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Take Back Parliament campaigners to rally in London again
Fair votes and reform campaigners will be rallying in London’s Trafalgar Square and across the country again this Saturday, aiming to Take Back Parliament (http://www.takebackparliament.com/hope) for the people. The protest for a proportional voting
Read More »China releases rights activist
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Sunday unexpectedly released on bail the well-known human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, a move seen by scholars and activists in Beijing as a rare victory for public activism.
Read More »Stop the War Coalition barred from Downing Street
Anti-war campaigners were refused access to Downing Street yesterday to deliver a letter calling for troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan. About 100 noisy demonstrators crossed Whitehall to take up a position in
Read More »Protest in London over ‘rigged’ Iranian election
Green flags and banners fly as a crowd of 2,000 or so demonstrators chant anti-Iranian regime slogans. Many pump their fists into the air, screaming in Persian: “Guns and tanks are of no use
Read More »Iran Police Crack Down As Thousands Protest
His backers were demonstrating over the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who won by a landslide despite opposition claims the result was rigged. The protesters defied a call from the country’s supreme leader
Read More »Iranians Use Internet, Phones to Share Protest News
With independent media coverage of Iranian protests restricted by authorities, witnesses are reaching out online and by telephone to report what they see on the streets of Tehran. Opposition Web sites said protesters had
Read More »At least 30 reported killed as Indians protest oil and gas exploration in Peru
Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru’s remote Amazon yesterday, with authorities and Indian leaders reporting at least 30 deaths. The violence broke out before dawn as officers
Read More »Court orders activist released
INDIA’S Supreme Court Monday ordered the release of a leading human rights activist held on charges of colluding with outlawed Maoist insurgents. Judges said Binayak Sen must be released on bail from the jail
Read More »G20 protestors consider legal action
A group of G20 protestors claiming to have been the victims of overly aggressive police tactics are considering taking legal action against the Metropolitan police, reports suggest. Legal representatives for a group of climate
Read More »22 protesters arrested at Obama speech
Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to leave the Notre Dame campus during a protest of President Obama’s upcoming commencement address there,
Read More »Civil Disobedience at White House
The following news advisory comes from Witness Against Torture. On April 30th, hundreds of human rights activists will gather near the White House to call on the Obama administration to support a criminal inquiry
Read More »EDF denies hiring Greenpeace hacker spies
By Ian Grant | A private security firm hired by the state-controlled French energy firm EDF allegedly planted Trojan malware that could read and record e-mails and keystrokes of French Greenpeace officers, according to
Read More »Police threatened G20 activists with Tasers
By Justin Davenport, Martin Bentham and Kiran Randhawa | SCOTLAND Yard today admitted that Territorial Support Group officers pointed Taser stun guns in a raid on protesters connected with the G20 demonstration. Two new
Read More »Britain Sleep Walks Into a Police State as Political Dissent is Criminalised
Julie Hyland writes: “From foul deeds endless tragedy arises,” the World Socialist Web Site wrote, commenting on the state execution of innocent Brazilian worker, Jean Charles de Menezes, by plainclothes policemen on a London
Read More »Labour is stifling the right to protest
The news that government officials have been passing intelligence on climate change activists to a power company serves to underline the unhealthy closeness between big business and the British government during the Labour years.
Read More »British activist jailed in China for Olympics protest
A British man was sentenced to serve six months in a Hong Kong jail after being found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Matt Pearce, a teacher originally from Bristol but who now lives
Read More »Privacy campaigners pressure web firms to boycott Phorm
Privacy campaigners have written an open letter to leading web companies demanding they resist the introduction of the Phorm web user tracking system by BT, Virgin and TalkTalk.Phorm is a technology that can be
Read More »Medical marijuana raid raises question: What’s Obama policy?
By Michael Doyle | WASHINGTON — A recent Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a South Lake Tahoe, Calif., medical marijuana dispensary showcases one of the legal conflicts inherited by the Obama administration. The Jan.
Read More »Thousands protest anniversary of Iraq war
They want troops out now, fear that Obama is ‘stalling’ By Nafeesa Syeed | WASHINGTON — Before war protesters ended their demonstration yesterday afternoon, several placed cardboard coffins in front of the offices of
Read More »Climate change protest starts tonight
CLIMATE change activists who are planning a protest in the City at next month’s G20 summit are to begin their demonstration tonight. More than 1,000 activists are expected to arrive in Bishopsgate for a
Read More »ACLU: Md. police kept files on 20 activist groups
FREDERICK, Md. - The American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday that it had obtained records showing the Maryland State Police kept files on at least 20 groups the police considered potential security threats. The list
Read More »European Activists Call For Bush To Be Tried For Torture
By Julio Godoy, IPS Now that former U.S. president George W. Bush is an ordinary citizen again, many legal and human rights activists in Europe are demanding that he and high-ranking members of his
Read More »Over 100,000 demonstrate in London against Sri Lankan war
By Ajay Prakash and Paul Mitchell Over 100,000 people, mostly Tamils came from across the UK to march in central London on Saturday demanding an end to the war in Sri Lanka and the
Read More »Waterford Crystal workers occupy factory
Workers occupying the factory of Ireland’s troubled Waterford Crystal pledged on Saturday to continue their sit-in until the future of the company is resolved. Workers started their occupation of the Kilbarry factory and visitor
Read More »Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda
So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids? By Paul Armentano Pot-reform activists have swarmed Obama’s Change.gov, and huge majorities voted for pot reform in election ’08, but no change yet from
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