrade – Solidarity Campaign Underway

08-09-2009 11:49 | Repression | World

From ZSP

Statement of Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative on Arrests of their Members

08-09-2009 11:39 | Repression | World

On September, 4th 2009 District Court in Belgrade decided that arrested members of ASI will be held for thirty days in detention. Our comrades are accused of an act of international terrorism.

The U.S. invades and occupies Pakistan: A Pakistani viewpoint

07-09-2009 19:30 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

We are watching it happen in the streets. The recurring nightmare has become a grim, new reality for the people of Pakistan. After watching the horrors of the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and neighboring Afghanistan for 8 years, the "war on terror" has finally arrived in The Land of the Pure. Obama is fulfilling his campaign promise to Pakistan.

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Global Systematic Discrimination against the Poor due to be signed by States

06-09-2009 13:46 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

An Optional Protocol is due to be signed by States which, because of its exclusion of the core minimum obligations of the State, will allow States to systematically discriminate against the poor. In addition, it allows for the creation of a far more dependent people unable to help themselves.

Solidarity with Camp Ashraf Hunger Strikers, London - pictures

06-09-2009 09:31 | Globalisation | Repression | Terror War | World

On day 40 of the international hunger strikes taking place around the world in sympathy with the hunger strikers in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, London hunger strikers hold a solidarity vigil for those still arbitrarily detained in custody by Iraqi security forces.

BNP´s Leader to Appear on BBC Question Timel

06-09-2009 04:45 | Anti-racism | Repression | Birmingham | World

The Fascist British National Party´s leader Nick Griffin may be asked to appear on Question Time, the BBC has said. A spokesman for the broadcaster said it was bound by rules to treat all political parties with "due impartiality".

The BBC has a duty to treat all political parties equally, so it could be said that they are not at fault here, but Griffin´s appearance would pose problems for the Labour Party: they have a long-standing policy of not sharing platforms with Fascists. Will they do a U-Turn here and lend the BNP more legitimacy?

Opinion: Honduran coup has been far from bloodless

05-09-2009 22:52 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

"Women protesters can face worse. On Aug. 14, a young mother was grabbed by police while participating nonviolently in a large protest. They separated her from male detainees and drove her out of town, where four officers of the National Police raped her and then raped her again with a baton.
Rapes while in custody, assassinations and disappearances that are terrorizing Hondurans remain largely unreported in the U.S. press. On July 11, for example, Roger Ivan Bados, a longtime trade unionist and activist in the opposition party Union Democrática, was forcibly removed from his home and killed. Others who participate in demonstrations or other activities have been kidnapped, then found dead."

greek embassy in serbia attacked and anarchists arrested

05-09-2009 17:36 | Repression | World

A group of six anarchists were arrested in Belgrade at the 3rd of september under suspicion being connected with Black Elijah (Crni Ilija), which took responsibility for the 24th August molotov attack on the Greek embassy in Belgrade.

Washington Refuses to Call Off Its Dogs in Honduras

05-09-2009 11:40 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

"While President Obama issues vacuous statements claiming to support the general principle of electoral democracy, his own State Department officials blame President Zelaya for provoking the coup.” Nobody in Latin American believes the U.S. is not complicit.

A stop in hell: Pagani, a prison for migrants at the gate of Fortress Europe

04-09-2009 23:40 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

The Greek island of Lesvos is just a short sail from the Turkish coast – you can see Turkey from the island. Here many migrants try crossing into Europe, usually on inflatable boats. Frontex patrols the coast to prevent them from landing; those who land may be detained in one of the most appalling prisons for migrants we have ever seen or heard of.

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Camp Ashraf Hunger Strike, US embassy, London - pictures.

04-09-2009 21:15 | Globalisation | Repression | Terror War | World

On the 39th day of a hunger strike outside the US embassy in London, Iranian pro-democracy campaigners lobby Downing Street to pressure the Iraqi government to release 36 prisoners it has taken prisoner from Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad.

Refugees in Italy and throughout the EU

04-09-2009 20:43 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

Open letter to the institutions of the United Nations and European Union from Everyone Group and representatives of the Roma people and immigrant community in Italy.