World Repression Newswire Archive

Polish anarchist detained in Athens

23-04-2010 16:59 | Repression | World

Polish anarchist, Michal Pawlak, was arrested in Grece on 6th of december 2009 and isawaiting trial for making explosives in infamous Koridallos prison in Athens.

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Greece joins the IMF, people take to the streets

23-04-2010 14:43 | Repression | World

updates on the Occupied London blog

yes sir. NO SIR! - Private Joe Glenton - Witness Statement of defence

22-04-2010 14:39 | Repression | Terror War | World

It's all bollocks - Charity Sweet

This is the defence statement of Private Joe Glenton that the defence did not offer the courts? Y? Please copy and post this statement on any and every site you can find to support this real hero... perhaps lay a flower at the foot of Parliament in memory of those fallen heros and all the lost lives of children of war. "All war is wrong." - Joe Glenton

(Details of judicial corruption to follow shortly regarding his appeal 4 justice that fell on deaf war-mongering ears.)

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Answers demanded about death of detainee at Oakington

Death of Kenyan man in Oakington last week offically recorded as unsuspicious. But Detainees in Oakington are saying otherwise. 60 imprisoned following protests. Cambridge Migrant Solidarity following up the injustices in Oakington...

Trial Against Argentinian Torturers

21-04-2010 10:42 | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Trial against Argentineans torturers is going ahead.

The both-hands system

20-04-2010 22:34 | Anti-racism | Repression | World

The both-hands system
During the last episode of our radio program we have had the chance of stressing once more the support to the only candidate who was for us worth voting for: nobody. Once upon a time in Italy, as well as in Europe, in order to give a strong sign of intolerance against the world of politics, people used to divert their votes to minor parties and often radical ones. Today the discontent it is clearly shown by the extremely high persistent abstention.

Bita Ghaedi Deportation Fails after massive campaign launched.

20-04-2010 21:58 | Analysis | Migration | Repression | World

This afternoon, her partner, Mohsen and his solicitor fought furiously to prevent the flight with appeals and an injunction. A large number of supporters, friends and activists remained on standby to travel to London Heathrow Airport ready to act. Peace campaigners deployed themselves in London and Washington even showing up in television news reports being broadcast from outside the British Parliament building.

May 15th 2010: Mass Action for Freedom of Movement

20-04-2010 17:39 | Migration | Repression | World

There's now just under a month to go before the Paris Day of Action for Freedom of Movement!
...Have a read of this mini-update & book your travel now...

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Save Bita Ghaedi from Deportation, Home Office, London - pictures

19-04-2010 18:10 | Migration | Repression | Terror War | World

The day before her deportation takes place, supporters of Bita Ghaedi gather in London to object to her forced removal to Iran. Bita is an Iranian woman who has been living in the UK and campaigning against chronic human rights abuses committed in Iran during recent Pro-Democracy protests.

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Activists back at Kudos Pharmaceuticals after Legal Victory!

Protesters back at AstraZeneca subsidiary - Kudos Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge

Bita Ghaedi to be deported flight no BD931, Tuesday 20th...

17-04-2010 12:37 | Migration | Repression | World

She has no where to go once she arrives in Iran and will be on the run almost immediately. She has lost weight as a result of repeated hunger strikes she has been undertaking in her desperate attempt to stay in the UK.

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The USA Took My Freedom Away

17-04-2010 01:00 | Repression | Terror War | World

The U.S. Government’s attack on it’s citizens and the Bill of Rights. A Music Video.

Activists Confront Cambridge Uni Over Animal Tests

University Vivisection Week of Action – Cambridge Action!

Emergency, Bita Ghaedi arrested this morning.

16-04-2010 10:34 | Migration | Repression | Terror War | World

This morning (16th April 2010) at 7am, nine police and UK Border agency officers broke into Bita Ghaedi's home and forcibly arrested her. She has been removed to the infamous Yarls Wood detention centre and has been scheduled to be removed to Iran on 20th April 2010. If this removal is successful, the British Government will have condemned this woman to certain death.

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Open letter to UK Defence Minister: Free Joe Glenton now

15-04-2010 22:51 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Joe Glenton is an ordinary, decent man who committed his life to the defense of his country only to find himself participating in an aggressive war against a poor and far-off country that has neither the resources nor the will to be any threat to his own country. He is now being criminalized for his unwillingness to participate in an illegal, immoral war and for speaking out against the actions of criminals with power.

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Police Raid NY Anarchist Film-Fest Collective

14-04-2010 15:36 | Free Spaces | Repression | World

For Immediate Release

Your Tax Dollars at War: More Than 53% of Your Tax Bill Goes to the Military

14-04-2010 14:52 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Military spending in all its myriad forms works out to represent 53.3 percent of total US federal spending. US military spending isn't just half of the US budget. It is also half of the entire global spending on war and weaponry.