UK Policing Newswire Archive
Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show
24-08-2012 10:40
The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover FBI informer, according to a former bureau agent and an FBI report.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks and the activities of Mark Kennedy
24-08-2012 10:01
Research by Statewatch has reveal the existence of a previously unknown international police working group geared towards discussing and developing covert investigative techniques. At the same time parliamentary questions in Germany have seen further details of other police networks emerge - although many questions remain unanswered - in particular on the work and activities of former policy infiltrator Mark KennedyThe pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault on freedom and a mockery of journalism
23-08-2012 18:01
The British government's threat to invade the Ecuadorean embassy in London and seize Julian Assange is of historic significance. David Cameron, the former PR man to a television industry huckster and arms salesman to sheikdoms, is well placed to dishonour international conventions that have protected Britons in places of upheaval. Just as Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq led directly to the acts of terrorismin London on 7 July 2005, so Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague have compromised the safety of British representatives across the world.Sun 19 Aug: Julian Assange addresses his supporters from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
20-08-2012 06:37
Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for Julian's first public appearance since taking refuge there and seeking asylum in Ecuador exactly two months ago. Ecuador announced its decision to grant asylum on Thursday, but the British government is petulantly refusing to do what even the most repressive government would do in similar circumstances, namely grant Julian safe passage out of the country.
Kingsley Burrell March for Justice, Sat 18th
19-08-2012 23:36
A year after the death of Kingsley Burrell no one has been charged and his body has still not been released to his grieving family for burial and a full inquest has yet to be held.
Police arresting homeless in Birmingham
19-08-2012 19:39
Today activists from Birmingham Food not Bombs saw a dramatic decrease inthe number of homeless people attending the weekly food distribution
outside the Radision hotel on Holloway circus roundabout. Turnout dropping
from 30-40 people to less than 10 within an week.
DEMO @ South Africa embassy Monday 1pm
19-08-2012 11:52
Emergency demo at Lonmin HQ 4pm today
18-08-2012 09:47
Lonmin massacre: statement from Abahlali baseMjondolo
17-08-2012 13:52
Anarchists Detained by Counter-Terrorist Police
16-08-2012 17:13
For the past week, thousands of anarchists from across the world have been converging in St.Imier, Switzerland to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Anarchist international.On returning from the St Imier gathering, two anarchists, one a member of the UK Anarchist Federation, were detained for nearly two hours at Heathrow by SO15 (counter-terrorist) intelligence
America’s Vassal Acts Decisively and Illegally
16-08-2012 13:33
I returned to the UK today to be astonished by private confirmation from within the FCO that the UK government has indeed decided – after immense pressure from the Obama administration – to enter the Ecuadorean Embassy and seize Julian Assange.
Craig Murray: America's Vassal Acts Decisively And Illegally
16-08-2012 12:02
From Craig Murray, on the possibility of the UK seizing Julian Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.TrapWire - surveillance system used in UK
14-08-2012 21:54
trying for the final time to get this information on indymediaIllegal eviction resistance tonight in Queen Square, Bristol
14-08-2012 01:46
Sussex Police Crime Commissioner
12-08-2012 17:10
David Joe Neilson Independent Candidate for Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner.“Threatening, Abusive and Insulting Words”
12-08-2012 08:24
Consequences of breaking the 2 Minute Silence.Switzerland: Repression of intersquat festival
12-08-2012 03:44
A very rough English translation ofSuisse: La police pète les plombs… festival intersquat repoussé
http://fr.squat.net/2012/07/31/suisse-la-police-pete-les-plombs-festival-intersquat-repousse/ Taken from
http://en.squat.net/2012/08/12/switzerland-repression-of-intersquat-festival/
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Banner drop and police attack against activists in Calais
08-08-2012 12:42
There were 5 arrests and one injury
The trial of G4S rooftop occupiers begins
07-08-2012 23:55
The two activists who occupied the roof of G4S' HQ near Crawley for eight hours on 2nd July 2012 (see http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/07/497595.html) appeared in court yesterday to plead guilty/not guilty to an 'aggravated trespass' charge under Section 68 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.