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Video: Welcome to the Police State: NYC Cops Mace Peaceful Protestors Against Wall Street
I’m beginning to wonder whether the right to assemble is effectively dead in the US. No one who is a wage slave (which is the overwhelming majority of the population) can afford to have an arrest record, even a misdemeanor, in this age of short job tenures and rising use of background checks. Continue reading
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Media demand mass arrests, reprisals against UK rioters By Robert Stevens
The barest pretence of due process is taking place, as kangaroo courts issue ‘summary justice’ to satisfy the media and the police. The Evening Standard described how at Westminster magistrates’ court, one of the four sitting for 24 hours in the city, ‘Court papers were skim-read in 15 minutes before hearings’, while ‘defendants appeared in… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21-22 July 2011
22 July 2011 — williambowles.info Hacking groups say they are back after FBI arrests Reuters WikiLeaks supporters wear masks of the ”Anonymous” internet activist group and a mask of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) during a demonstration calling for the release of Assange, in Malaga, southern Spain December 11, 2010. … http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-cybersecurity-response-idUSTRE76K66G20110721 Continue reading
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Murdoch’s empire expansion halts as British probe brings more arrests — RT
Britain wants Rupert Murdoch to testify before parliament over the wiretapping scandal. Earlier, the media mogul was pressured out of a deal with the UK’s largest satellite broadcaster. Continue reading
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Murdoch’s empire expansion halts as British probe brings more arrests — RT
Britain wants Rupert Murdoch to testify before parliament over the wiretapping scandal. Earlier, the media mogul was pressured out of a deal with the UK’s largest satellite broadcaster. Continue reading
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Videos: Thousands of G20 Detentions Illegal: Ontario Ombudsman
25 June 2011 — The Real News Network Thousands of G20 Detentions Illegal: Ontario Ombudsman Paul Jay asks Ombudsman Andre Marin who is responsible and who has been held accountable for “the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history” RCMP vs Toronto Police – Who Wanted “Martial Law” Legislation? The RCMP says they Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 6 June 2011
6 June 2011 — Statewatch Home page: www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org STATEWATCHING EUROPE: Civil Liberties, the state and the European Union Saturday 25 June 2011 (10.00-17.30) Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Programme and Registration form: www.statewatch.org/conference/conference.pdf Book Online: www.statewatch.org/ordering/order.html EU: General Report on Europol’s activities 2010 EU: FRAUD AND CORRUPTION Council of Europe: Continue reading
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Arrest warrant plans make a mockery of universal jurisdiction By Daniel Machover
Giving suspects from ‘protected countries’ immunity from war crimes arrests would turn the UK into a safe haven for suspects Continue reading
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UK: Sign petition to DEFEND THE GAZA PROTESTORS
More than 20 of the 78 people charged have been sent to prison in an unprecedented campaign by the police. Almost all of those charged are Muslims. The campaign to defend the protestors has resulted in some good press coverage, and one of the first defendants to plead not guilty was acquitted last week. Continue reading
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Letter From Climate Prisoners In Denmark By Climate Prisoners
Copenhagen, January 1st 2010: Something is rotten (but not just) in Denmark. As a matter of fact, thousands of people have been considered, without any evidence, a threat to the society. Hundreds have been arrested and some are still under detention, waiting for judgement or under investigation. Among them, us, the undersigned. Continue reading