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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 19, 2007 - 16:03 by Asqar Karimi
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Below is an appeal on behalf of imprisoned students. International Solidarity has forced the Iranian Regime to release trade union activists. Send your protest letters/emails to the addresses at the end of this piece. In the last two weeks more than 40 student leaders and activists have been rounded up by the Ministry of Information of the Islamic regime of Iran. We have been informed that at least 43 of the detainees are being held in the notorious Evin Prison, and the whereabouts of the rest is unknown. These students were arrested on or before 7 December 2007 in anticipation of protests on Student Day. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 19, 2007 - 15:03 by Joe
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The Israeli Attorney General says that if Civilians are killed as part of a military operation where an intelligence 'mistake' has been made, then it is legal ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday December 19, 2007 - 15:00 by funderland on crack
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46 of 52 of the individuals who have faced trial this last year for links to ETA have received sentances today totaling 527 years in prison. The trial saw leaders of groups engaged in media support & internalisation of support for the Basque armed struggle independence tradition sit together in the dock in a process described by some as a "macro-trial". In the statement read to the court at sentancing the presiding judge Angela Murillo commented ......"KAS and EKIN are "much more than satellite organizations"; KAS "was ETA's media organization" and "EKIN is not any other thing than KAS in an apparent legal disguise..." ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday December 19, 2007 - 12:48 by Mariella F
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An entirely innocent business man on his way home from work is tazered eight times. Guess what? He's black. These weapons are cleary designed to intimidate ordinary people. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 19, 2007 - 02:33 by D. Fitzharris
Jeppersen Dataplan, a subsidiary of Boeing, is being sued by a Yemeni man who was kidnapped, subjected to rendition and tortured. CTL, a Galway company, that is subsidized by the Irish Government does research for Boeing. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/31/18423221.php http://www.democracynow.org/ ... read full story / add a comment |
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