UK Repression Newswire Archive
Charges dropped against police in de Menezes shooting
19-05-2007 08:05
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has dropped disciplinary charges against 11 front-line firearms and surveillance officers involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on July 22, 2005.The US war and occupation of Iraq—the murder of a society
19-05-2007 05:11
Australian legend David Hicks due to leave gitmo
19-05-2007 04:11
Some info about German police repression
18-05-2007 17:20
Here are some documents translated into English about German police tactics and strategies - useful for anyone going to the G8 Summit protests.Personalities Support "Block G8" Call for Mass Blockades
18-05-2007 16:09
Musicians, MPs, Academics, Media and Civil Society Personalities Support "Block G8" Call for Mass Blockades of G8 SummitProminent musicians (like the British pop band Chumbawamba, Tocotronic lead-singer Dirk von Lowtzow, and electro-pop artist Bernadette La Hengst), MPs (like Ulla Jelpke, Nele Hirsch and Heike Hänsel of DIE LINKE), academics (like Prof. Joachim Hirsch (Frankfurt), Prof. Wolf Dieter Naar (Berlin) and Prof. John Holloway (Mexico)), media personalities (like journalist Naomi Klein (author, 'No Logo')), playwrights and poets (like Howard Zinn and Dennis Brutus), and civil society personalities (like Walden Bello (Director, Focus on the Global South), Vandana Shiva (Founder, Navdana) and Sven Giegold (attac Coordination Committee) have all pledged their public support for the Block G8 campaign for mass blockades of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm next month.
Crime of the Century - Article 3
18-05-2007 15:12
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370924.htmlhttp://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370924.html ) but still continues to pervert the course of justice. Our response is to release this new article with evidence in which he is named.
Statement by John Bowden
17-05-2007 21:27
Statement of John Bowden for the International Day of Solidarity in Defence of Himself and the ABC:Friday 25th May 2007
Statement by John Bowden
17-05-2007 21:06
Statement of John Bowden for the International Day of Solidarity in Defence of Himself and the ABC: Friday 25th May 2007Two imprisoned for violating Official Secrets Act
17-05-2007 19:44
The imprisonment of David Keogh and Leo O’Connor under the Official Secrets Act is a flagrant violation of democratic rights. In part aimed at intimidating opponents of the occupation of Iraq, it is bound up with efforts to conceal the contents of a discussion between George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair on actions illegal under international law.Palestinian Pinochet Making His Move?
17-05-2007 19:11
Whatever the precise breakdown within the Bush Administration, it’s plain that Dahlan, like Pinochet a quarter century, would not move onto a path of confrontation with an elected government unless he believed he had the sanction of powerful forces abroad to do so. If does move to turn the current street battle into a frontal assault on the unity government, chances are it will be because he got a green light from somewhere — and certainly not from Mahmoud Abbas.Dale Farm's Plea To Bulldozer Company
17-05-2007 14:54
Protest against Baliff company Constant & Co, on Thursday 31st May, 2007.Crime of the Century - Article 2
17-05-2007 12:50
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/370641.html?c=on#c173814 ), Nicholas Sarkozy has responded and continues to pervert the course of justice.
Two imprisoned for violating Official Secrets Act
17-05-2007 10:51
Punished for exposing Bush and Blair’s crimes in IraqThe imprisonment of David Keogh and Leo O’Connor under the Official Secrets Act is a flagrant violation of democratic rights. In part aimed at intimidating opponents of the occupation of Iraq, it is bound up with efforts to conceal the contents of a discussion between George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair on actions illegal under international law.
AUSTRALIA: Convicted attention seeker to be released from Perth Prison
17-05-2007 00:46
111. Talking is not working
16-05-2007 18:18
Whilst here in the UK for the past 10 years, I have had opportunities to study and work at respectable universities and meet many interesting individuals. At the University of Wolverhampton and within its School of Computing and IT, I found myself in an environment that challenged me for all the wrong reasons.David Hicks very lucky to be tortured, isolated for 5.5 years for nothing?
15-05-2007 22:45
US government fans homeland terrorism fear
15-05-2007 20:41
The US government and Washington elites are aggressively ramping up their "war on terrorism" rhetoric and propaganda, stoking fear and paranoia in order to bolster its war agenda, and reinvigorate the mass public perception of new and growing "homegrown terrorism" threats to the US homeland.
The next phase of America’s war abroad (under the management of a post-Bush neocon/neoliberal consensus), and the deepening militarization of the US homeland towards a full police state, are well underway.
Christiania under attack and Copenhagen-Update
15-05-2007 08:35
The police entered christiania yesterday to evict and demolish a house, that partly burned down a couple of years ago. The eviction lead to a night of street fighting in the area. Timeline is translated from modkraft.dkThe CIA -- a Terrorist Organization
14-05-2007 23:16
Agency uses same tactics it claims to be fightingInternational Day of Solidarity with John Bowden, 25th May
14-05-2007 19:38
There will be a demo outside of the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 25th May. For people who cannot be there, we are calling for solidarity action on an International Day of Solidarity.