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international / arts and media Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 23:19 by David Manning
By any other name Tonight's Channel 4 news lapsed into Newspeak again in a report on the killing of women and children by coalition forces in Iraq. It is over two years now since the full extent of the torture in Abu Ghraib was revealed. And following the recent revelations of US executions of civilians, the reporters could not make this connection more obvious. As if 'scandalous' war crimes have not been committed since then. As if these incidents exist in isolation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 13:05 by T
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This is an important but disturbing video from Portland which shows the way the cops film people in the crowd at demonstrations and go out of their way to zoom in on particular features so as to identify people who are just exercising their democratic rights. They also go out of their way to instruct their camera crews to follow and film anyone who is masked up or covering their face in any way. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 11:30 by solidarity
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( I saw this posted on UK Indymedia) Norway: Afghan refugees on hungerstrike After a demo on 22 of may, afghan refugees are escalating with a hungerstrike their protests against the decision of the norwegian government for their immediate deportaton to afghanistan. 26 May: 23 Afghan refugees started a hunger-strike in a central park in Oslo. More refugees are expected to join the hunger-strike within the next days. More than 800 Afghan refugees were marching in Oslo streets. There were also many Norwegian, Pakistani, Iranian and Kurdish activists, despite the weather that was so bad and raining. There were also another 4 demos in the north and south of Norway. Pepole from many refugee camps participated in these demonstrations. The refuges said: "We said if the Gov don't comply our demands we will start massive hunger strike. We will continue the protest until we succeed in our demands. Our demand is to live safely somewhere in this world. We need your support." ... read full story / add a comment |
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