World Repression Newswire Archive

Solidarity demo interupted by police provocation

07-07-2005 15:36 | G8 2005 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A detention next to a solidarity demo does not provoke a riot

Solidarity demo in front of court 3:30 TODAY

07-07-2005 13:23 | G8 2005 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

~There will be a solidarity demo today at 3:30 in the afternoon outside the court on Chambers Street in Edinburgh.

Auchterarder Diary & Video Diary from a marcher on BBC News website

Contains a link to some more good independent reportage from a member of the BBC's UK interactive panel - good and reasonably accurate - and some of my own comments and reflections on march events and the accuracy of mainstream media reporting surrounding it.

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On the way to Gleneagles -- Edinburgh

On the 6th July, a few hundred people were stuck in Edinburgh waiting for their busses to go to Gleneagles -- at the end they decided to hold an impromptu march in the city.

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Agathon Rwasa - a strange innocence regained

John Mellor travelled to Burundi to meet the family of Richard Ndereyimana, one of the victims of the bloody attack on the "Titanic Express" bus, which was ambushed en route to Bujumbura on December 28th 2000, and in which Richard's fiancée, Charlotte Wilson, a British citizen, also died.

Crane occupation in Edinburgh - further details

Crane stoppers protest against 'Brownwash' of anti-poverty movement

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Changing The Spots?

05-07-2005 18:21 | Repression | London | World

Fascism in the UK and America.

Section 60 serches or just ID checks?

05-07-2005 16:17 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

The police has stopped under section 60 (search for weapons powers) 3 people around the media center and the only thing they did is note down their ID numbers and description -- nothing about weapons!

Court Solidarity action in Edinburgh

05-07-2005 14:21 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

A small group of protesters are staging a solidarity demonstration, in support of those arrested yesterday. Around 20 people are holding a banner outside the back door of the Edinburgh courts where those arrested will be driven through.

From Patient to Mass Murderer

05-07-2005 13:28 | Anti-racism | Culture | Repression | World

Terror group manipulates vulnerable Arab woman to blow herself and kill her doctors.

TERRORIST ACT USED AGAINST SUSPECTED EDINBURGH CARNIVAL DEMONSTRATORS

Five people were detained under the Terrorist Act at Stanstead airport this morning, Tuesday 5th July, and interrogated about whether they had been involved in yesterday’s Carnival for Full Enjoyment.

Happy Independence Day to The Land of the Free

Each year, there are some 3,000 reported deaths-in-custody. Ten years ago, only 150 deaths-in-custody were reported. The incarceration rate in the USA is currently 726 per 100,000 people. Almost two thirds of world countries have incarceration rates of 150 or below, per 100,000 people. The USA has the toughest prison sentences in the world, which include the death sentence and life in prison without parole.

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Outside the pen on Canning Street

04-07-2005 22:26 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

After cordoning part of the Carnival on Canning Street today, the police began to move fellow protestors, onlookers and press outside the cordon further and further away from the demonstrators. We ended up a few hundred yards away, right around the corner. Here is some of what we could see.

Photos from Cannon pen

04-07-2005 18:07 | G8 2005 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

We were stuck on cannon street for 5 hours, even though nothing really happened.

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OutRage!-London Pride:Stop deporting gay Asylum Seekers.

04-07-2005 15:07 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Gay rights group OutRage! demands the Government stop deporting gay Asylum Seekers to face further persecution and death.

Irish Citizens Imprisoned on Behalf of Shell Oil

The Irish Government has given Shell carte blanche with Ireland's energy resources. Shell plans to build the world's first-ever onshore gas processing plant in Mayo, and can now have the courts imprison anyone who tries to get in their way.

EDO Admit Legal Liability For War Crimes

03-07-2005 16:53 | Anti-militarism | Repression | South Coast | World

Interstering quote AND MORE interesting titbits (with added editorial comments marked *with stars*) gleaned from EDOs 2004 annual report that may be of interest to campaigners..

Arrival and demonstation pictures

03-07-2005 14:57 | G8 2005 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Pictures from the train arrival, and the july 2 anti-capitalist march.

Inside the anti-capitalist pen

03-07-2005 13:15 | G8 2005 | Repression | World

Photos from inside the anti-capitalist pen at the Make Poverty History marck, july 2nd.

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Britain taught Uzbek killers "marksmanship" two months before Andijan massacre

British military advisers trained Uzbek troops in "marksmanship" shortly before a massacre in which hundreds of people were killed. The training was part of a larger programme funded by Britain despite concerns expressed by the Foreign Office at the time over the Uzbekistan government's human rights record.